Synergistic Impacts of online and offline social participation on older adults’ subjective well-being: evidence from the Canadian longitudinal study on ageing

This study investigates the synergistic impacts of online and offline social participation on older adults’ subjective well-being outcomes. By drawing on the socio-emotional selectivity perspective, we conduct a cohort analysis using the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Ageing data and find that while online participation alone may increase loneliness, engaging in offline participation will make online participation beneficial. Loneliness serves as a mediating mechanism such that engaging in both online and offline social participation can indirectly enhance satisfaction with life by reducing loneliness. We further find a significant moderating effect of social support, which mitigates the negative impact of loneliness on life satisfaction.本研究探讨线上与线下社会参与对老年人主观幸福感（Subjective Well-being）的协同影响。本研究依托社会情绪选择理论（Socio-emotional Selectivity Perspective），采用加拿大老龄化纵向研究（Canadian Longitudinal Study on Ageing）的数据集开展队列分析。研究结果显示，仅单独参与线上社会参与可能会加剧孤独感，但结合线下社会参与则可使线上参与发挥有益作用。孤独感作为中介机制，同时参与线上与线下社会参与可通过降低孤独感，间接提升生活满意度。本研究进一步发现，社会支持（Social Support）存在显著的调节效应，能够缓解孤独感对生活满意度的负面影响。