Health Care Professionals’ Knowledge of Stalking Perpetrators, Victims, Behaviors, and Coping Strategies: A Preliminary Study among Italian Hospitals

Table 7

Victim’s coping strategies according to health care professionals.

	%
Change phone number	90.8
Obtain legal consult and assistance	69.2
Limit social relationships	65.2
Renounce social activities	57.8
Catch the stalker in the act and collect evidence	53.6
Request pharmacological support	51.4
Change home, job, and car	48.8
Require psychological support	45.9
Reinforce security by adopting precautionary behavior	37.3
Change identity and/or city	27.1
Drink alcohol	21.2
Buy a weapon	15.3
Consume drugs	7.7

Note. Frequency of citation.