The personality of pursuit: Personality attributions of unwanted pursuers and stalkers

Violence and Victims

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 275-289

  Spitzberg, Brian H ^a   Veksler, Alice E ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Borderline; Competence; Personality disorder; Stalking

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE STATE; COURTSHIP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PERSONALITY; PREDICTION; PURSUING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL COMPETENCE; STALKING; VICTIM;

EID: 34250845478     PISSN: 08866708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/088667007780842838     Document Type: Article

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