the role The role of cyberbullying and its relationship to the problem of exposure to emotional blackmail among adolescents in late adolescence, Applied study among female students at King Khalid University in Abha. cyberbullying and emotional blackmail

Abstract

Abstract:

The aim of the current research is to know the role of cyberbullying and its relationship to the problem of exposure to emotional blackmail among adolescents in late adolescence, to have clear knowledge about the relationship between the emotional blackmail among victims of cyberbullying and the possibility of predicting the presence of one by knowing the degrees of the other. The study was applied to a sample of female students at King Khalid University (kku) in the Asir region in the city of Abha. The researcher used a descriptive approach and used both the cyberbullying scale and the emotional blackmail scale as the main tool for collecting information. The sample was chosen intentionally, which is female students in late adolescence, that is between 18-21 years old. The number of the study sample was (330) female students from all majors. Which represents 5% of the research community, The study found that most of the study sample of female students had a low level of cyberbullying and had a low level of emotional blackmail. The results also showed a positive statistically significant relationship between emotional blackmail and cyberbullying among female students at King Khalid University in late adolescence at a significance level of 0.01, where the correlation coefficient values ranged between (0.678, 0.797). There is also the possibility of predicting emotional blackmail when knowing the degree of cyberbullying. Based on the results of the study, the researcher clarified a set of proposals to limit the spread of these two phenomena and called for seeking integration and solidarity of the efforts of governmental and social institutions and the role of the family, educators, and the media.

Key words: cyberbullying, emotional blackmail, adolescence, female students,

descriptive approach.