互联网使用如何影响农村居民的心理健康？邻里社会环境的中介作用
How Does Internet Use Affect Mental Health of Rural Residents? The Mediating Role of the Neighborhood Social Environment.
摘要(中文译文)
随着数字技术日益融入中国的乡村治理与日常生活，农村居民的互联网使用对其心理健康产生了多方面的影响。其关键机制在于互联网使用重构了邻里社会环境。揭示这一机制对于理解数字时代乡村社会转型与个体福祉之间的理论与实践联系至关重要。本研究基于2020年中国家庭追踪调查（CFPS）数据，采用二元Probit模型考察互联网使用对农村居民心理健康的影响，运用中介分析检验邻里社会环境的作用，并采用条件混合过程方法处理潜在的内生性问题。实证结果表明，互联网的可及性以及使用广度和深度均显著改善农村居民的心理健康。互联网使用通过增强邻里关系与信任促进心理健康，同时也通过抑制邻里认同对心理健康产生负面影响。异质性分析揭示了三个关键的差异维度：（1）按使用类型划分：游戏、短视频消费和微信交流等活动与心理健康呈正相关，而网络购物和学习的效果不显著；（2）按用户群体划分：心理健康收益在女性、受教育程度较低者以及中老年人群中更为明显；（3）按地区划分：在中部和西部地区观察到正相关，其中中部地区效应最为显著。本研究阐明了互联网使用影响心理健康的机制：农村邻里中传统地方性社会资本的重构。这些发现为将数字举措与培育本地社区纽带相结合以改善农村心理健康、建设宜居和谐乡村的政策提供了有力的实证支持。
Abstract
As digital technology has become increasingly integrated into rural governance and daily life in China, Internet use among rural residents exerts a multifaceted influence on their mental health. A key mechanism lies in its restructuring of the neighborhood social environment. Uncovering this mechanism is essential for understanding the theoretical and practical connections between rural social transformation and individual well-being in the digital age. This study applied a binary probit model to data from the 2020 China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) to examine the impact of Internet use on the mental health of rural residents. Mediation analysis was used to examine the role of the neighborhood social environment, and the conditional mixed process method was applied to address potential endogeneity issues. Empirical results demonstrate that access to the Internet, along with the breadth and depth of its use all significantly improve the mental health of rural residents. Internet use promotes mental health by strengthening neighborhood relationship and trust, whereas it also negatively affects mental health by suppressing neighborhood identity. Heterogeneity analyses reveal three key dimensions of variation. (1) By usage type: Activities such as gaming, short-video consumption, and WeChat communication show positive associations with mental health, whereas online shopping and learning exhibit non-significant effects. (2) By user group: The mental health benefits are more pronounced among women, less-educated individuals, and middle-aged to older adults. (3) By region: Positive associations are observed in central and western China, with the most substantial effect in the central region. This study elucidates the mechanism through which Internet use affects mental health: the restructuring of traditional, place-based social capital in rural neighborhoods. These findings offer robust empirical support for policies that integrate digital initiatives with the nurturing of local community bonds to improve rural mental health and foster livable and harmonious villages.
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AMA
Changxu Wang, Jinyong Guo. How Does Internet Use Affect Mental Health of Rural Residents? The Mediating Role of the Neighborhood Social Environment.. Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland). 2026; doi:10.3390/bs16060948.
APA
Changxu Wang, Jinyong Guo (2026). How Does Internet Use Affect Mental Health of Rural Residents? The Mediating Role of the Neighborhood Social Environment.. Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland). https://doi.org/10.3390/bs16060948
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Changxu Wang, Jinyong Guo. How Does Internet Use Affect Mental Health of Rural Residents? The Mediating Role of the Neighborhood Social Environment.[J]. Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland), 2026 doi:10.3390/bs16060948.
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