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Public Health"],"abstract":"<jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Objective<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This study aimed to investigate the current status of digital literacy, subjective well-being, and social support among older adults, analyze their interrelationships, and examine the mediating role of social support between digital literacy and subjective well-being.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A cross-sectional study was conducted from July to December 2025 using a multi-stage stratified random sampling method. A total of 1,260 older adults (aged \u226560\u202fyears) from six provinces in China were surveyed using the Digital Literacy Self-Rating Scale for Older Adults, the Chinese Elderly Subjective Well-Being Scale, and the Social Support Behaviors Scale. Common method bias was assessed using Harman\u2019s single-factor test. Mediation analysis was conducted using the PROCESS macro (Model 4) in SPSS 26.0 with bias-corrected bootstrapping (5,000 resamples).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The total digital literacy score was 52.58\u202f\u00b1\u202f13.19, the subjective well-being score was 51.84\u202f\u00b1\u202f6.26, and the social support score was 44.34\u202f\u00b1\u202f3.38. Digital literacy was positively correlated with subjective well-being (\n                      <jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\n                      =\u202f0.943,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      &amp;lt;\u202f0.01) and social support (\n                      <jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\n                      =\u202f0.906,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      &amp;lt;\u202f0.01). Social support partially mediated the relationship between digital literacy and subjective well-being, accounting for 27.1% of the total effect [indirect effect\u202f=\u202f0.023, 95% CI (0.017, 0.029)]. Hierarchical regression analysis confirmed that digital literacy significantly predicted subjective well-being (\n                      <jats:italic>\u03b2<\/jats:italic>\n                      =\u202f0.401,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      &amp;lt;\u202f0.001) and social support (\n                      <jats:italic>\u03b2<\/jats:italic>\n                      =\u202f0.428,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      &amp;lt;\u202f0.001), and that social support significantly predicted subjective well-being (\n                      <jats:italic>\u03b2<\/jats:italic>\n                      =\u202f0.252,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      &amp;lt;\u202f0.001) after controlling for digital literacy.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Digital literacy among older adults is at a moderately low level and requires improvement. Digital literacy significantly predicts subjective well-being, and social support plays a partial mediating role. These findings suggest that interventions aimed at enhancing digital literacy and strengthening social support networks may effectively promote subjective well-being among older adults in the digital era.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fpubh.2026.1913472","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,5]],"date-time":"2026-08-05T04:51:58Z","timestamp":1785905518000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Digital literacy and subjective well-being among Chinese older adults: the mediating role of social support"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"14","author":[{"given":"Hubin","family":"Ming","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Pingdingshan University","place":["Pingdingshan, Henan, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mingxia","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Pingdingshan 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