Internet use and subjective well-being in China

Sousa-Poza, Alfonso; Nimrod, Galit; Nie, Peng

Internet use and subjective well-being in China

dc.contributor.author	Sousa-Poza, Alfonso	de
dc.contributor.author	Nimrod, Galit	de
dc.contributor.author	Nie, Peng	de
dc.date.accessioned	2024-04-08T08:51:33Z
dc.date.available	2024-04-08T08:51:33Z
dc.date.created	2015-09-07
dc.date.issued	2015
dc.description.abstract	Using data from the 2010 China Family Panel Studies, we analyze the association between Internet use and various measures of subjective well-being (SWB) in a sample of 16- to 60- year-old Chinese. Our analysis shows that although intensive Internet use is significantly associated with lower levels of SWB, we hardly observe any associations when the focus is on participation in specific online activities. Nevertheless, SWB depends on perceptions of Internet use; that is, the importance that different individuals ascribe to different purposes for using the Internet and how much they believe that their Internet use is displacing other activities. Our results suggest that, contrary to previous findings, differences in beneficial outcomes (the third level digital divide) do not necessarily arise from individuals’ actual Internet use (the second level digital divide) but rather may result from their subjective perceptions of such usage. Our findings also point to a possible cultural factor that puts Chinese Internet users at psychological risk.	en
dc.identifier.swb	445040823
dc.identifier.uri	https://hohpublica.uni-hohenheim.de/handle/123456789/5930
dc.identifier.urn	urn:nbn:de:bsz:100-opus-11047
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Hohenheim discussion papers in business, economics and social sciences; 2015,07
dc.rights.license	publ-mit-pod	en
dc.rights.license	publ-mit-pod	de
dc.rights.uri	http://opus.uni-hohenheim.de/doku/lic_mit_pod.php
dc.subject	China	en
dc.subject	Digital divides	en
dc.subject	Depression	en
dc.subject	Happiness	en
dc.subject	Internet use	en
dc.subject	Life satisfaction	en
dc.subject.ddc	330
dc.subject.gnd	China	de
dc.subject.gnd	Medienkonsum	de
dc.subject.gnd	Lebensgefühl	de
dc.title	Internet use and subjective well-being in China	de
dc.type.dcmi	Text	de
dc.type.dini	WorkingPaper	de
local.access	uneingeschränkter Zugriff	en
local.access	uneingeschränkter Zugriff	de
local.bibliographicCitation.publisherPlace	Universität Hohenheim	de
local.faculty.number	3	de
local.institute.number	530	de
local.opus.number	1104
local.series.issueNumber	2015,07
local.series.title	Hohenheim discussion papers in business, economics and social sciences
local.university	Universität Hohenheim	de
local.university.faculty	Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences	en
local.university.faculty	Fakultät Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften	de
local.university.institute	Institute for Household and Consumer Economics	en
local.university.institute	Institut für Health Care & Public Management	de

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