Italian Nurses’ Experience of Stalking: A Questionnaire Survey

Author:

Maran Daniela Acquadro,Varetto Antonella,Zedda Massimo

Abstract

A literature analysis shows that nurses are at greater risk of being stalked both by ex-partners and acquaintances (such as colleagues and patients) and by unknown stalkers. The aim of this study was to explore Italian nurses’ experience of stalking. A copy of the Italian modified version of the Networking for Surviving Stalking (NSS) Questionnaire on Stalking, Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), and State Trait Inventory (STAI) Y1-Y2 scales were distributed to 2,000 nurses working in 4 Italian state hospitals. There were 765 nurses who returned the questionnaire (38.4%), 107 of whom had been victims (14.0%). On average, victims had been stalked for more than 12 months by an acquaintance (41.1%), whose behavior included unwanted communications, following, control, and threatening behavior. The coping strategies used most involved offensive and interactional tactics. Stalking has both emotional and physical consequences for victims, although depression levels were not as high as we expected (BDIM= 11.05,SD= 8.84; STAI Y1M= 42.11,SD= 11.75; STAI Y2M= 44.04,SD= 12.90). The need to adopt legal, organizational, and individual strategies is also discussed.

Publisher

Springer Publishing Company

Subject

Law,General Medicine,Health (social science),Pathology and Forensic Medicine

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