Open AccessThe Prevalence and Effects of Stalking
Author(s) -
Harald Dreßing,
Peter Gass,
Katharina Schultz,
Christine Kuehner
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
deutsches ärzteblatt international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.436
H-Index - 60
ISSN - 1866-0452
DOI - 10.3238/arztebl.2020.0347
Subject(s) - stalking , medicine , odds ratio , confidence interval , epidemiology , population , depression (economics) , mental health , patient health questionnaire , demography , psychiatry , environmental health , economics , macroeconomics , anxiety , depressive symptoms , sociology
In 2003, we carried out the first epidemiological study on the frequency and effects of stalking in Germany that was based on a random population sample. We repeated the study with the same design in 2018 in order to assess any potential alterations over time in the frequency of stalking and of psychological problems in the affected persons. As far as we know, this is the first replication study of this kind to be carried out anywhere.