Sun Shaojing, Zhang Shuangyue, Fan Xitao
a School of Journalism , Fudan University.
b Department of Communication , Sam Houston State University.
Health Commun. 2016 Oct;31(10):1223-34. doi: 10.1080/10410236.2015.1049730. Epub 2016 Mar 2.
Media use and aging is an important interdisciplinary topic pertaining to communication, gerontology, and psychology, among others. Integrating research on media-induced recovery and life satisfaction, the present study examined media uses and effects in the context of health and aging. Specifically, data from a large random sample were analyzed to investigate the relationships between media use, cognitive performance, and life satisfaction among the Chinese elderly. Results, in general, lent support to the slightly modified structural model. Specifically, media-induced recovery outcomes can be categorized into proximate (e.g., cognitive performance), intermediate (e.g., health satisfaction), and distal levels (e.g., life satisfaction). Also, situational factors (e.g., disease history) had statistically significant effects on media-induced recovery outcomes. Theoretical and practical implications of the research findings were discussed, and future research directions were suggested.
媒体使用与衰老这一重要的跨学科主题涉及传播学、老年学以及心理学等多个领域。本研究整合了关于媒体诱导恢复与生活满意度的研究，考察了健康与衰老背景下的媒体使用及其影响。具体而言，分析了来自一个大型随机样本的数据，以探究中国老年人的媒体使用、认知表现与生活满意度之间的关系。总体而言，结果支持了略有修改的结构模型。具体来说，媒体诱导恢复结果可分为直接层面（如认知表现）、中间层面（如健康满意度）和间接层面（如生活满意度）。此外，情境因素（如病史）对媒体诱导恢复结果具有统计学上的显著影响。文中讨论了研究结果的理论和实际意义，并提出了未来的研究方向。
