Experiences of stalking in same-sex and opposite-sex contexts

Sheridan, Lorraine; North, Adrian C. and Scott, Adrian J.. 2014. Experiences of stalking in same-sex and opposite-sex contexts. Violence and Victims, 29(6), pp. 1014-1028. ISSN 0886-6708 [Article]

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Most stalking literature reports on male stalkers and female victims. This work examines stalking experiences in 4 sex dyads: male stalker–female victim, female stalker–male victim, female–female dyads, and male–male dyads. Respondents were 872 self-defined victims of stalking from the United Kingdom and the United States who completed an anonymous survey. The study variables covered the process of stalking, effects on victims and third parties, and victim responses to stalking. Approximately 10% of comparisons were significant, indicating that sex of victim and stalker is not a highly discriminative factor in stalking cases. Female victims of male stalkers were most likely to suffer physical and psychological consequences. Female victims reported more fear than males did, and most significant differences conformed to sex role stereotypes. Earlier work suggested stalker motivation and prior victim–stalker relationship as important variables in analyses of stalking, but these did not prove significant in this work, perhaps because of sampling differences.

Item Type:

Article

Identification Number (DOI):

https://doi.org/10.1891/0886-6708.VV-D-13-00072

Departments, Centres and Research Units:

Psychology > Forensic Psychology Unit

Dates:

DateEvent
29 January 2014Accepted
2014Published

Item ID:

20424

Date Deposited:

18 May 2017 14:47

Last Modified:

12 May 2022 15:26

Peer Reviewed:

Yes, this version has been peer-reviewed.

URI:

https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/20424

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