Clients who stalk psychologists: prevalence, methods, and motives Purcell, Rosemary, Powell, Martine and Mullen, Paul 2005, Clients who stalk psychologists: prevalence, methods, and motives, Professional psychology, research and practice, vol. 36, no. 5, pp. 537-543, doi: 10.1037/0735-7028.36.5.537. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Clients who stalk psychologists: prevalence, methods, and motives Author(s) Purcell, Rosemary Powell, Martine orcid.org/0000-0001-5092-1308 Mullen, Paul Journal name Professional psychology, research and practice Volume number 36 Issue number 5 Start page 537 End page 543 Publisher American Psychological Association Place of publication Arlington, Va. Publication date 2005-10 ISSN 0735-7028 Keyword(s) health professionals psychologists stalking client behavior harassment workplace violence Summary There is emerging recognition that psychologists are susceptible to various forms of intrusiveness by clients, including stalking. Information regarding the contexts in which stalking emerges and the behaviors to which clinicians are subjected is limited. A random sample of Australian psychologists (N = 1,750) was surveyed to ascertain the prevalence, nature, and occupational impact of stalking by clients. Of the 830 respondents, 19.5% had been stalked for 2 weeks or more. Psychologists typically perceived the stalking to be motivated by resentment (42%) or infatuation (19%). Most practitioners altered their professional practice as a consequence of the harassment and 29% considered leaving the profession. Stalking by clients is a salient professional issue that requires greater attention to better manage conduct that is potentially damaging to both therapists and clients. Language eng DOI 10.1037/0735-7028.36.5.537 Field of Research 170106 Health, Clinical and Counselling Psychology Socio Economic Objective 970117 Expanding Knowledge in Psychology and Cognitive Sciences HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2005, American Psychological Association Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30003116 Document type: Journal Article Collections: School of Psychology Higher Education Research Group Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Mon, 13 May 2013, 12:29:58 EST Mon, 13 May 2013, 12:30:28 EST Tue, 18 Jun 2013, 15:07:44 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 39 times in TR Web of Science Cited 50 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 752 Abstract Views, 1 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 07 Jul 2008, 08:43:50 EST

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