Stalking Following the Breakup of Dating Relationships in Adolescence

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Autor(a) principal: Borges,Jeane Lessinger
Data de Publicação: 2019
Outros Autores: Dell'Aglio,Débora Dalbosco
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Trends in Psychology
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Resumo: Abstract This cross-sectional exploratory study investigated the incidence of stalking subsequent to the breakup of a dating or romantic relationship during adolescence. A total of 117 adolescents (62.4% female), with a mean age of 16.87 years (SD = 1.26), were identified as victims of stalking perpetrated by an ex-intimate partner and were compared to a group of non-victims (n = 410) matched by age and sex. "Courtship and Approach" was the most prevalent type of stalking. Adolescents stalking victims exhibited significantly higher mean scores for depression, anxiety and stress symptoms than did non-victims; and female victims presented greater symptomatology than did male victims. Multiple regression analysis indicated that suffering physical and verbal/emotional abuse during a dating relationship explains 19.0% of the variance of becoming a stalking victim subsequent to the breakup of the relationship. These findings emphasize the need for a better understanding of the stalking phenomenon and for public policies aimed at intervention and prevention, given that both victims and perpetrators require psychological assistance in order to break the dating violence cycle.
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spelling Stalking Following the Breakup of Dating Relationships in AdolescenceStalkingharassmentdating violenceadolescenceAbstract This cross-sectional exploratory study investigated the incidence of stalking subsequent to the breakup of a dating or romantic relationship during adolescence. A total of 117 adolescents (62.4% female), with a mean age of 16.87 years (SD = 1.26), were identified as victims of stalking perpetrated by an ex-intimate partner and were compared to a group of non-victims (n = 410) matched by age and sex. "Courtship and Approach" was the most prevalent type of stalking. Adolescents stalking victims exhibited significantly higher mean scores for depression, anxiety and stress symptoms than did non-victims; and female victims presented greater symptomatology than did male victims. Multiple regression analysis indicated that suffering physical and verbal/emotional abuse during a dating relationship explains 19.0% of the variance of becoming a stalking victim subsequent to the breakup of the relationship. These findings emphasize the need for a better understanding of the stalking phenomenon and for public policies aimed at intervention and prevention, given that both victims and perpetrators require psychological assistance in order to break the dating violence cycle.Sociedade Brasileira de Psicologia2019-06-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2358-18832019000200413Trends in Psychology v.27 n.2 2019reponame:Trends in Psychologyinstname:Sociedade Brasileira de Psicologia (SBP)instacron:SBP10.9788/tp2019.2-09info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessBorges,Jeane LessingerDell'Aglio,Débora Dalboscoeng2019-06-11T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S2358-18832019000200413Revistahttp://pepsic.bvsalud.org/scielo.php?script=sci_serial&pid=1413-389XONGhttps://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.php||comissaoeditorial@sbponline.org.br2358-18832358-1883opendoar:2019-06-11T00:00Trends in Psychology - Sociedade Brasileira de Psicologia (SBP)false
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title Stalking Following the Breakup of Dating Relationships in Adolescence
spellingShingle Stalking Following the Breakup of Dating Relationships in Adolescence
Borges,Jeane Lessinger
Stalking
harassment
dating violence
adolescence
title_short Stalking Following the Breakup of Dating Relationships in Adolescence
title_full Stalking Following the Breakup of Dating Relationships in Adolescence
title_fullStr Stalking Following the Breakup of Dating Relationships in Adolescence
title_full_unstemmed Stalking Following the Breakup of Dating Relationships in Adolescence
title_sort Stalking Following the Breakup of Dating Relationships in Adolescence
author Borges,Jeane Lessinger
author_facet Borges,Jeane Lessinger
Dell'Aglio,Débora Dalbosco
author_role author
author2 Dell'Aglio,Débora Dalbosco
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Borges,Jeane Lessinger
Dell'Aglio,Débora Dalbosco
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Stalking
harassment
dating violence
adolescence
topic Stalking
harassment
dating violence
adolescence
description Abstract This cross-sectional exploratory study investigated the incidence of stalking subsequent to the breakup of a dating or romantic relationship during adolescence. A total of 117 adolescents (62.4% female), with a mean age of 16.87 years (SD = 1.26), were identified as victims of stalking perpetrated by an ex-intimate partner and were compared to a group of non-victims (n = 410) matched by age and sex. "Courtship and Approach" was the most prevalent type of stalking. Adolescents stalking victims exhibited significantly higher mean scores for depression, anxiety and stress symptoms than did non-victims; and female victims presented greater symptomatology than did male victims. Multiple regression analysis indicated that suffering physical and verbal/emotional abuse during a dating relationship explains 19.0% of the variance of becoming a stalking victim subsequent to the breakup of the relationship. These findings emphasize the need for a better understanding of the stalking phenomenon and for public policies aimed at intervention and prevention, given that both victims and perpetrators require psychological assistance in order to break the dating violence cycle.
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