Mediation effect of subjective economic and social status on the relationship between internet use and life satisfaction among middle-age and older adult people

WU Yiyuan; HE Pingping; LIN Lu; ZHOU Ying

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Journal of Hunan Normal University(Medical Science) ›› 2025, Vol. 22 ›› Issue (2) : 150-153.

Mediation effect of subjective economic and social status on the relationship between internet use and life satisfaction among middle-age and older adult people

WU Yiyuan¹, HE Pingping¹, LIN Lu², ZHOU Ying¹

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Objective This study was designed to explore the mediation role of subjective socioeconomic status between internet use and life satisfaction among middle-age and older adult people. Methods Using the 2020 China Family Tracking Survey (CFPS) summary questionnaire, 10 979 middle-age and elderly people over 45 years of age were chosen as the study subjects, and descriptive and bias correlation analyses were carried out using SPSS27.0. Mediation effect tests were conducted using the Process rainbow procedure. Results Middle-age and older adult people′s life satisfaction was negatively correlated (P<0.05) with internet use (r=-0.107) and positively correlated (P<0.05) with subjective socioeconomic status (r=0.403) . Internet use was negatively correlated (P<0.05) with subjective socioeconomic status (r=-0.145). Internet use can directly affect middle-age and elderly people's life satisfaction (b=-0.042, P<0.05), and it may indirectly influence life satisfaction through mediating role of subjective socioeconomic status, with the indirect effect being 62.21% of the total effect. Conclusion Subjective socioeconomic status is a mediation variable between internet use and life satisfaction among middle-age and elderly people, with the popularisation of the internet. Internet use among elderly people should be promoted, and at the same time, attention could be paid to improve the subjective socioeconomic status of middle-age and elderly people in order to enhance their life satisfaction.

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middle-age and elderly people / subjective socio-economic statu / internet use / life satisfaction / CFPS database / mediation effect

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WU Yiyuan, HE Pingping, LIN Lu, ZHOU Ying. Mediation effect of subjective economic and social status on the relationship between internet use and life satisfaction among middle-age and older adult people[J]. Journal of Hunan Normal University(Medical Science). 2025, 22(2): 150-153

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