基于2020年中国老年社会追踪调查数据，实证检验互联网使用对农村空巢老年人身心健康的影响及其作用机制。研究发现：互联网使用对农村空巢老年人的身体健康和心理健康均具有显著的积极影响，且对中低年龄段和发达地区农村空巢老年人的影响更显著；互联网使用主要通过促进子女代际支持和扩大老年人社会网络对其身心健康产生影响。进一步研究发现，不同用途的互联网使用对农村空巢老年人身心健康的影响存在差异，社交类的互联网使用对农村空巢老年人的身心健康具有促进作用，而学习类用途未发现显著影响，娱乐类的互联网使用有利于促进老年人的心理健康，但对身体健康产生不利影响，购物类用途的影响则与娱乐类正好相反。

Based on the data of China Longitudinal Aging Social Survey in 2020, the influence and mechanism of internet use on the physical and mental health of rural empty-nesters have been studied empirically. Studies have found that the use of the internet has a significant positive impact on the physical health and mental health of the elderly in the rural empty nest, and the impact on the elderly in the rural empty nest in the low middle age and developed areas is more significant. Through increasing the support of children's generation support and expanding of the social network, internet use could promote the physical health and mental health of the elderly in the rural empty nest. Further studies have found that the impact of different uses of the internet on the elderly in the rural empty nest is different. Social internet use has a promotion effect on the physical and mental health of the elderly in the rural empty nest, no significant impact is found in learning use, entertainment use is conducive to the mental health of the elderly, but it has a adverse effect on the health, the impact of shopping use is exactly opposite to that of entertainment use.

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国家社会科学基金项目（20BJL151）；江苏省研究生科研创新计划项目（KYCX23_2316）