老化态度对老年心理健康的影响——基于三维数字融入视角的实证分析

The Impact of Attitudes on Older Adults Mental Health:An Empirical Analysis Based on A Three-level Digital Inclusion Perspective

为在数字时代推进健康老龄化与积极老龄化,根据2020年中国老年社会追踪调查数据,考察了老化态度对老年人心理健康的影响和作用机制,结果显示:保持积极的老化态度能够提高老年人的心理健康水平,具体表现为降低抑郁倾向和提高生活满意度,这一结论在稳健性检验和考虑内生性问题后仍然成立;保持积极的老化态度能够通过推动数字接入、提高数字技能和增进数字效益这三大数字融入维度提高老年人的心理健康水平;保持积极的老化态度能够使得女性、低龄和农村户口老年人获取更多的心理健康收益。由此,未来应当引导老年群体形成积极的老化态度;从数字接入、数字技能和数字效益三大维度提高老年群体的数字融入水平;重视老年群体的内部差异性,更加精准地设计和实施老年健康的干预政策。

To promote active and healthy aging in the digital era,this study investigates the effects and mechanisms of aging attitudes on the mental health of older adults using data from the 2020 China Longitudinal Aging Social Survey.The findings indicate that maintaining positive attitudes toward aging significantly improves the mental health of older adults by reducing depressive tendencies and enhancing life satisfaction.This conclusion remains robust after conducting sensitivity analyses and addressing issues of endogeneity.maintaining a positive aging attitudes contribute to improved mental health through three dimensions of digital inclusion:increasing access to digital tools,enhancing digital skills,and maximizing the benefits derived from digital use.Maintaining a positive attitudes towards aging can enable women,younger seniors,and older adults from rural areas.Therefore,future efforts should focus on fostering positive attitudes toward aging among the older adults,improving their digital inclusion across the dimensions of digital access,skills,and benefits,and pay attention to the internal variability within the aging population to ensure targeted and optimized policy and intervention.