2015
DOI: 10.1007/s10896-015-9687-9
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Unwanted Pursuit Behavior After Breakup: Occurrence, Risk Factors, and Gender Differences

Abstract: This study investigated unwanted pursuit behavior (UPB) perpetration in 631 adult expartners. UPB involves the unwanted pursuit of intimacy, a widespread and usually less severe form of stalking. The occurrence and various risk factors of UPB perpetration were examined, accounting for differences between male and female ex-partners and same-and opposite-gender ex-partners. Ex-partners showed on average five to six UPBs after their separation. Male and female and same-and opposite-gender ex-partners displayed a… Show more

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“…We would like to thank the coauthors of De Smet, Uzieblo, Loeys, Buysse, and Onraedt (2015) for allowing us to include the data in this study. We would also like to thank the undergraduate students of the bachelor study Applied Psychology of the University College Thomas More for collecting the data.…”
Section: Acknowledgmentsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…We would like to thank the coauthors of De Smet, Uzieblo, Loeys, Buysse, and Onraedt (2015) for allowing us to include the data in this study. We would also like to thank the undergraduate students of the bachelor study Applied Psychology of the University College Thomas More for collecting the data.…”
Section: Acknowledgmentsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Men have been shown to leave unwanted gifts and messages of affection more often than women and to engage in direct communication more often (overt tactics), but there is no gender difference on more covert forms of pursuit (Dennison & Stewart, 2006 Similarly, other studies have found no difference between men and women's tendency to engage in intrusive behaviors (Haugaard & Seri, 2004;Sinclair & Frieze, 2000;Spitzberg et al, 2010). Men and women perpetrate an equal number of tactics over a similar time span (de Smet et al, 2015). Even though there is no gender difference in the engagement of pursuit behavior, women are twice as likely as men to be victims, and men are three times as likely to pursue than women (Spitzberg et al, 2010).…”
Section: Gendermentioning
confidence: 98%
“…For example, 99% of individuals in one sample reported committing at least one type of stalking behavior as assessed by the Unwanted Pursuit Behavior Inventory (e.g., unwanted phone calls, unsolicited in-person conversations, following) after the termination of a dating relationship (Langhinrichsen-Rohling, Palarea, Cohen, & Rohling, 2000). Other studies have suggested that 8% of college students self-report engaging in intrusive contact (Haugaard & Seri, 2003) and that 40% of college students perpetrate (de Smet, Uzleblo, Loeys, Buysse, & Onraedt, 2015). These percentages range up to 75% of undergraduates who endorse engaging in one or more stalking behaviors at least occasionally and 47% who endorse engaging in those behaviors repeatedly or frequently (Dennison & Stewart, 2006).…”
Section: Victims Prevalencementioning
confidence: 99%
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