MacKenzie Rachel D, Mullen Paul E, Ogloff James R P, McEwan Troy E, James David V
Victorian Institute of Forensic Mental Health, Fairfield, Victoria 3050, Australia.
J Forensic Sci. 2008 Nov;53(6):1443-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2008.00869.x. Epub 2008 Sep 16.
Attachment theory is one of the earliest and most vigorously promoted explanations of the psychological processes that underlie stalking behavior. Insecure attachment has been proposed as impairing the management of relationships, thus increasing the propensity to stalk. The current study explored the parental bonding and adult attachment styles of 122 stalkers referred to a specialist forensic clinic. Stalkers were grouped according to two common classification methods: relationship and motivation. Compared to general community samples, stalkers were more likely to remember their parents as emotionally neglectful and have insecure adult attachment styles, with the degree of divergence varying according to stalker type and mode of classification. In offering support for the theoretical proposition that stalking evolves from pathological attachment, these findings highlight the need to consider attachment in the assessment and management of stalkers. Also emphasized is the importance of taking classification methods into account when interpreting and evaluating stalking research.
依恋理论是对构成跟踪行为基础的心理过程最早且最有力推广的解释之一。不安全依恋被认为会损害人际关系的管理，从而增加跟踪的倾向。本研究探讨了122名被转介到一家专业法医诊所的跟踪者的父母养育方式和成人依恋风格。跟踪者根据两种常见的分类方法进行分组：关系和动机。与一般社区样本相比，跟踪者更有可能记得他们的父母在情感上忽视自己，并且具有不安全的成人依恋风格，差异程度因跟踪者类型和分类方式而异。这些发现为跟踪行为源于病态依恋的理论主张提供了支持，强调了在跟踪者的评估和管理中考虑依恋的必要性。同时也强调了在解释和评估跟踪研究时考虑分类方法的重要性。
