数字融入与老年人心理健康——朋友网络和孤独感的链式中介作用  

Digital Inclusion and Mental Health of the Elderly:the Chain Mediating Effect of Friendship Networks and Loneliness

作　　者：李豪豪 蒋炜康 李卓群 LI Hao-hao;JIANG Wei-kang;LI Zhuo-qun(School of Population and Health,Renmin University of China,Beijing 100872;School of Public Administration,Xiangtan University,Xiangtan 411105;School of Public Administration and Policy,Renmin University of China,Beijing 100872)

机构地区：[1]中国人民大学人口与健康学院,北京100872 [2]湘潭大学公共管理学院,湖南湘潭411105 [3]中国人民大学公共管理学院,北京100872

出　　处：《南方人口》2025年第1期46-58,共13页South China Population

基　　金：国家社会科学基金青年项目:数字时代下老年人社会疏离的形成机制与应对策略研究(23CSH060);湖南省哲学社会科学基金青年项目“数字时代中国老年人的社会网络及其健康效应研究”(22YBQ048)。

摘　　要：本文利用2018年中国老年社会追踪调查(CLASS)的调研数据,基于再社会化理论,对数字融入对老年人心理健康的影响进行分析,并着重探讨朋友网络和孤独感在其中发挥的作用。研究结果表明:(1)数字融入与老年人的心理健康呈显著正相关,采用倾向得分匹配方法控制样本选择性偏误后这一结论仍然成立。(2)数字融入通过加强老年人的朋友网络,进而提升了老年人的心理健康水平。(3)数字融入通过降低老年人的孤独感,进而提升了老年人的心理健康水平。(4)朋友网络和孤独感在数字融入与老年人心理健康的关系间起着链式中介作用。研究结果揭示了数字融入对老年人心理健康的影响及其作用机制,为数字时代帮助老年人使用互联网并提升其心理健康提供有益参考。This article,based on the survey data from the 2018 China Longitudinal Aging Social Survey(CLASS),analyzes the impact of digital inclusion on the mental health of the elderly in terms of the theory of re-socialization by focusing on the role of friend networks and loneliness.The results show that:1.The digital inclusion is significantly correlated with the mental health of the elderly positively,and this conclusion remains valid after controlling the sample selection bias by propensity score matching methods;2.The digital inclusion improves the mental health of the elderly by significantly strengthening their friend networks;3.The digital inclusion enhances the mental health of the elderly by reducing significantly the sense of loneliness of the elderly;4.The friendship network and loneliness play a chain mediating role in the relationship between digital inclusion and the mental health of the elderly.The findings can be useful reference to improve the mental health of the elderly by helping them to cultivate their better capability of using digital technology in the Internet age.

关 键 词：数字融入 心理健康 朋友网络 孤独感 老年人 

分 类 号：C92-05[社会学—人口学]