Career Dimensions of Stalking Victimization and Perpetration

Figures & data

Table 1 Descriptive statistics

	Minimum	Maximum	Mean	SD
Stalking victimization (0 = No, 1 = Yes)	0	1	0.27	0.444
Stalking perpetration (0 = No, 1 = Yes)	0	1	0.06	0.233
Sexual assault victimization (0 = No, 1 = Yes)	0	1	0.32	0.467
Sexual assault perpetration (0 = No, 1 = Yes)	0	1	0.03	0.177
Intimate partner violence victimization (0 = No, 1 = Yes)	0	1	0.18	0.383
Intimate partner violence perpetration (0 = No, 1 = Yes)	0	1	0.06	0.239
Sex (1 = Male, 2 = Female)	1	2	1.61	0.488
Age	18	72	24.03	7.448
Race (1 = White, 2 = Non‐White)	1	2	1.22	0.412
Ethnicity (1 = Non‐Hispanic, 2 = Hispanic)	1	2	1.10	0.301
Sexual orientation (1 = Heterosexual, 2 = Other)	1	2	1.06	0.311

Table 2 Comparison of stalking frequency by gender

	Male	Female	Mean difference
Stalking victimization	Mean = 1.08	Mean = 1.12	−0.039
	SD = 0.305	SD = 0.350	t = −1.192p = 0.235
Stalking perpetration	Mean = 1.13	Mean = 1.08	0.048
	SD = 0.475	SD = 0.325	t = 0.628p = 0.531

Figure 1 Distribution of stalking seriousness scores for the first victimization episode.

Figure 2 Distribution of stalking seriousness scores for first perpetration episode.

Table 3 Comparison of stalking seriousness by gender

	Male	Female	Mean difference
Stalking victimization	Mean = 3.41	Mean = 3.46	−0.052
	SD = 1.745	SD = 1.546	t = −0.296, p = 0.768
Stalking perpetration	Mean = 3.16	Mean = 2.50	0.656
	SD = 2.272	SD = 1.364	t = 1.396, p = 0.172

Figure 3 Age of onset for the first stalking victimization episode.

Figure 4 Age of onset for the first stalking perpetration episode.

Table 4 Comparison of stalking age of onset by gender

	Male	Female	Mean difference
Stalking victimization	Mean = 22.45	Mean = 20.03	2.423
	SD = 7.658	SD = 4.847	t = −3.184∗, p = 0.002
Stalking perpetration	Mean = 19.69	Mean = 19.96	−0.270
	SD = 3.732	SD = 4.804	t = −0.289, p = 0.773
∗p < 0.05.

Figure 5 Duration for the first stalking victimization episode.

Figure 6 Duration for the first stalking perpetration episode.

Table 5 Relationship between stalking victimization and other crimes

	B	SE	Wald	Exp(B)
Sexual assault victimization	1.369∗∗	0.141	94.125	3.933
Sexual assault perpetration	0.147	0.340	0.188	1.159
IPV victimization	0.793∗∗	0.174	20.756	2.211
IPV perpetration	0.352	0.275	1.632	1.421
Sex	0.636∗∗	0.161	15.666	1.888
Age	0.006	0.009	0.465	1.006
Race	−0.097	0.174	0.312	0.908
Ethnicity	0.133	0.222	0.363	1.143
Sexual orientation	0.121	0.206	0.348	1.129
Constant	−3.040∗∗	0.519	34.301	0.048
∗∗p < 0.001.

Table 6 Relationship between stalking perpetration and other crimes

	B	SE	Wald	Exp(B)
Sexual assault victimization	1.221∗∗	0.258	22.481	3.391
Sexual assault perpetration	1.264∗∗	0.384	10.820	3.540
IPV victimization	0.653∗∗	0.270	5.860	1.922
IPV perpetration	1.261∗∗	0.332	14.383	3.529
Sex	−0.138	0.276	0.248	0.871
Age	−0.009	0.016	0.284	0.991
Race	0.123	0.288	0.183	1.131
Ethnicity	−0.219	0.392	0.312	0.803
Sexual orientation	0.487	0.257	3.577	1.627
Constant	−3.569∗∗	0.851	17.598	0.028
∗∗p < 0.001.

Table 7 Relationship between stalking victimization seriousness and other crimes

	B	SE	Beta	t
Sexual assault victimization	0.626∗∗	0.177	0.178	3.531
Sexual assault perpetration	0.206	0.375	0.027	0.570
IPV victimization	0.646∗∗	0.195	0.171	−1.082
IPV perpetration	−0.319	0.296	−0.055	3.322
Sex	−0.335	0.216	−0.078	−1.534
Age	0.032∗	0.015	0.146	2.055
Race	0.042	0.217	0.010	−0.016
Ethnicity	0.276	0.276	0.050	1.019
Sexual orientation	0.291	0.236	0.059	1.217
Age of stalking victimization onset	−0.068∗∗	0.023	−0.209	−2.970
Constant	3.130∗∗	0.691	—	4.532
∗p < 0.05; ∗∗p < 0.001.