智能手机使用对老年人抑郁情绪的改善研究——亲子关系的中介与调节效应

A Study on the Improvement of Depression in the Elderly by Using Smartphones—Mediation and Regulation Effects of Parent-Child Relationship

摘要: 进入本世纪以来，我国人口的快速老龄化与网络的快速普及化齐头并进。数字融入对老年人心理健康的影响问题愈发凸显，特别在老年人数字融入分层的结构性矛盾下，其影响差异更值得探究。本研究采用《新时代新媒体背景下人口老龄化养老等基本问题》课题组2025年针对老年群体的追踪调查数据，以抑郁自评量表简表的得分衡量老年抑郁程度，以智能手机使用深度、手机使用广度两个指标代表数字融入程度，探讨老年群体智能手机使用情况是否会对抑郁情绪起到改善作用，研究结果发现：(1) 手机使用时间，每周使用的频率，跟老年群体抑郁情绪存在显著的负相关；(2) 熟练的数字技能和广泛的网络参与都会显著降低老年人整体的抑郁程度；(3) 跟子女的关系在智能手机使用情况跟抑郁情绪之间起到完全中介作用，子女的亲密支持会显著调节智能手机使用对老年群体抑郁情绪的疗愈作用，三者构成中介模型。综上，智能手机的使用可以对老年群体抑郁情绪产生疗愈作用，也能通过子女的支持间接改善老年群体抑郁情绪。

Abstract: Since the beginning of this century, our country’s population has been aging rapidly and the Internet has been popularized rapidly. The impact of digital integration on the mental health of the elderly has become increasingly prominent, especially under the structural contradiction of digital integration stratification of the elderly, and its impact differences are more worthy of exploration. This study uses the follow-up survey data of the elderly group in 2025 conducted by the research group “Basic Issues of Population Aging and Elderly Care under the Background of New Media in the New Era” to measure the degree of depression in the elderly. The depth of smartphone use and the breadth of smartphone use are used to represent the degree of digital integration. The study explores whether the use of smartphones in the elderly group can improve depression. The results show that: (1) The time of mobile phone use and the frequency of weekly use are significantly negatively correlated with depression in the elderly group; (2) Proficient digital skills and extensive network participation can significantly reduce the overall depression level of the elderly; (3) The relationship with children plays a full mediating role between smartphone use and depression. The close support of children significantly regulates the healing effect of smartphone use on depression in the elderly group. The three constitute a mediation model. In summary, the use of smartphones can have a therapeutic effect on depression in the elderly, and can also indirectly improve depression in the elderly through the support of their children.