Influence of perceived importance of the internet on life satisfaction and health of the older people: An analysis based on intermediary and moderating effects

With the global growth of the aging population, healthy aging and active aging has become an important goal for the future social development of all countries. The purpose of this study is to explore the potential relationships between the older people's perceived importance of the Internet, fa...

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Published inFrontiers in public health Vol. 10; p. 952619
Main Authors Gao, Kai, Jiang, Mao-Min, Wu, Zheng-Yu, Guo, Pei-Pei
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Switzerland Frontiers Media S.A 19.08.2022
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Aged
Aging
China - epidemiology
family atmosphere
Health Status
Humans
Internet
life satisfaction
Middle Aged
perceived importance of the internet
Personal Satisfaction
Public Health
structural equation model
China
family atmosphere
health status
life satisfaction
perceived importance of the internet
structural equation model
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Summary:With the global growth of the aging population, healthy aging and active aging has become an important goal for the future social development of all countries. The purpose of this study is to explore the potential relationships between the older people's perceived importance of the Internet, family atmosphere, behavioral independence, life satisfaction, and health. The data come from the China Family Panel Studies' fourth wave (2015-2016) and fifth wave (2017-2018) investigations. According to an analysis of data of 5,948 people over 60 years old performed using LISREL 8.8 software, the selected cases answered the same questions about the perceived importance of the Internet, life satisfaction, and health status in two waves of surveys. The results show that life satisfaction and self-rated health have cross influences, while at the same time both are persistent in the time baseline, and family atmosphere and behavioral independence play an important intermediary role. Therefore, strengthening parent-child interaction, promoting parent-child relationships, and improving behavioral independence can effectively improve the life satisfaction and health status of the older people.
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Edited by: Shane Andrew Thomas, Australian National University, Australia
These authors have contributed equally to this work
This article was submitted to Aging and Public Health, a section of the journal Frontiers in Public Health
Reviewed by: Marissa Dickins, Independent Researcher, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Leilei Sun, Binzhou Medical University, China; Yahui Fan, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, China; Weisi Zhang, Shanghai Maritime University, China; Qun Gao, East China Normal University, China; Zhao Li, Hendrick Hospice Care, United States; Qing Guo, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, China
ISSN:2296-2565
2296-2565
DOI:10.3389/fpubh.2022.952619