Predicting unwanted pursuit: Attachment, relationship satisfaction, relationship alternatives, and break-up distress
We examined attachment and relationship variables as predictors of unwanted pursuit behavior (UPB) as reported by targets of pursuit and by pursuers. Factor analyses revealed two dimensions, Pursuit and Aggression, on Spitzberg and Cupach’s measures of UPB for targets and pursuers. Results indicated...
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crsagepubl:10.1177/0265407506065984 2024-05-19T07:49:05+00:00 Predicting unwanted pursuit: Attachment, relationship satisfaction, relationship alternatives, and break-up distress Dutton, Leila B. Winstead, Barbara A. 2006 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0265407506065984 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0265407506065984 en eng SAGE Publications http://journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license Journal of Social and Personal Relationships volume 23, issue 4, page 565-586 ISSN 0265-4075 1460-3608 journal-article 2006 crsagepubl https://doi.org/10.1177/0265407506065984 2024-04-25T08:12:27Z We examined attachment and relationship variables as predictors of unwanted pursuit behavior (UPB) as reported by targets of pursuit and by pursuers. Factor analyses revealed two dimensions, Pursuit and Aggression, on Spitzberg and Cupach’s measures of UPB for targets and pursuers. Results indicated no sex differences in reports of UPB by either targets or pursuers for Pursuit or Aggression, although female pursuers reported engaging in more ‘monitoring’ and ‘physically hurting’ their targets than male pursuers. For pursuers, anxious attachment and distress at break-up were the most robust predictors of both Pursuit and Aggression. Targets reported more instances of UPB than did pursuers. Among targets, none of the variables predicted Pursuit, but anxious attachment and relationship dissatisfaction predicted Aggression. Article in Journal/Newspaper Spitzberg SAGE Publications Journal of Social and Personal Relationships 23 4 565 586 |
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We examined attachment and relationship variables as predictors of unwanted pursuit behavior (UPB) as reported by targets of pursuit and by pursuers. Factor analyses revealed two dimensions, Pursuit and Aggression, on Spitzberg and Cupach’s measures of UPB for targets and pursuers. Results indicated no sex differences in reports of UPB by either targets or pursuers for Pursuit or Aggression, although female pursuers reported engaging in more ‘monitoring’ and ‘physically hurting’ their targets than male pursuers. For pursuers, anxious attachment and distress at break-up were the most robust predictors of both Pursuit and Aggression. Targets reported more instances of UPB than did pursuers. Among targets, none of the variables predicted Pursuit, but anxious attachment and relationship dissatisfaction predicted Aggression. |
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Predicting unwanted pursuit: Attachment, relationship satisfaction, relationship alternatives, and break-up distress |
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