The purpose of this study was to examine the moderating effects of technology use for relationship maintenance on the longitudinal associations among self-isolation during the coronavirus-19 (COVID-19) pandemic and romantic relationship quality among adolescents. Participants were 239 (120 female; M age = 16.69, standard deviation [SD] = 0.61; 60 percent Caucasian) 11th and 12th graders from three midwestern high schools. To qualify for this study, adolescents had to be in the same romantic relationship for the duration of the study, ∼7 months (M length of relationship = 10.03 months). Data were collected in October of 2019 (Time 1) and again 7 months later in May of 2020 (Time 2). Adolescents completed a romantic relationship questionnaire at Time 1 and again at Time 2, along with questionnaires on frequency of self-isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic and use of technology for romantic relationship maintenance. Findings revealed that increases in self-isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic related positively to the use of technology for romantic relationship maintenance and negatively to Time 2 romantic relationship quality. High use of technology for romantic relationship maintenance buffered against the negative effects of self-isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic on adolescents' romantic relationship quality 7 months later, whereas low use strengthened the negative relationship between self-isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic and romantic relationship quality. These findings suggest the importance of considering the implications of societal crisis or pandemics on adolescents' close relationships, particularly their romantic relationships.

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在 COVID-19 大流行期间自我隔离与青少年浪漫关系质量之间的关系中调节技术使用

本研究的目的是检查技术用于维持关系对冠状病毒 19 (COVID-19) 大流行期间自我隔离与青少年浪漫关系质量之间的纵向关联的调节作用。参与者是来自三所中西部高中的239 名（120 名女性；M年龄 = 16.69，标准差 [ SD ] = 0.61；60% 是白种人）11 年级和 12 年级学生。为了符合这项研究的资格，青少年必须在研究期间保持相同的恋爱关系，大约 7 个月（M关系长度 = 10.03 个月）。数据是在 2019 年 10 月（时间 1）和 7 个月后的 2020 年 5 月（时间 2）再次收集的。青少年在时间 1 和时间 2 再次完成了一份浪漫关系问卷，以及关于 COVID-19 大流行期间自我隔离频率和使用技术维护浪漫关系的问卷。调查结果显示，在 COVID-19 大流行期间自我隔离的增加与使用技术维护浪漫关系呈正相关，与第 2 段恋爱关系质量呈负相关。在 7 个月后，COVID-19 大流行期间自我隔离对青少年浪漫关系质量的负面影响缓冲了对浪漫关系维护技术的高度使用，而低使用率加强了 COVID-19 大流行期间的自我隔离与浪漫关系质量之间的负面关系。这些发现表明，考虑社会危机或流行病对青少年亲密关系，尤其是他们的浪漫关系的影响非常重要。