Lee Ji-Hyeon, Bae Sung Man
Department of Psychology, Graduate School, Dankook University, Cheonan, Republic of Korea.
Department of Psychology and Psychotherapy, College of Health Science, Dankook University, Cheonan, Republic of Korea.
Iran J Public Health. 2023 Dec;52(12):2554-2562. doi: 10.18502/ijph.v52i12.14316.
As the elderly population increases, interest in life satisfaction in old age is increasing. We aimed to verify the relationship between social capital, smartphone use motives, and digital literacy and life satisfaction in Koreans aged 50-69 yr.
The data of 7,521 late-middle-aged and older adults from the 2019 survey on smartphone overdependence conducted by the National Information Society Agency were analyzed by hierarchical multi-regression analysis.
A hierarchical multiple regression analysis indicated that income(β=0.062) and educational background(β=0.054) were positively related to life satisfaction. Among the smartphone use motives, lifestyle motive(β=-0.069) was negatively related to life satisfaction. Digital literacy(β=0.145) and Social capital(β=0.425) were positively related to life satisfaction.
Digital literacy and social capital were positively associated with life satisfaction. In addition, this study considered the effects of lifestyle-based apps, while past studies only focused on communication- and leisure-based smartphone activities as factors influencing life satisfaction in adults in their 50s-60s. This study can provide a theoretical framework for therapeutic interventions to improve life satisfaction in the elderly.
随着老年人口的增加,对老年生活满意度的关注也在增加。我们旨在验证韩国50 - 69岁人群中社会资本、智能手机使用动机、数字素养与生活满意度之间的关系。
对韩国国家信息社会局2019年进行的智能手机过度依赖调查中7521名中老年和老年人的数据进行分层多元回归分析。
分层多元回归分析表明,收入(β = 0.062)和教育背景(β = 0.054)与生活满意度呈正相关。在智能手机使用动机中,生活方式动机(β = -0.069)与生活满意度呈负相关。数字素养(β = 0.145)和社会资本(β = 0.425)与生活满意度呈正相关。
数字素养和社会资本与生活满意度呈正相关。此外,本研究考虑了基于生活方式的应用程序的影响,而过去的研究仅将基于通信和休闲的智能手机活动视为影响50 - 60多岁成年人生活满意度的因素。本研究可为改善老年人生活满意度的治疗干预提供理论框架。