University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA.
University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, USA.
J Interpers Violence. 2021 Dec;36(23-24):11768-11780. doi: 10.1177/0886260519900945. Epub 2020 Feb 5.
Stalking victimization may have a significant impact on adolescents' well-being, above and beyond the effects of other types of interpersonal violence victimization. This article explored the association of stalking victimization (unwanted harassing or threats) with adolescents' depressed mood and perception of mattering to other people. Adolescents (age = 15.8 at baseline, 50.3% girls, 88.9% non-Hispanic White, 85.9% heterosexual) took surveys at two time points and reported on stalking victimization, depressed mood, and perception of mattering. Results indicate that, even when controlling for previous depressed mood and mattering, the odds of depressed mood and mattering among stalking victims was, respectively, 3.31 times higher and 0.49 times lower than the odds of depressed mood and mattering in non-victims. When controlling for other victimization experiences (i.e., dating violence, sexual assault, sexual harassment), the odds of depressed mood among stalking victims was 2.31 times higher than the odds of depressed mood among non-victims, but stalking victims were not less likely to report mattering. Although more research is needed, these results suggest that assessment and intervention efforts should target depressed mood in stalking victims in addition to underscoring the need for primary prevention of stalking in adolescence.
stalking 受害可能会对青少年的幸福感产生重大影响，超出了其他类型人际暴力受害的影响。本文探讨了 stalking 受害（不受欢迎的骚扰或威胁）与青少年的抑郁情绪和对他人重要性的感知之间的关联。青少年（基线时年龄 = 15.8 岁，50.3%为女孩，88.9%为非西班牙裔白人，85.9%为异性恋）在两个时间点进行了调查，并报告了 stalking 受害、抑郁情绪和对重要性的感知。结果表明，即使在控制了以前的抑郁情绪和重要性感知之后，与非受害者相比，stalking 受害者的抑郁情绪和重要性感知的几率分别高出 3.31 倍和 0.49 倍。在控制其他受害经历（即约会暴力、性侵犯、性骚扰）后，stalking 受害者的抑郁情绪几率比非受害者的抑郁情绪几率高 2.31 倍，但 stalking 受害者报告的重要性感知并不低。尽管需要更多的研究，但这些结果表明，评估和干预措施除了强调需要在青少年时期预防 stalking 之外，还应针对 stalking 受害者的抑郁情绪。
