The occurrence of the novel coronavirus necessitates a better understanding of how romantic partners use social technology to cope with health stressors. This exploratory study, therefore, examined whether COVID-related health concerns regarding oneself or one’s romantic partner before/during quarantine predict, or are predicted by, emerging adults’ engagement in social media surveillance of their romantic partner. Participants (N = 181 emerging adults in a romantic relationship) responded to online surveys at two points during spring 2020. Findings from a cross-lagged analysis indicate that COVID-related health concerns for oneself before stay-at-home orders predicted emerging adult’s participation in social media surveillance of a romantic partner during COVID quarantine. This study serves as an initial inquiry into how health-related concerns impact technology use in romantic relationships and how they serve to modify digital participation during a global crisis (i.e., the COVID-19 pandemic). Limitations, future research directions, and implications of the study are discussed.

新型冠状病毒的发生需要更好地了解浪漫伴侣如何使用社交技术来应对健康压力。因此，这项探索性研究检查了在隔离之前/期间对自己或自己的伴侣的与 COVID 相关的健康问题是否预测或被新兴成年人参与对其伴侣的社交媒体监视的预测。参与者 ( N= 181 名处于恋爱关系中的新兴成年人）在 2020 年春季的两个时间点回答了在线调查。交叉滞后分析的结果表明，居家令之前对自己的 COVID 相关健康问题预测了新兴成年人对社交媒体的参与在 COVID 隔离期间监视浪漫伴侣。这项研究是对健康相关问题如何影响浪漫关系中的技术使用以及它们如何在全球危机（即 COVID-19 大流行）期间改变数字参与的初步调查。讨论了研究的局限性、未来的研究方向和影响。