The results of the current study provide support for the ability of the cyberlifestyle–
routine activities theory to explain cyberstalking victimization.
Although measures of each theoretical concept were significantly related to various forms of cyberstalking victimization
(e.g., repeated contact, unwanted sexual advances), the strength of these relationships
varied across the dependent variables (i.e., pursuit behaviors).
Online exposure and proximity proved to have the weakest relationships with victimization, with measures
being significantly related to only a couple of measures of cyberstalking. Online target
attractiveness and guardianship had moderate effects on cyberstalking, with at least one
measure of each concept being significantly related to every form of victimization. Finally,
online deviance had the strongest effect on all forms of victimization, being significantly
related to every form of cyberstalking victimization.