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    The influence of contextual information regarding the breakdown of relationships and perpetrator-target sex composition on perceptions of relational stalking

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    Authors
    Scott, A.
    Duff, S.
    Sheridan, Lorraine
    Rajakaruna, N.
    Date
    2018
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Scott, A. and Duff, S. and Sheridan, L. and Rajakaruna, N. 2018. The influence of contextual information regarding the breakdown of relationships and perpetrator-target sex composition on perceptions of relational stalking. Psychology, Crime and Law. 25 (4): pp. 364-380.
    Source Title
    Psychology, Crime and Law
    DOI
    10.1080/1068316X.2018.1529231
    ISSN
    1068-316X
    School
    School of Psychology
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/72694
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    The present study examines the influence of prior relationship (with contextual information regarding the breakdown of the relationship) and perpetrator-target sex composition on perceptions of relational stalking. The study employed an experimental 7 × 2 independent measures design, and the sample comprised 1,260 members of the community residing in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States. Participants received one of 14 versions of a hypothetical scenario and responded to scale items concerning the situation described. The situation was perceived to be most serious when the perpetrator was a stranger or a physically violent ex-partner and least serious when the perpetrator was an ex-partner of an unfaithful target. Scenarios involving a male perpetrator and a female victim were also perceived to be more serious than scenarios involving a female perpetrator and a male target. It is apparent therefore that the context of the relationship breakdown and the sex of the perpetrator and target significantly influence perceptions of relational stalking.

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