title: Student pursuers: an investigation of pursuit and stalking in the student-faculty relationship.
abstract: Data from faculty and students provide information on the prevalence of unwanted pursuit and stalking in the student-faculty relationship. Among faculty, 67.8% reported unwanted pursuit. For the most serious case, 6%-11% met criteria for stalking. Among students, 4.1% reported engaging in unwanted pursuit of faculty. Both faculty and students perceived anger (especially for male students) to be the motive for student unwanted pursuit/stalking, with some endorsement of romantic interest and concern about the role of mental illness. Sex differences suggest female faculty members are more often a target of unwanted pursuit or stalking and more likely to experience fear.
authors.affiliation: The Virginia Consortium Program in Clinical Psychology, USA.
authors.forename: Ashley
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Winkleman
authors.forename: Barbara A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Winstead
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology; D003380:Courtship; D019548:Crime Victims / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005178:Faculty / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009770:Obsessive Behavior / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D016272:Occupational Health; D012737:Sex Factors; D012931:Social Environment; D055807:Stalking / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult