PSY 455 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Psychopathology, Child Abuse, Cyberstalking
3 Nov 2016
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Unrequited passion love: when the one we love does not love us: unrequited love. Not reciprocated by the beloved has the potential to be just as strongly associated with negative outcomes. Study by roy baumeister, sara wotman, & arlene stillwell: negative effects. 44% would-be suitors reported that their unreciprocated passion caused them pain, suffering, disappointment; jealousy and anger. 22% experienced worries and fears about rejection: positive effects. 98% would-be suitors said that they were happy. 53% looked back upon their unrequited love experiences with some degree of positive feeling. Relational stalking (obsessive relational intrusion ori, domestic stalking, and intimate partner stalking) Intentional and persistent contact (or attempted contact) by the pursuer that is. Psychologically aversive (unpleasant or offensive) to the recipient. Relational stalking may emerge from the normal courtship process. In particular, from the indirect manner in which relationship initiation is typically enacted: indirect manners.
