Obsessive Relational Intrusion – Short Form (ORI-SF)

Leaving unwanted gifts (e.g., flowers, stuffed animals, photographs, jewelry, etc.)

Leaving unwanted messages of affection (e.g., romantically-oriented notes, cards, letters, voice-mail, e-mail, messages with friends, etc.)

Making exaggerated expressions of affection (e.g., saying 'I love you' after limited interaction, doing large and unsolicited favors for you)

Following you around (e.g., following you to or from school, home, gym, daily activities, etc.)

Watching you (e.g., driving by home or work, watching you from a distance, gazing at you in public places, etc.)

Intruding uninvited into your interactions (e.g., 'hovers' around your conversations, offers unsolicited advice, initiates conversations when you are clearly busy, etc.)

Invading your personal space (e.g., getting too close to you in conversation, touching you, etc.)

Involving you in activities in unwanted ways (e.g., enrolling you in programs, putting you on mailing lists, using your name as a reference, etc.)

Invading your personal property (e.g., handling your possessions, breaking and entering into your home, showing up at your door or car, etc.)

Intruding upon your friends, family or coworkers (e.g., trying to befriend your friends, family or coworkers; seeking to be invited to social events, seeking employment at your work, etc.)

Monitoring you and/or your behavior (e.g., calling at all hours to check on your whereabouts, checking up on you through mutual friends, etc.)

Approaching or surprising you in public places (e.g., showing up at places such as stores, work, gym; lying in wait around corners, etc.)

Covertly obtaining private information (e.g., listening to your message machine, taking photos of you without your knowledge, stealing your mail or e-mail, etc.)

Invading your property (e.g., breaking and entering your home, car, desk, backpack or briefcase, etc.)

Leaving unwanted threatening messages (e.g., hang-up calls; notes, cards, letters, voice-mail, e-mail, messages with friends, implying harm or potential harm, etc.)

Physically restraining you (e.g., grabbing your arm, blocking your progress, holding your car door while you're in the car, etc.)

Engaging in regulatory harassment (e.g., filing official complaints, spreading false rumors to officials—boss, instructor, etc., obtaining a restraining order on you, etc.)

Stealing or damaging valued possessions (e.g., you found property vandalized; things missing, damaged or hurt that only this person had access to, such as prior gifts, or pets, etc.)

Threatening to hurt him- or herself (e.g., vague threats that something bad will happen to him- or herself, threatening to commit suicide, etc.)

Threatening others you care about (e.g., threatening harm to or making vague warnings about romantic partners, friends, family, pets, etc.)

Verbally threatening you personally (e.g., threats or vague warnings that something bad will happen to you, threatening personally to hurt you, etc.)

Leaving or sending you threatening objects (e.g., marked up photographs, photographs taken of you without knowledge, pornography, weapons, etc.)

Showing up at places in threatening ways (e.g., showing up at class, office or work, from behind a corner, staring from across a street, being inside your home, etc.)

Sexually coercing you (e.g., forcefully attempted/succeeded in kissing, feeling, or disrobing you, exposed him/herself, forced sexual behavior, etc.)

Physically threatening you (e.g., throwing something at you, acting as if s/he will hit you, running fingers across neck implying throat slitting, etc.)

Physically hurting you (e.g., pushing or shoving you, slapping you, hitting you with fist, hitting you with an object, etc.)

Kidnapping or physically constraining you (e.g., by force or threat of force, trapped you in a car or room; bound you; took you places against your will; etc.)

Physically endangering your life (e.g., trying to run you off the road, displaying a weapon in front of you, using a weapon to subdue you, etc.)