互联网使用与老年人主观幸福感——基于家庭关系中介效应的分析

Internet Use and Subjective Well-Being Among Older Adults:An Analysis Based on the Mediating Effect of Family Relationships

家庭作为老年群体人际关系网络的核心场域,在数字化与老龄化交织并行的当代发挥着独特作用。采用中国社会状况综合调查(CSS)2021年数据,分析互联网使用对老年人主观幸福感的影响及其作用机制,并检验家庭关系是否在其中发挥中介作用。结果显示,使用互联网的老年人明显拥有更高的主观幸福感,互联网使用能够通过改善家庭关系对老年人的主观幸福感产生正向促进作用。从多维度帮助老年人实现社会网络的数字融入,鼓励家庭场域内的数字反哺,对于提升老年人的晚年生活质量具有重要意义。

The family,as the center of the interpersonal relationship network of the elderly group,plays a unique role in the contemporary era where digitalization and ageing are intertwined and parallel.Using survey data from Chinese Social Survey(CSS)2021,this study analyzed the effects of Internet use on the subjective well-being of older adults and its mechanisms of action,and then examined whether family relationships played a mediating role.The results show that older adults who use the Internet show significantly higher level of subjective well-being,for Internet use may contribute positively to the subjective well-being of older adults by improving family relationships.Therefore,it is important to help older adults realize digital integration in social networks from a multidimensional perspective and to encourage digital feedback within the family in order to improve the quality of life in their later years.