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July 7, 2026Humanities and Social Sciences CommunicationsOpen Access

How digital literacy promotes subjective well-being of rural users in remote areas: the moderating effect of social isolation

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XCXi ChenNanjing University of Finance and EconomicsSFShaofen FangMinzu University of ChinaLHLing HuangYunnan University

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Randomized trial shows digital literacy improves well-being in rural users, suggesting ways to close the digital divide.

Key Points

  • This research investigates how digital literacy affects the subjective well-being of rural users, particularly in isolated areas.
  • Mixed-methods approach combining qualitative interviews with 26 rural users and quantitative data from 605 questionnaires.
  • Qualitative phase employed semi-structured interviews to develop a conceptual model based on grounded theory coding.
  • Quantitative phase validated the model using structural equation modeling (SEM) with SmartPLS 4.0 software.
  • Digital literacy increased self-efficacy through perceived autonomy, relatedness, and competence.
  • Subjective well-being improved significantly with increased digital literacy, particularly in terms of relatedness and competence.
  • Social isolation positively moderated the effect of digital literacy on self-determination.

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Chen et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a4c9687331bc25c9e5f3ef8https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-026-07977-4
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