Research Article
Health Care Professionals’ Knowledge of Stalking Perpetrators, Victims, Behaviors, and Coping Strategies: A Preliminary Study among Italian Hospitals
Table 6
Factorial analysis of the predisposing factors for the stalking behaviors: the structure of health care professionals’ beliefs.
| | Affectivity dysregulation | Cognitive problems | Social problems |
| 1. Atypical view of love | 0.849 | | | 2. Anger | 0.761 | | | 3. Violent attitude | 0.685 | | | 4. Frustration | 0.654 | | | 5. Jealousy | 0.386 | | | 6. Insecurity | 0.373 | 0.334 | | 7. Fear of abandonment | | 0.725 | | 8. Need for attention | | 0.698 | | 9. Low self-esteem | | 0.649 | | 10. Desire for control | | 0.624 | −0.305 | 11. Low cultural level | | | 0.844 | 12. Abuse of alcohol and drugs | | | 0.659 | 13. Social maladjustment | 0.387 | | 0.570 | 14. Childhood trauma | | 0.324 | 0.375 |
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Note. Principal component extraction, direct Oblimin rotation, and Kaiser normalization; factors loading <0.3 omitted.
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