Cui Yupeng, He Youshi, Xu Xinglong, Zhou Lulin, Nutakor Jonathan Aseye
School of Management, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China.
Medical Insurance & Public Policy Research Center, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China.
Digit Health. 2024 May 9;10:20552076241253095. doi: 10.1177/20552076241253095. eCollection 2024 Jan-Dec.
Older adults are struggling in the digital age due to lower digital literacy and other reasons. The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between digital social capital, digital divide, learning ability, and health of older adults.
This study used data from the China General Social Survey (CGSS) to systematically analyze effects of digital social capital on the health of older adults using the moderated mediated effect test.
Digital social capital has a significant positive effect on the health of older adults and significant household and regional heterogeneity. Internet usage has a mediating impact between social capital and the health of older adults. Learning ability positively moderates the effect of internet usage on the health of older adults, but negatively moderates the impact of digital social capital on internet usage. Learning ability moderates the mediating effect of internet usage between social capital and the health of older adults. The stronger the learning ability, the stronger the mediating effect of internet usage between social capital and health of older adults.
Digital social capital can promote the health of older adults, and internet usage and learning ability can play mediating and moderating roles in the process of digital social capital affecting the health of older adults, revealing that we should cultivate the digital social capital of older adults and improve the digital ability of older adults to improve their health.
由于数字素养较低等原因，老年人在数字时代面临困境。本研究旨在探讨老年人数字社会资本、数字鸿沟、学习能力与健康之间的关系。
本研究使用中国综合社会调查（CGSS）的数据，通过调节中介效应检验系统分析数字社会资本对老年人健康的影响。
数字社会资本对老年人健康有显著正向影响，且存在显著的家庭和地区异质性。互联网使用在社会资本与老年人健康之间起中介作用。学习能力正向调节互联网使用对老年人健康的影响，但负向调节数字社会资本对互联网使用的影响。学习能力调节互联网使用在社会资本与老年人健康之间的中介效应。学习能力越强，互联网使用在社会资本与老年人健康之间的中介效应越强。
数字社会资本可促进老年人健康，互联网使用和学习能力在数字社会资本影响老年人健康的过程中可发挥中介和调节作用，表明应培育老年人的数字社会资本，提高老年人的数字能力以改善其健康状况。
