Celebrity Stalking

Question 1

How does the British Crime Survey define stalking?

Answer 1

a course of conduct involving 2+ events of harassment causing fear, alarm or distress

Question 2

What can celebrity stalking include?

Answer 2

Physical following, sending unwanted letters/calls, cyber stalking, physical violence (Chapman who shot Lennon)

Question 3

Who conducted a study into celebrity stalking and attachment type?

Answer 3

McCutcheon 2006: 299 students, parental bonding scale and celebrity stalking (rate appropriate behaviour), insecurely attached more likely to think celebrity stalking ore acceptable

Question 4

What methodological comments can be made about McCutcheon’s research?

Answer 4

parental relationship recall may be incorrect, only students so not generalisable, only correlational, should differentiate between A and C

Question 5

Who conducted research into celebrity stalking and avoidance and anxiety?

Answer 5

Roberts 2007: 200 students reported actual contact attempts made to celebs and tendencies for attachment related avoidance and anxiety, + correlation between anxiety and celeb approaches, neg correlation between avoidance and frequency of celeb approach

Question 6

What methodological comments can be made about Robert’s research?

Answer 6

not generalisable, might withhold info due to embarrassment but actual stalking behaviour: higher eco validity

Question 7

What has other research into stalking shown?

Answer 7

stalking after relationship breakdown shows that stalkers more likely to have preoccupied (adult C) attachment

Question 8

What did these studies lead to?

Answer 8

Theoretical importance for the development of Keinlen’s attachment theory of celebrity stalking