The Impact of Internet Use on Residents’ Subjective Well-Being: An Empirical Analysis Based on National Data

Long, Cuihong; Yi, Chengzhi

doi:10.1080/02529203.2019.1674039

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“…Lockdown WeChat use intensity. Given that in China, frequency of Internet use, rather than Internet use, appears to significantly increase subjective well-being (Long and Yi, 2019), in this study, we measured lockdown WeChat use intensity using a four-item scale (α = 0.88) based on scales developed by Moqbel et al (2013), Ellison et al (2007) and Wang et al (2019). Sample items included: "During the period of COVID-19 enclosed management, I felt out of touch when I had not logged on to WeChat for a while."…”

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“…From recent research, we already know that social isolation is an important predictor of loneliness (Cheng et al, 2020;Tomova et al, 2020), that both social isolation and loneliness have detrimental effects on one's well-being (Hwang et al, 2020;Lewis et al, 2020;Kasar and Karaman, 2021), and that social media use may have both positive and negative impacts on one's well-being in the COVID-19 pandemic (Gonzlez-Padilla and Tortolero-Blanco, 2021). Additionally, in China, some researchers found that Internet use can significantly improve individuals' subjective well-being (Zhou and Sun, 2017;Zhu and Leng, 2018), while others reported that frequency of Internet use did significantly enhance subjective well-being (Long and Yi, 2019). Accordingly, we posit that WeChat use intensity may be an important determinant of these variables as well.…”

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Social Isolation, Loneliness and Well-Being: The Impact of WeChat Use Intensity During the COVID-19 Pandemic in China

Zhou

Heijden

et al. 2021

Front. Psychol.

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This study is aimed to examine the impact of WeChat use intensity on social isolation, loneliness, and well-being during the lockdown period of the COVID-19 pandemic. Drawing on the regulatory loop model of loneliness, the notions of Internet Paradox, the Time Displacement hypothesis and previous literature on WeChat use intensity, we propose that lockdown loneliness (partially) mediates the relationship between lockdown WeChat use intensity and well-being (i.e., lockdown stress and lockdown life satisfaction). Moreover, we assume that lockdown WeChat use intensity moderates the relationship between lockdown social isolation and well-being (i.e., lockdown stress and lockdown life satisfaction) in both a direct and in an indirect way, that is through lockdown loneliness. The results from our Structural Equation Modeling analyses, using a sample of 1,805 Chinese respondents, indicate that all of our research hypotheses are confirmed. From this empirical work, it becomes clear that online social interactions, which are believed by many people to be able to compensate for the lack of offline social interactions during the COVID-19 lockdown period, in fact are endangering their mental health and life satisfaction instead. This article concludes with theoretical and practical implications of our study, followed by its limitations and recommendations for future research.

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Social Isolation, Loneliness and Well-Being: The Impact of WeChat Use Intensity During the COVID-19 Pandemic in China

Zhou

Heijden

et al. 2021

Front. Psychol.

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“…However, the Internet may also have adverse effects. Long et al reported that the use or lack of use of the Internet was not significant, whereas the frequency of Internet use was significant, which showed a significant increase in the happiness of the population [ 37 ]. Furthermore, it has also been suggested that excessive Internet use can replace daily interactions with family and friends, increasing the probability of isolation and creating negative emotions, and thereby reducing happiness [ 38 ].…”

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The Impact of Internet Use on the Happiness of Chinese Civil Servants: A Mediation Analysis Based on Self-Rated Health

Sui

Ding

et al. 2022

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With the rapid socioeconomic development of China, studies related to Internet use and civil servants’ happiness have become a research hotspot in Chinese academia. This study empirically analysed the impact of Internet use on the happiness of Chinese civil servants using a sample of 3793 civil servants in Hunan Province, China. It showed that Internet use significantly enhanced the subjective well-being of Chinese civil servants. Furthermore, heterogeneity analysis revealed significant heterogeneity in the effect of the Internet on civil servants’ happiness, which varied across civil service groups with different education and gender. Moreover, the effect of Internet use on the happiness of the male and better educated civil servant groups was more pronounced than in the female and less educated civil servant groups. Additionally, mediation analysis revealed that Internet use and the happiness of civil servants were not linear, with health having a significant mediating effect. This indicates that Internet use helps civil servants maintain good health, and thereby enhances the happiness of civil servants. In addition, we also use a propensity score matching model (PSM) to address the endogeneity problem due to sample selectivity bias. The results show that the estimates are more robust after eliminating sample selectivity bias. The effect of Internet use on civil servants’ subjective well-being would be underestimated if the sample selectivity bias is not removed.

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“…However, if you only use the Internet occasionally or rarely, the effect may not be obvious. Some scholars have found that whether the use of the Internet has no signi cant impact on residents' well-being (Cuihong & Chengzhi, 2019). However, considering that the proportion of the older adults who never use the Internet is relatively high, and the older adults who use the Internet will be different, it is inferred that the older adults who use the Internet will have a relatively high well-being, and the well-being will rise as the frequency of Internet use increases, and older adults who use the Internet regularly are happier.…”

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A study on internet use and well-being among Chinese older adults: based on CGSS (2012-2018) five-wave mixed interface survey data

Zhang

Wang

2022

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This study based on the five-wave mixed interface survey data of China General Social Survey (CGSS) in 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, and 2018, we selected a total of 18,458 older adults aged 60 and above, comprehensively used ordered probit regression, propensity score matching (PSM), and Karlson–Holm–Breen (KHB) to investigate the relationship between Internet use and well-being of the older adults in China, and to analyze the mediating role of subjective social fairness in the above relationship. The analysis results show that Internet use contributes to the improvement of well-being in older adults, but attenuates this effect by reducing the sense of social fairness. In addition, place of residence, education, and regional factors moderated the effect of Internet use on well-being. The well-being effect of Internet use is significant for urban older adults, as does schooled or eastern-central older adults. The above results indicate that moderate use of the Internet is of great significance in promoting active aging, but further attention should be paid to the aging transformation of the Internet in the process of promoting the digital integration of the elderly.

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The Impact of Internet Use on Residents’ Subjective Well-Being: An Empirical Analysis Based on National Data

Cited by 22 publications

References 16 publications

Social Isolation, Loneliness and Well-Being: The Impact of WeChat Use Intensity During the COVID-19 Pandemic in China

Social Isolation, Loneliness and Well-Being: The Impact of WeChat Use Intensity During the COVID-19 Pandemic in China

The Impact of Internet Use on the Happiness of Chinese Civil Servants: A Mediation Analysis Based on Self-Rated Health

A study on internet use and well-being among Chinese older adults: based on CGSS (2012-2018) five-wave mixed interface survey data

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