情緒勒索與親子關係品質的相關研究：同理心與感恩心的影響

Abstract

情緒勒索是指關係中的勒索者，透過情緒操弄，威脅或給予被勒索者壓力，要求被勒索者完成勒索者提出的要求。被勒索者雖然不情願，但為了不破壞雙方的良好關係，委屈且反覆的遵從勒索者的要求，形成一個無限地的惡性循環。過去研究發現情緒勒索會對親密、人際、職場等關係品質產生負面影響。親子關係乃是人際關係中相當重要的一種類別，因此本研究旨在延伸過去研究的發現，釐清情緒勒索對親子關係品質的影響。本研究目的有三：一、了解由主要照顧者而來的情緒勒索的現況；二、情緒勒索和親子關係品質之間的關聯性；三、同理與感恩對此二者關係的影響。本研究共回收318份有效問卷。主要發現在情緒勒索的現況上知覺到來自主要照顧者的情緒勒索平均值顯著低於中間值，其中以恐懼感最高。而進一步的分析發現知覺到親子關係中的情緒勒索沒有性別差異，目前同住與否在親子關係中的情緒勒索間亦沒有顯著差異。而情緒勒索與親子關係品質間有顯著的負相關，知覺到情緒勒索越多，會減損親子關係品質。此外，本研究進一步發現情緒勒索與親子關係品質間受到感恩心的中介，低情緒勒索會提升感恩心，進而增進親子關係品質。Emotional blackmail is a form of repetitive emotional manipulation by threatening or putting pressure on the certain person for fulfill the demands of the purpose of the perpetrator. Previous studies has demonstrated that emotional blackmail have negative influence on quality of relationships. However, the previous research mainly focused on how emotional blackmail influence the interpersonal relationship on either couple relationships or the workspace relationships. The purpose of the present study was to clarify the impact of emotional blackmail on the quality of parent-child relationship. 318 volunteers were recruited from public social media. The experience of emotional blackmail, quality of parent-child relationship, empathy and gratitude were measured. The results showed that the experience of emotional blackmail we perceived from primary caregivers was relative lower than from couple. The negative correlation between emotional blackmail and the quality of parent-child relationship was observed. In addition, the results further demonstrated that gratitude mediated the relation between emotional blackmail and the quality of parent-child relationship. The implications for future research and applied field are discussed.