Electronic surveillance in the couple: The role of self-efficacy and commitment

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Highlights：

• Online surveillance in the couple also occurs in social networking sites (SNSs).

• Online surveillance is a feature of a couple and not of an individual member.

• Predictors of online surveillance were examined across two studies.

• Intimacy, commitment, and SNSs ease of use, usefulness and self-efficacy predicted online surveillance.

• APIM analyses showed that SNSs self-efficacy is a key variable for understanding online surveillance.

摘要

•Online surveillance in the couple also occurs in social networking sites (SNSs).•Online surveillance is a feature of a couple and not of an individual member.•Predictors of online surveillance were examined across two studies.•Intimacy, commitment, and SNSs ease of use, usefulness and self-efficacy predicted online surveillance.•APIM analyses showed that SNSs self-efficacy is a key variable for understanding online surveillance.

论文关键词：Electronic surveillance,Romantic relationship,Social-networking site self-efficacy,Commitment,Actor–partner interdependence model

论文评审过程：Received 11 June 2020, Revised 24 August 2020, Accepted 18 September 2020, Available online 20 September 2020, Version of Record 22 September 2020.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2020.106577