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KMID : 1023720230780030009
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Journal of Welfare for the Aged
2023 Volume.78 No. 3 p.9 ~ p.36
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The Interaction Effects of Digital Literacy and Gender in the Relationship between Social Support and Depression among Older Adults
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Chung Soon-Dool
Lee Ah-Young
Jung Jee-Hye
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Abstract
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This study investigated the moderating effect of digital literacy by gender on the effect of social support on depression among older adults. Data were collected from May to September 2020 from 376 older adults aged 60 and over who used senior welfare centers. Hierarchical regression analysis and Hayes’ SPSS Process Macro, Model 3 were used for data analyses. In the first model with sociodemographic variables, it was found that marital status and subjective health status had an effect on depression among the participants. In the second model, it was found that social support and digital literacy had the main effects on depression. In the third model, the interaction term of social support and digital literacy was not significant. Finally, the three-way moderating effect of social support, digital literacy, and gender was found to be significant. As a result of a simple slope significance test for post-examination of the interaction effect, it was found that digital literacy alleviated the effect of social support on depression only in the male group. Based on the results, the implications for digital education for older adults were discussed
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KEYWORD
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social support, depression, digital literacy, three-way interaction effect
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