TY - JOUR
T1 - Development of risk factor scales for stalking-like behaviors following the end of a romantic relationship, and their predictive capabilities
AU - Kanemasa, Yuji
AU - Arai, Takashi
AU - Shimada, Takahito
AU - Ishida, Hitoshi
AU - Yamamoto, Isao
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Japanese Psychological Association. All rights reserved.
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - This study aimed to reveal the risk factors for a person to perpetrate stalking-like behaviors following the end of a romantic relationship based on personality traits (attachment anxiety and narcissism), the characteristics of a romantic relationship before a breakup, and the emotions and thoughts of a person after a breakup. To develop two scales measuring the characteristics of a romantic relationship before a breakup and the emotions and thoughts of a person after a breakup, a web-based survey of 189 females and 165 males was conducted in Study 1. In Study 2, a national survey was conducted using two-stage stratified sampling; 106 females and 110 males who experienced the end of a romantic relationship during the past five years and did not initiate their most recent breakup were analyzed. The results of a multiple-group analysis revealed that both attachment anxiety and feelings that a partner was his/her "one and only" increased egoistic preoccupations after a breakup, and the egoistic preoccupations predicted the perpetration of stalking-like behaviors in both males and females.
AB - This study aimed to reveal the risk factors for a person to perpetrate stalking-like behaviors following the end of a romantic relationship based on personality traits (attachment anxiety and narcissism), the characteristics of a romantic relationship before a breakup, and the emotions and thoughts of a person after a breakup. To develop two scales measuring the characteristics of a romantic relationship before a breakup and the emotions and thoughts of a person after a breakup, a web-based survey of 189 females and 165 males was conducted in Study 1. In Study 2, a national survey was conducted using two-stage stratified sampling; 106 females and 110 males who experienced the end of a romantic relationship during the past five years and did not initiate their most recent breakup were analyzed. The results of a multiple-group analysis revealed that both attachment anxiety and feelings that a partner was his/her "one and only" increased egoistic preoccupations after a breakup, and the egoistic preoccupations predicted the perpetration of stalking-like behaviors in both males and females.
KW - Attachment anxiety
KW - Breakup
KW - Narcissism
KW - Romantic relationship
KW - Stalking-like behaviors
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U2 - 10.4992/jjpsy.89.17207
DO - 10.4992/jjpsy.89.17207
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85049646901
VL - 89
SP - 160
EP - 170
JO - Shinrigaku kenkyu : The Japanese journal of psychology
JF - Shinrigaku kenkyu : The Japanese journal of psychology
SN - 0021-5236
IS - 2
ER -