使用互联网会降低老年人的抑郁水平吗?

Does Internet Use Affect Depressive Symptoms among Older People?

促进老年人心理健康是实施健康中国战略的重要内容,抑郁是反映老年人心理健康的重要指标。文章基于2018年中国老年社会追踪调查数据(CLASS2018),分析了互联网使用对老年人抑郁水平的影响。研究发现,在控制其他因素的影响下,互联网使用可以显著降低老年人抑郁水平,社会网络支持在其中发挥中介作用。同时,经常使用互联网对老年人朋友网络支持的促进作用高于对其家庭网络的促进作用,但在使用互联网降低老年人抑郁水平的过程中,主要发挥中介作用的仍是家庭网络,朋友网络支持的中介作用并不显著。

Promoting the mental health of the elderly is an important part of implementing the Healthy China strategy,and depression is an important indicator reflecting the mental health of the elderly.Based on the 2018 China Elderly Society Tracking Survey data(CLASS2018),this paper analyzes the impact of Internet use on depressive symptoms in the elderly.The study found that Internet use can significantly reduce the level of depression in the elderly after controlling for other factors,with social network support playing a mediating role.At the same time,frequency of Internet use has a higher promotion effect on the elderly’s friends’network support than their family network.However,in the process of using the Internet to reduce the level of depression in the elderly,the main mediating role is still the family network,while the mediating role of friend network support is not significant.