Interpersonal electronic surveillance (IES) refers to monitoring a partner's location, conversations, and other private information such as search history. Although IES has been linked to relationship functioning, this work does not take into account the dyadic nature of relationships using data from both members of a dating pair. Thus, this study aimed to document rates and concordance of IES perpetration among a college sample of dating pairs, explore whether rates of IES perpetration differ by gender, and describe how each partner's IES perpetration is associated with trust, jealousy, negative relationship behaviors, and explore whether any associations are moderated by gender. A total of 136 couples (age 18–25 years) participated in a study wherein each member of the couple reported IES perpetration, trust, jealousy, and negative relationship behaviors. Results indicated that 44 percent of the sample presented with either one or both partners engaging in IES perpetration. Furthermore, results of actor–partner interdependence models indicated that there were significant actor effects for all outcomes such that one's own IES perpetration was related to lower trust in the partner, higher jealousy, and engagement in more negative partners toward the partner. However, no significant partner effects emerged. Results further indicated that actor effects were present for women, but not men. Overall, results of this study indicate that dyadic examinations of IES perpetration may shed light into the ways that couples use technology and that future research is warranted to determine how to prevent IES perpetration and ultimately potential relationship consequences.

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人际电子监控的二元检查

人际电子监视 (IES) 是指监视合作伙伴的位置、对话和其他私人信息，例如搜索历史。尽管 IES 与关系功能相关联，但这项工作并未考虑使用来自约会对的两个成员的数据的关系的二元性质。因此，本研究旨在记录大学约会对样本中 IES 犯罪率和一致性，探讨 IES 犯罪率是否因性别而异，并描述每个伴侣的 IES 犯罪率如何与信任、嫉妒、负面关系行为和探索是否有任何关联受到性别的调节。共有 136 对夫妇（年龄 18-25 岁）参与了一项研究，其中每对夫妇都报告了 IES 犯罪、信任、嫉妒、和消极的关系行为。结果表明，44% 的样本中的一个或两个合作伙伴都参与了 IES 犯罪。此外，行为者-伴侣相互依赖模型的结果表明，所有结果都有显着的行为者效应，例如一个人自己的 IES 犯罪与对合作伙伴的信任度较低、嫉妒程度较高以及对合作伙伴的负面合作伙伴的参与度较高有关。然而，没有出现显着的合作伙伴效应。结果进一步表明，女性存在演员效应，但男性不存在。总体而言，这项研究的结果表明，对 IES 犯罪的二元检查可能会揭示夫妻使用技术的方式，未来的研究有必要确定如何预防 IES 犯罪和最终的潜在关系后果。