MMPI-2 Profiles of Male Stalkers

Stalking is a potentially lethal crime that hassignificantly affected millions. The present studyattempted to explore the dynamics of stalking byevaluating the personality structures of malestalking perpetrators utilizing the MMPI-2. TheMMPI-2 profiles of male stalkers were compared to acontrol group of males from the normal populationmatched on age ethnicity and educationalbackground. The differences of the clinical andvalidity scales T score means on the MMPI-2 wereanalyzed using one-way ANOVAs. Based on thestatistical analysis the male stalkers' obtainedhigher scores on Scales Pd Pa and F and thedifferences in means were statistically significant.The stalking group's scores on Scales Hs D Hy Ptand Sc where also significant at the p<.05 levelwhile the T scores of the non-stalking group obtainedsignificance on Scale K at the p<.05 level. Theresults indicated that male stalkers may experiencemore interpersonal distress and in timesof stress become more irritated aggressive andmanipulative than the matched sample.