摘要
【目的/意义】破除老年数字鸿沟需要引导老年群体使用智能手机等信息技术。尽管已有研究探索了老年群体接受和使用信息技术的影响因素,但少有研究关注信息技术使用对老年群体身心健康的影响。本研究以社会参与的视角探讨我国老年群体微信使用行为与其抑郁程度的关联机制,进而为理解信息技术使用对老年群体的影响提供实证证据。【方法/过程】使用2018年中国健康与养老追踪调查(CHARLS)数据,采用多元线性回归分析微信使用与抑郁程度之间的关系,以及社会参与在其中的中介效应。【结果/结论】在8122名60岁及以上的老年人中,微信使用者为524人(6.5%),且这些使用者存在明显的异质性的社会结构。回归分析发现,老年群体微信使用与其较低水平的抑郁显著相关,同时,其社会参与在其中起到了中介作用。【创新/局限】研究结果启示我们应在帮助老年群体学习和使用信息技术、缩小数字鸿沟的同时,利用好信息技术的优势,促进老年群体的社会参与,进而增进其心理健康。
【Purpose/significance】The older adults are expected to learn to use information technologies,such as smartphones and apps,in order to bridge the digital divide of the older adults.While current studies focus on understanding factors affecting information technology adoption and usage of the oder adults,little is known about the influence of information technology usage on older adults’psychological well-being.Therefore,this study investigates the relationship between WeChat use and depressive symptoms among older adults in China and whether social participation mediates the pathway.【Method/process】We included 8,122 participants aged 60and older from the latest wave of China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study(CHARLS)in 2018.Linear regression was conducted to examine the relationship among WeChat use,social participation,and depression,modeling possible mediation pathways.【Result/conclusion】Our results showed that only 524(6.5%)participants used WeChat and that WeChat use was associated with a lower level of depression.In addition,such an association was partially mediated by social participation.【Innovation/limitation】Our findings suggested that in addition to public cultural services and community services for the older adults to aid the use of information technology and bridge the digital divide,we should take the advantages of social media apps to improve older adults’social participation,thus enhancing the the well-being of older adults.
作者
赵忻怡
韩啸
梁兴堃
ZHAO Xin-yi;HAN Xiao;LIANG Xing-kun(School of Health Humanities,Peking University,Beijing 100191,China;Department of Information Management,Peking University,Beijing 100872,China)
出处
《情报科学》
CSSCI
北大核心
2022年第10期82-89,共8页
Information Science
关键词
微信使用
移动社交软件
抑郁程度
社会参与
老年群体
WeChat use
social media apps
depressive symptoms
social participation
older adults
作者简介
赵忻怡(1986-),女,湖南邵阳人,博士,讲师,主要从事老年社会学研究;韩啸(2000-),男,江苏苏州人,本科生,主要从事医学社会学和健康经济学研究;梁兴堃(1990-),男,湖南邵阳人,博士,助理教授,主要从事图书馆学理论与方法、特殊群体公共文化服务、公共文化数字化方向的研究。
