Socio-emotional selectivity theory

社会情感选择性理论认为，随着年龄的增长，人们越来越倾向于建立牢固且情感上有益的关系（Charles & Carstensen，2010），这种倾向在老年男性中比女性中更为明显，因为男性比女性更有可能经历以下方面的重大挑战晚年，例如退休和健康状况下降（康威尔，2011 年）。由于关系目标因年龄和性别而异，因此老年人口中年轻和女性的人可能更有动力使用 SNS 来维持比同行更大、更多样化的社交网络，这<br>支持了互补假设。

Socio-emotional selectivity theory posits that people become increasingly oriented toward strong and emotionally rewarding relationships with age (Charles & Carstensen, 2010), and this tendency is more pronounced among older men than women because men are more likely than women to experience major challenges in later life, such as retirement and health declines (Cornwell, 2011). Because relational goals vary by age and gender, those who are younger and female in the older population may be more motivated to use SNSs to maintain a larger and more diverse social network than their counterparts,supporting the complementary hypothesis.<br>

社会情感选择性理论认为，随着年龄的增长，人们越来越倾向于建立牢固且情感上有回报的关系(Charles & Carstensen，2010)，这种趋势在老年男性中比女性更明显，因为男性比女性更有可能在晚年经历重大挑战，如退休和健康状况下降(Cornwell，2011)。因为关系目标因年龄和性别而异，所以老年人口中的年轻人和女性可能比他们的同龄人更有动力使用社交网络来维持更大和更多样化的社交网络，支持互补假说。