What Accounts for the Relationship Between Internet Use and Suicidal Ideation of Korean Older Adults? A Mediation Analysis
What Accounts for the Relationship Between Internet Use and Suicidal Ideation of Korean Older Adults? A Mediation Analysis
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DOI：
10.1093/geronb/gbw163
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发表时间：
2017-09-01
影响因子：
6.2
通讯作者：
Kim, Myoung-Yong
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作者：
Jun, Hey Jung;Kim, Myoung-Yong
目的：本研究旨在探讨互联网使用和自杀意念在韩国老年人和社会关系和抑郁症状的中介作用之间的关系。方法：一个全国代表性的样本，年龄在50岁或以上的老年人（N = 6,306），从四波韩国福利小组研究，被用于分析。所有分析均使用广义估计方程进行，并使用系数乘积法计算社会关系满意度和抑郁在互联网使用与自杀意念之间关系中的中介作用。互联网使用与自杀意念水平的降低直接相关，通过互联网使用对降低抑郁的保护作用间接相关，这是部分介导的积极影响互联网使用对老年人的社会关系satisfaction.Discussion：结果支持以前的理论之间的关系，社会关系，抑郁症，自杀行为和以前的结果，互联网如何可能赋予心理和社会健康的好处，老年人。这表明互联网是一种重要的社会和健康活动，有助于降低老年人的自杀意念。
Objectives: This study sought to examine the relationship between Internet use and suicidal ideation in Korean older adults and the mediating roles of social relationships and depressive symptoms.Method: A nationally representative sample of older adults aged 50 or older (N = 6,306), from four waves of the Korean Welfare Panel Study, was used in the analyses. All analyses were conducted using generalized estimation equations, and the mediation effects of social relationship satisfaction and depression in the relationship between Internet use and suicidal ideation were calculated using the product-of-coefficients approach.Results: Internet use was linked with lower levels of suicidal ideation directly and indirectly via the protective effects of Internet use on lowering depression, which was partially mediated by the positive influence Internet use has on older adults' social relationship satisfaction.Discussion: The results support previous theories about the relationship between social relationships, depression, and suicidal behavior and prior results about how the Internet might confer mental and social health benefits to older adults. This suggests that the Internet is an important social and health activity that contributes to lowering suicidal ideation in older adults.