Journal of Threat Assessment and Management, Vol 12(4), Dec 2025, 215-230; doi:10.1037/tam0000243
There has been more limited research on risk factors for stalking dangerousness and on factors that overlap between intimate and nonintimate violence. In 2022, the majority of the mass killings were done by individuals with far-right extremist beliefs, making extremist beliefs a risk factor for mass violence. However, far-right extremist beliefs have not been explored within partner abuse and stalking situations. The present study examines stalking victim’s reports of their ex-partner far-right extremist beliefs with intimate and nonintimate threats of violence. Ex-partner stalking victims identified through screening were invited to participate in an online survey about their relationship abuse and stalking experiences. Three groups were used to examine associations, including victims who reported their ex-partner: (a) did not hold any extremist beliefs (n = 191), (b) had some (one or two) extremist beliefs (n = 191), and (c) had 3+ extremist beliefs (n = 179). Results found that far-right extremist beliefs were associated with violence involvement, threats toward the victim, and threats toward others after controlling for victim age, length of time since last stalking incident, abuse, and ex-partner problem behavior. These results suggest that far-right extremist beliefs may be an important risk factor overlapping intimate and nonintimate threats and violence. Future research is needed to better understand overlapping risk factors between intimate and nonintimate violence as well as how to best disrupt violence when threats are made by abusive and stalking ex-partners. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)