NDLI: When Courtship Persistence Becomes Intrusive Pursuit: Comparing Rejecter and Pursuer Perspectives of Unrequited Attraction

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Sinclair, H. Colleen Frieze, Irene Hanson
Copyright Year	2005
Abstract	Two hundred forty-one undergraduates described their experiences with unrequited love, both as pursuers (actors) and love interests (targets). As expected, targets and actors perspectives differed. As targets, participants reported being on the receiving end of more unwanted courtship tactics, violent and nonviolent, than they reported using as pursuers. Further, participants in the actor role—particularly men—tended to overreport receiving signals that their love interest was reciprocating, and to underreport receiving rejections. Meanwhile, targets—particularly women—claimed numerous attempts to reject, including explicitly stating “I am definitely not interested in you,” and indicated minimal positive reactions to the unwanted pursuit. Implications of these differences, and others, in perspectives for understanding difficulties in differentiating persistence from stalking are discussed.
Starting Page	839
Ending Page	852
Page Count	14
File Format	PDF
ISSN	03600025
Journal	Sex Roles
Volume Number	52
Issue Number	11-12
e-ISSN	15732762
Language	English
Publisher	Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers
Publisher Date	2005-01-01
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	courtship persistence unrequited love stalking rejection comparing accounts Interdisciplinary Studies Anthropology/Archaeometry Sociology Personality & Social Psychology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Gender Studies Developmental and Educational Psychology Social Psychology

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