The Impact of the Digital Divide on the Mental Health of Older People

Abstract

The speed of aging in China has accelerated in recent years, and social problems have continued to increase due to the large base of the total aging population. Numerous scholars have focused on the issue of enhancing the well-being index of the elderly while studying the model of aging. By summarising the literature of the last ten years, the author have categorized and collated the discussions related to the digital divide and the psychological health of the elderly in this research direction. The results show that the sources of psychological problems of the elderly caused by Internet information and digital devices in the digital age include individual factors, family environment factors, and so on.