Objective To explore the influence of family intimacy, social support and subjective well-being on internet addiction in the elderly, and study the mechanism of social support and subjective well-being on family intimacy and Internet addiction in the elderly.
Methods By using the method of offline random sampling, 400 elderly people in a certain area of Anhui Province were investigated using the social support rating scale, family intimacy and adaptability scale, Chinese internet addiction scale and overall well-being scale.
Results There was a statistically significant difference in internet addiction among elderly with different genders (P ＜ 0.05), but there was no statistical significance in different marital situations, whether living with children, age and educational level (P ＞ 0.05). The family intimacy, social support degree and subjective well-being of the elderly were all negatively correlated with internet addiction (r = –0.284, r = –0.288, r = –0.381, P ＜ 0.05). The subjective well-being played a mediating role between family intimacy and internet addiction (β = –0.068, P ＜ 0.05), and the social support and subjective well-being played a chain mediating role between family intimacy and subjective well-being (β = –0.051, P ＜ 0.05).
Conclusions Family intimacy has an impact on the internet addiction of the elderly by directly influencing their social support or subjective well-being.
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