What mad pursuit?: Obsessive relational intrusion and stalking related phenomena

By Brian H. Spitzberg, William R. Cupach. 2003

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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Is stalking a learned phenomenon? An empirical test of social learning theory (2011, background): “…to such unwanted pursuit behaviors often results in victims experiencing serious physical consequences (i.e., headaches, nausea, appetite and/or sleep disruption) and psychological effects (i.e., paranoia, anxiety, nightmares, suicidal thoughts) (Pathé & Mullen, 1997; Spitzberg & Cupach, 2003).”
Prevalence of Partner Abuse: Rates of Emotional Abuse and Control (2012, unknown): “Relational studies tend to view IPV substrata “more as a dysfunction of the interactional and relational processes of courtship and relationship evolution, rather than a disorder of the individual’s attachment system” (Spitzberg & Cupach, 2003, p. 348).”
Online Obsessive Relational Intrusion: Further Concerns About Facebook (2011, methodology): “However, the question remains as to whether these “stalker-like behaviors” are indeed representative of the legalized conceptualizations of stalking, or whether they are more analogous to the different and lesser form of deviant behavior, known as obsessive relational intrusion (ORI) (Spitzberg and ”
Violence Risk Factors in Stalking and Obsessional Harassment (2004, background): “Nevertheless, there is growing agreement among researchers that this upper limit of “less than 2%” is likely quite inflated (Mullen, Pathé, & Purcell, 2000; Rosenfeld, 2003; Spitzberg & Cupach, 2003).”
Sex Differences in Stalking and Obsessive Relational Intrusion: Two Meta-Analyses (2010, background): “When one of the functions of the unwanted pursuit and harassment is to seek some increase or restoration of intimacy, it is referred to here as obsessive relational intrusion (Cupach & Spitzberg, 1998, 2004b; Cupach, Spitzberg, & Carson, 2000; Spitzberg & Cupach, 2001, 2003).”