Stalking is in the Eye of the Beholder: How Context and Individual Differences Influence Perceptions of Stalking and Responsibility Attributions
Stalking is in the Eye of the Beholder: How Context and Individual Differences Influence Perceptions of Stalking and Responsibility Attributions
Oana Gavriș Lavinia Cheie a Research in Individual Differences and Legal Psychology (RIDDLE) Lab, Department of Psychology, Babeș-Bolyai University, Romania, Cluj-Napoca, Romaniab Department of Social and Human Research, Romanian Academy, Cluj, RomaniaOana Gavriș M.Sc., is a legal psychologist working within the Romanian penitentiary system. Their research interests focus on collective behavior, social roles, decision-making processes, offender conduct, and rehabilitation. In particular, they explore how situational and individual factors influence perceptions of deviant behaviors and the attributions of responsibility. Their work aims to provide insights into the psychological and social mechanisms shaping offender behavior and its interpretation by others, contributing to better-informed approaches to rehabilitation and justice.Lavinia Cheie Ph.D., is a researcher and lecturer specializing in atypical developmental psychology and legal psychology. She is a member of the Research in Individual Differences and Legal Psychology (RIDDLE) Lab at Babeș-Bolyai University and a researcher at the Department of Social and Human Research within the Romanian Academy. Dr. Cheie’s research mainly focuses on cognitive vulnerabilities to socio-emotional maladjustments, including their developmental trajectories and links to deviant behavior.