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- Title
Italian Nurses' Experience of Stalking: A Questionnaire Survey.
- Authors
Maran, Daniela Acquadro; Varetto, Antonella; Zedda, Massimo
- Abstract
A literature analysis shows that nurses are at greater risk of being stalked both by ex-partners and acquaintances (such as colleagues and patients) and by unknown stalkers. The aim of this study was to explore Italian nurses' experience of stalking. A copy of the Italian modified version of the Networking for Surviving Stalking (NSS) Questionnaire on Stalking, Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), and State Trait Inventory (STAI) Y1-Y2 scales were distributed to 2,000 nurses working in 4 Italian state hospitals. There were 765 nurses who returned the questionnaire (38.4%), 107 of whom had been victims (14.0%). On average, victims had been stalked for more than 12 months by an acquaintance (41.1%), whose behavior included unwanted communications, following, control, and threatening behavior. The coping strategies used most involved offensive and interactional tactics. Stalking has both emotional and physical consequences for victims, although depression levels were not as high as we expected (BDI M = 11.05, SD = 8.84; STAI YI M = 42.11, SD = 11.75; STAI Y2 M = 44.04, SD = 12.90). The need to adopt legal, organizational, and individual strategies is also discussed.
- Subjects
STALKING; INTIMATE partner violence; DATING violence; BECK Depression Inventory; STALKERS; SOCIAL surveys; ORGANIZATIONAL behavior
- Publication
Violence & Victims, 2014, Vol 29, Issue 1, p109
- ISSN
0886-6708
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1891/0886-6708.VV-D-12-00078