Sánchez Virginia, Muñoz-Fernández Noelia, Ortega-Ruiz Rosario
Universidad de Sevilla (Spain).
Universidad de Córdoba (Spain).
Span J Psychol. 2017 May 3;20:E24. doi: 10.1017/sjp.2017.20.
Recent studies suggest that the online and offline behaviors young people display in romantic relationships are closely related. However, the differential effects of the dimensions of couple quality in the online context have not yet been explored in depth. The aim of this study was to explore online couple quality in young-adult relationships, and its association with romantic relationship satisfaction, also looking at effects of gender, age, and length of the relationship. 431 university students currently in a romantic relationship (68.2% females; mean age = 21.57) participated in this study. They completed different self-report measures to tap the online quality of their romantic relationships (online intimacy, control, jealousy, intrusiveness, cyberdating practices, and communication strategies) and level of satisfaction with those relationships. Results showed that participants more often reported online intimacy (M men = 2.49; M women = 2.38) than the negative scales of online quality (mean ranged from .43 to 1.50), and all the online quality scales decreased with age (correlations ranged from -.12 to -.30) and relationship length (correlations ranged from -.02 to -.20). Linear regression analyses indicated that online intimacy (b = .32, p = .001) and intrusiveness (b = .11, p = .035) were positively related to relationship satisfaction, while cyberdating practices (b = -.20, p = .001) and communication strategies (b = -.34, p = .001) were negatively correlated with relationship satisfaction. Moreover, gender and relationship length moderated some of these associations. Results indicate that while online quality and relationship satisfaction are related, the impact of different online quality dimensions on relationship satisfaction differs depending on a participant's sex, age, and relationship length.
最近的研究表明，年轻人在恋爱关系中表现出的线上和线下行为密切相关。然而，情侣关系质量维度在网络环境中的差异影响尚未得到深入探讨。本研究的目的是探讨青年恋爱关系中的线上情侣关系质量，及其与恋爱关系满意度的关联，同时考察性别、年龄和恋爱时长的影响。431名正在恋爱的大学生（68.2%为女性；平均年龄=21.57岁）参与了本研究。他们完成了不同的自我报告测量，以评估其恋爱关系的线上质量（线上亲密度、掌控感、嫉妒心、侵扰性、网络约会行为和沟通策略）以及对这些关系的满意度水平。结果显示，与线上质量的负面量表（均值范围为0.43至1.50）相比，参与者更多地报告了线上亲密度（男性均值=2.49；女性均值=2.38），并且所有线上质量量表都随着年龄（相关性范围为-0.12至-0.30）和恋爱时长（相关性范围为-0.02至-0.20）而下降。线性回归分析表明，线上亲密度（b = 0.32，p = 0.001）和侵扰性（b = 0.11，p = 0.035）与恋爱关系满意度呈正相关，而网络约会行为（b = -0.20，p = 0.001）和沟通策略（b = -0.34，p = 0.001）与恋爱关系满意度呈负相关。此外，性别和恋爱时长调节了其中一些关联。结果表明，虽然线上质量与恋爱关系满意度相关，但不同线上质量维度对恋爱关系满意度的影响因参与者的性别、年龄和恋爱时长而异。
