Celebrity Stalking
- Created by: Hannah Jeffery
- Created on: 04-05-15 10:13
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- Celebrity stalking
- Stalking
- the repeated following and harassing of a person that threatens their safety
- most stalking takes places between people who know each other
- Celebrities are particularly prone to stalking
- eg Madonna was stalked by Robert Hoskins who stalked Madonna and threatened to slash her throat if he didn't agree to marry her
- Attachment style
- Bartholomew
- pre-occupied attachment style connected with stalking
- individuals have a poor self image and a positive image of others
- stalking is because individuals over value others and perceive contact with celebrities that they are acceptable and values
- tonin
- measured stalkers retro-spective attachment style
- using two sel-report measures
- compared attachment styles of stalkers, criminals and general public
- the stalkers had significantly more evidence of insecure attachment styles
- measured stalkers retro-spective attachment style
- real world application
- Roberts found individuals with a lower self esteem were more prone to stalking
- deterministic
- for persistent stalkers a clinical interventions can help them to be aware of their attachment difficulties
- Roberts found individuals with a lower self esteem were more prone to stalking
- Maltby et al
- a tendency to engage in stalking could be caused by an underlying psychopathology
- correlation between OCD and intense celebrity worship
- Measuring stalking
- case studies are difficult to generalise
- complex range of causes and psychopathology influences
- ranges of stalking
- eg looking regularly at their Facebook to breaking into their house
- tested with Vignettes
- short written descriptions of events, behaviour or people which can be used n experimental settings
- case studies are difficult to generalise
- Stalking
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