Digital competence and psychological wellbeing in a social housing community: a repeated survey study
dc.contributor.author | Buckingham, S | |
dc.contributor.author | Tu, G | |
dc.contributor.author | Elliott, L | |
dc.contributor.author | Poole, R | |
dc.contributor.author | Walker, T | |
dc.contributor.author | Bland, E | |
dc.contributor.author | Morrissey, K | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-06-27T10:43:39Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2023-10-13 | |
dc.date.updated | 2024-06-27T09:58:41Z | |
dc.description.abstract | BACKGROUND: Little is known about whether digital competence is related to psychological wellbeing, with most previous research focusing on students and elderly people. There is also limited evidence on seasonal changes in psychological wellbeing, particularly in specific groups. Social housing residents are an underserved and under-researched population. The objectives of this study were to explore associations between digital competence (assessed by general technology self-efficacy) and psychological wellbeing (assessed by mental wellbeing and life satisfaction), and to explore seasonal effects, in social housing residents. METHODS: A repeated survey design was used. The Happiness Pulse questionnaire with a bespoke digital module was sent via post or e-mail at four timepoints between July 2021 and July 2022 to 167 social housing residents in West Cornwall, England. There were 110 respondents in total; thirty completed all four questionnaires and 59 completed an autumn/winter and summer questionnaire. Data were analysed using descriptive and inferential methods including regression, repeated measures analysis of variance and panel analysis. RESULTS: Significant positive associations were found between digital self-efficacy and mental wellbeing, and between digital self-efficacy and life satisfaction. However, there were no significant seasonal changes in psychological wellbeing. CONCLUSIONS: The findings extend the existing literature beyond student and elderly populations and suggest that improving digital competence is a potential pathway to improving psychological wellbeing. Surveys with larger samples and qualitative studies are needed to elucidate the mechanisms involved. | en_GB |
dc.format.extent | 2002- | |
dc.format.medium | Electronic | |
dc.identifier.citation | Vol. 23(1), article 2002 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-16875-2 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/136478 | |
dc.identifier | ORCID: 0000-0003-3864-9465 (Elliott, Lewis) | |
dc.identifier | ORCID: 0000-0002-0185-5604 (Walker, Tim) | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | BMC | en_GB |
dc.relation.url | https://doi.org/10.24378/exe.4444 | en_GB |
dc.relation.url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37833698 | en_GB |
dc.rights | © The Author(s) 2023. Open Access. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data | en_GB |
dc.subject | Digital competence | en_GB |
dc.subject | Life satisfaction | en_GB |
dc.subject | Mental wellbeing | en_GB |
dc.subject | Psychological wellbeing | en_GB |
dc.subject | Season | en_GB |
dc.subject | Social housing | en_GB |
dc.title | Digital competence and psychological wellbeing in a social housing community: a repeated survey study | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2024-06-27T10:43:39Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1471-2458 | |
exeter.article-number | 2002 | |
exeter.place-of-publication | England | |
dc.description | This is the final version. Available on open access from BMC via the DOI in this record | en_GB |
dc.description | Data Availability: The data that support the findings of this study are stored in the University of Exeter ORE (Open Research Exeter) repository (https://doi.org/10.24378/exe.4444) and are available in an anonymised form upon reasonable request (access requests must be made through the online platform). | en_GB |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1471-2458 | |
dc.identifier.journal | BMC Public Health | en_GB |
dc.relation.ispartof | BMC Public Health, 23(1) | |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en_GB |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2023-10-02 | |
dc.rights.license | CC BY | |
rioxxterms.version | VoR | en_GB |
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate | 2023-10-13 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | en_GB |
refterms.dateFCD | 2024-06-27T10:42:24Z | |
refterms.versionFCD | VoR | |
refterms.dateFOA | 2024-06-27T10:43:45Z | |
refterms.panel | A | en_GB |
refterms.dateFirstOnline | 2023-10-13 |
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