ABSTRACT
When a pursuer’s focus, fixation, obsession, and persistence meet rejection and disinterest from the object of pursuit, it follows that the purser is likely to seek ways around this resistance. When traditional avenues of influence are blocked, motivated people seek more creative approaches to goal achievement. Creativity is very much in evidence when examining case files, narratives, and research on stalking and obsessive relational pursuit. “One of the most notable features of stalking is the immense range of conduct that it encompasses” (Finch, 2001, p. 35). Stalkers pursue a goal while the victim is attempting to deny the stalker that goal. In the face of such rejection and avoidance, stalkers employ both repetition and innovation in the pursuit of their goal.
