东北大学学报(社会科学版) ›› 2026, Vol. 28 ›› Issue (2): 62-72.DOI: 10.15936/j.cnki.1008-3758.2026.02.007

• 经济与管理 • 上一篇    下一篇

花钱买心安:保健消费与居民心理健康

马琦峰1, 蔡天欣2, 钟仁耀3   

  1. 1.中国人民大学 人口与健康学院,北京 100872
    2.香港大学 社会科学学院,香港 999077
    3.华东师范大学 公共管理学院,上海 200062
  • 收稿日期:2024-09-18 出版日期:2026-03-25 发布日期:2026-04-02
  • 作者简介:马琦峰,中国人民大学博士研究生
    蔡天欣,香港大学博士研究生
    钟仁耀,华东师范大学教授,博士生导师。
  • 基金资助:
    国家社会科学基金重点项目(21AZD076);国家社会科学基金重大项目(20&ZD114)

Paying for Peace of Mind: Healthcare Consumption and Residents’ Mental Health Based on a Moderated Mediation Model

Qifeng MA1, Tianxin CAI2, Renyao ZHONG3   

  1. 1.School of Population and Health,Renmin University of China,Beijing 100872,China
    2.Faculty of Social Sciences,The University of Hong Kong,Hong Kong 999077,China
    3.School of Public Management,East China Normal University,Shanghai 200062,China
  • Received:2024-09-18 Online:2026-03-25 Published:2026-04-02

摘要:

伴随健康中国战略推进和居民健康意识提升,保健消费日益成为社会的关注焦点。使用2011—2020年中国健康与养老追踪调查的五期面板数据,探究保健消费对居民心理健康的影响及其内在机制。研究发现:保健消费对居民抑郁症状具有显著缓解作用,这一结果经稳健性检验后依旧成立;保健消费主要藉由提升居民的主观健康缓解其抑郁症状,客观健康并未在两者间发挥中介作用;男性更易通过保健消费获得主观健康的提升,女性更易通过主观健康提升获得抑郁症状的改善,教育强化了保健消费对居民主观健康的促进作用。基于此,为发挥保健消费对缓解居民抑郁症状的积极功能,应明确政府部门责任主体地位,调动市场企业积极性,进一步提升居民的保健意识与健康素养。

关键词: 保健消费, 心理健康, 抑郁症状, 主客观健康

Abstract:

With the advancement of the Healthy China Initiative and the increasing health awareness among residents, healthcare consumption has become a focus of growing attention in society. Based on the data from five waves of the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) from 2011 to 2020, the impact of healthcare consumption on residents’ mental health status and its underlying mechanisms are explored. The findings indicate that healthcare consumption has a significant alleviating effect on residents’ depressive symptoms, and this result remains robust after various tests. The primary pathway through which healthcare consumption reduces depressive symptoms is by improving residents’ subjective health, while objective health does not mediate the relationship. Men tend to experience more subjective health improvements through healthcare consumption, while women are more likely to see improvements in depressive symptoms through enhanced subjective health. Additionally, education strengthens the positive impact of healthcare consumption on residents’ subjective health. Based on these findings, in order to enhance the positive role of healthcare consumption in alleviating depressive symptoms, efforts should be made to clarify the main position of government departments, mobilize the enthusiasm of market enterprises, and further improve residents’ health awareness and health literacy.

Key words: healthcare consumption, mental health, depressive symptoms, subjective and objective health

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