Obsessive relational intrusion

Obsessive relational intrusion (ORI) is a term used in criminal psychology research used to describe the willful and continued intrusion into the personal life of a victim by an aspiring or former relational partner. ORI is related to stalking in that it is a milder form of relational harassment, often lacking the characteristic threatening and aggressive behavior normally associated with stalking. Cupach and Spitzberg (Cupach & Spitzberg 1998) have defined it as "repeated and unwanted pursuit and invasion of one's sense of physical or symbolic privacy by another person, either stranger or acquaintance, who desires and/or presumes an intimate relationship."

Sources

• Cupach, W.R.; Spitzberg, B.H. (1998), Obsessive relational intrusion and stalking. In B.H. Spitzberg & W.R. Cupach (Eds.), The dark side of close relationships, Lawrence Erlbaum, pp. 233–263 
• Sinclair, C.H.; Frieze, I.H. (2005), "When courtship persistence becomes intrusive pursuit: comparing rejecter and pursuer perspectives of unrequited attraction", Sex Roles: A Journal of Research 52 (11–12): 839–852, doi:10.1007/s11199-005-4203-4, http://www.springerlink.com/content/ur6183823116h378/ 

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