en رفاه اجتماعی Social Welfare پژوهشي Original Research Articles <div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Objectives</strong>: This study aimed to compare the experience of stalking victimization among students and workers, considering the prevalence of the phenomenon, physical and emotional consequences, and coping strategies<br> <strong>Methods</strong>: A total of 291 students (51.9%) and 270 workers (48.1%) who were victims of stalking completed an anonymous questionnaire.<br> <strong>Results</strong>: The results showed that the reported behaviors were consistent with a higher percentage of workers experiencing mediated and interactive contact, harassment, and physical violence. Students also reported more physical and emotional symptoms than workers, with some significant differences (loss/increase of appetite, nausea, self-inflicted injuries, panic attacks, suicidal thoughts, sadness, confusion, lack of trust in others, aggressiveness, paranoia, irritability, and agoraphobia). Moreover, interactive contact was associated with physical and emotional symptoms in students, while in workers, the same behavior was only associated with emotional symptoms. Regarding coping strategies, results showed that students were more likely to report increased social contact.<br> <strong>Discussion</strong>: This research can guide intervention and prevention strategies, such as promoting educational campaigns for bystanders rather than only for victims.</div> Stalking, Workers, Students, Consequences, Coping strategies 217 232 http://irj.uswr.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-2288-3&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Daniela Acquadro Maran daniela.acquadro@unito.it 0000-0002-9924-4093 Yes Department of Psychology, University of Torino, Torino, Italy. Antonella Varetto avaretto@cittadellasalute.to.it 0000-0003-3002-8533 No City of Science and Health, Turin, Italy. Tatiana Begotti tatiana.begotti@unito.it 0000-0002-8422-3038 No Department of Psychology, University of Torino, Torino, Italy. Amelia Rizzo amrizzo@unime.it 0000-0002-6229-6463 No Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy. Murat Yıldırım muratyildirim@agri.edu.tr 0000-0003-1089-1380 No Department of Psychology, Faculty of Science and Letters, Agri Ibrahim Cecen University, Ağrı, Turkey. Kavita Batra kavita.batra@unlv.edu 0000-0002-0722-0191 No Department of Medical Education, Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, United States. Hicham Khabbache hichamcogn@gmail.com 0000-0001-9587-2829 No Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts and Human Sciences Fès-Saïss, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fes, Morocco. Francesco Chirico francesco.chirico@unicatt.it 0000-0002-8737-4368 No Post-graduate School in Occupational Health, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy.