Health Care Professionals’ Knowledge of Stalking Perpetrators, Victims, Behaviors, and Coping Strategies: A Preliminary Study among Italian Hospitals

• Published in: TheScientificWorld Vol. 2019; no. 2019; pp. 1 - 9
• Main Authors: Maran, Daniela Acquadro, D’Argenio, Alberto, Loera, Barbara
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cairo, Egypt Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2019; Hindawi; John Wiley & Sons, Inc; Hindawi Limited
• Subjects: Adaptation, Psychological; Adult; Analysis; Anxiety; Behavior; Coping; Crime Victims - psychology; Female; Health aspects; Health care; Health Personnel; Humans; Intellectual disabilities; Investigations; Italy; Knowledge; Male; Medical personnel; Men; Mental disorders; Mental health; Middle Aged; Personality disorders; Population; Professionals; Psychiatric-mental health nursing; Psychiatry; Psychopathology; Psychosis; Risk Factors; Stalking; Stalking - psychology; Threats; Victimization; Violence; Young Adult; Italy; United Kingdom

The aim of this study was to investigate health care professionals’ level of in-depth understanding about the various types and characteristics of stalking. In particular, the study examines knowledge on the characteristics of stalkers and their victims, acted behaviors, and coping strategies used t...