Emotional blackmail and its relationship with psychological identity

Abstract

The aim of the current research is to identify the relationship between emotional blackmail and psychological identity among a sample of male and female university students. The research sample consisted of (120) university students who were selected in a simple random manner. To achieve the research objectives, an emotional blackmail scale was constructed that included (39) paragraphs, and a psychological identity scale was constructed that included (26) paragraphs. The psychometric properties were extracted from the distinction of the validity and reliability paragraphs for both scales. The results showed that the sample does not suffer from emotional blackmail, and the sample enjoys a strong psychological identity, There is a significant inverse relationship between emotional blackmail and psychological identity, which means that the higher the individual’s psychological identity, the less he suffers from emotional blackmail. The research came up with some recommendations and suggestions.

1: Conducting research and studies on emotional blackmail for other samples such as widows and divorcees, especially since we live in a time when widows are increasing as a result of wars and terrorism and high divorce rates for many reasons, which makes them fall prey to emotional blackmail.

2- The necessity of conducting awareness lectures through television channels on how to   prevent and treat emotional blackmail.