Impact of Perpetrator and Victim Gender on Perceptions of Stalking Severity.

Megan Brenik, Ana-Cristina Tuluceanu, Emma Smillie, Luan Carpes Barros Cassal, Caroline Mead, Dara Mojtahedi

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Article in Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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6 authors.

Megan BrenikFaculty of Health and Wellbeing, School of Psychology, University of Bolton, Bolton BL3 5AB, UK.ORCID 0009-0002-8833-2618

Ana-Cristina TuluceanuFaculty of Health and Wellbeing, School of Psychology, University of Bolton, Bolton BL3 5AB, UK.ORCID 0009-0008-2747-865X

Emma SmillieFaculty of Health and Wellbeing, School of Psychology, University of Bolton, Bolton BL3 5AB, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-7954-6684

Luan Carpes Barros CassalManchester Institute of Education, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-4237-3270

Caroline MeadFaculty of Health and Wellbeing, School of Psychology, University of Bolton, Bolton BL3 5AB, UK.ORCID 0009-0002-7080-8438

Dara MojtahediSchool of Human and Heath Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield HD1 3DH, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-3709-9871

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Many individuals will dismiss the seriousness of ex-partner stalking offences, often as a result of inaccurate and problematic beliefs about the offence (stalking myths). However, to date, stalking myth acceptance measurements have only considered attitudes about stereotypical stalking (male stalking a female). The current research considered whether inaccurate and problematic perceptions of stalking were dependent on the gender and sexuality of the perpetrator, victim, and participant. Additionally, it examined whether existing stalking myth acceptance scales measuring stereotypical stalking attitudes would predict perceptions of stalking incidents that involved female stalkers and/or male victims. Participants (

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mythssexual orientationstalkingvictimvictim blaming

Identifiers

PMID40001751

DOI10.3390/bs15020120

PMCPMC11851672

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