Wu Bin, Tian Beihai
Rural Construction and Management Research Center, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China.
Front Psychol. 2025 Jan 6;15:1460064. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1460064. eCollection 2024.
Previous studies have explored the relationship between Internet use and mental health, but there has been a lack of focus on social assistance recipients. Additionally, there has been insufficient discussion on the impact mechanisms of social support and family resilience on this relationship. This study aims to fill these gaps. Using data from social assistance recipients in China, this study analyzes the relationship between Internet use and the mental health of social assistance recipients and its mechanisms based on the Mindsponge Theory and Conservation of Resources Theory.
This study used multiple linear regression models and PROCESS models to complete data analysis on 765 Chinese social assistance recipients samples to test the hypothesis. All analyzes were performed using SPSS26.0 and MPlus 8.0.
The empirical analysis shows that Internet use positively correlates with the mental health of social assistance recipients, and social support and family resilience mediate between Internet use and mental health. In addition, social support and family resilience also play a chain mediating role in the relationship between Internet use and mental health.
The analysis results of this study support our hypothesis. Combined with the findings of this study, we discussed the theoretical significance, practical significance, limitations, and future research directions of this study.
以往的研究探讨了互联网使用与心理健康之间的关系，但对社会救助对象关注不足。此外，对于社会支持和家庭复原力对这种关系的影响机制，讨论也不够充分。本研究旨在填补这些空白。利用中国社会救助对象的数据，本研究基于心理弹性理论和资源守恒理论，分析互联网使用与社会救助对象心理健康之间的关系及其机制。
本研究使用多元线性回归模型和PROCESS模型，对765名中国社会救助对象样本进行数据分析，以检验假设。所有分析均使用SPSS26.0和MPlus 8.0进行。
实证分析表明，互联网使用与社会救助对象的心理健康呈正相关，社会支持和家庭复原力在互联网使用与心理健康之间起中介作用。此外，社会支持和家庭复原力在互联网使用与心理健康的关系中也起链式中介作用。
本研究的分析结果支持了我们的假设。结合本研究的结果，我们讨论了本研究的理论意义、实践意义、局限性和未来研究方向。
