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KMID : 0613620190390030179
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Health Social Welfare Review
2019 Volume.39 No. 3 p.179 ~ p.214
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The Effects of Digital Information Access on Depressive Symptoms among Middle-Aged and Elderly Groups: Focusing on the Mediating Effects of Digital Information Competency and Social Networks
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Park So-Young
Chung Soon-Dool
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Abstract
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This study aimed to examine the mediating effects of digital information competency and social networks on the relationships between digital information access and depressive symptoms among middle-aged and elderly groups and to analyze how these relationships differ between two age groups and among three types of residential areas. Data came from a survey conducted by Ewha Institute for Age Integration Research at Ewha Womans University with a total of 710 participants. Multigroup structural equation modeling were used for data analyses. Results of the study corroborated the age group differences in the effects of digital information access on digital information competency, social networks and depressive symptoms. The mediating effect of IT competency on the association between time using IT devices and depressive symptoms was statistically significant only for the middle-aged group, while there was no mediating effect of social networks on the association between IT competency and depressive symptoms in both groups. As for the residential group differences, there was a significant mediating effect of social networks on the association between IT competency and depressive symptoms only for residents in rural areas. Several measures for mitigating negative impacts of digital information access gap were discussed.
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KEYWORD
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Digital Information Access, Digital Information Competency, Social Networks, Depressive Symptoms, Age Group Differences
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