The emotional value of digital picture books of Guangxi intangible cultural heritage festivals empowering border teenagers’ cultural identity from the perspective of digital narration
Abstract
BackgroundTeenagers in border areas face multiple risks in their psychological development because of their remote geographical location and insufficient supply of mental health services. Digital picture books of intangible cultural heritage, as an intervention carrier integrating cultural inheritance and digital narration, have yet to be clarified in promoting the psychological and social well-being of this group. This paper explores the relationship between the contact of picture books and the psychological and social well being of Guangxi border teenagers, and tests whether emotional resonance and cultural identity constitute a chain intermediary path between them.MethodsBased on a retrospective cross-sectional design, 234 teenagers aged 10–18 in border areas were included to preliminarily test the above-mentioned correlation and mediation mechanism. According to the median contact score of digital picture books, the high contact group (n = 118) and the low contact group (n = 116) were divided. PROCESS Model 6 was used to test the chain intermediary effect, and Bootstrap method was used to estimate the 95% confidence interval of indirect effect by repeated sampling for 5,000 times.ResultsThe high contact group was significantly better than the low contact group in emotional resonance, cultural identity, self-esteem and life satisfaction (p < 0.05), but there was no significant difference in symptoms of depression and anxiety between the two groups. The chain mediation effect is significant [Ind3 = 0.055, 95% CI (0.032, 0.083)], and the explanatory power of the model is R2 = 0.577. The direct effect is negative (c′ = −0.087, p = 0.012), but the total indirect effect (0.345) completely offsets its influence, keeping the total effect positive (0.258). Conclusions positive correlation between digital picture books of intangible cultural heritage festivals and the psychological and social well-being of Guangxi border teenagers is transmitted through the chain path of emotional resonance and cultural identity, and the negative characteristics of direct effects suggest that cultural emotional experience is the core link of this correlation model. Combining local intangible culture with digital narrative technology can provide a potential strategy of cultural adaptation for the promotion of mental health in schools in border areas.
Related
- Empowering scientific performance and health: MERIT – A survey study and research perspective
- Linking childhood emotional maltreatment to social media addiction: a network perspective on executive function and physical activity
- Empowering rural physicians through an AI-assisted intervention for deprescribing in older adults with comorbid diabetes and hypertension: protocol for a feasibility study
- The dual-net multi-scale fusion framework for the digital preservation and creative transformation of intangible cultural heritage
- Empowering recovery: the role of self-management in motor-functional neurological disorder.
BibTeX
@article{zhao2026emotional,
title = {{The emotional value of digital picture books of Guangxi intangible cultural heritage festivals empowering border teenagers’ cultural identity from the perspective of digital narration}},
author = {Yuanyuan Zhao},
journal = {Frontiers in Public Health},
year = {2026},
month = nov,
doi = {10.3389/fpubh.2026.1982296},
url = {https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2026.1982296},
note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
TI - The emotional value of digital picture books of Guangxi intangible cultural heritage festivals empowering border teenagers’ cultural identity from the perspective of digital narration
AU - Yuanyuan Zhao
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/11/09
JO - Frontiers in Public Health
DO - 10.3389/fpubh.2026.1982296
UR - https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2026.1982296
AB - BackgroundTeenagers in border areas face multiple risks in their psychological development because of their remote geographical location and insufficient supply of mental health services. Digital picture books of intangible cultural heritage, as an intervention carrier integrating cultural inheritance and digital narration, have yet to be clarified in promoting the psychological and social well-being of this group. This paper explores the relationship between the contact of picture books and the psychological and social well being of Guangxi border teenagers, and tests whether emotional resonance and cultural identity constitute a chain intermediary path between them.MethodsBased on a retrospective cross-sectional design, 234 teenagers aged 10–18 in border areas were included to preliminarily test the above-mentioned correlation and mediation mechanism. According to the median contact score of digital picture books, the high contact group (n = 118) and the low contact group (n = 116) were divided. PROCESS Model 6 was used to test the chain intermediary effect, and Bootstrap method was used to estimate the 95% confidence interval of indirect effect by repeated sampling for 5,000 times.ResultsThe high contact group was significantly better than the low contact group in emotional resonance, cultural identity, self-esteem and life satisfaction (p < 0.05), but there was no significant difference in symptoms of depression and anxiety between the two groups. The chain mediation effect is significant [Ind3 = 0.055, 95% CI (0.032, 0.083)], and the explanatory power of the model is R2 = 0.577. The direct effect is negative (c′ = −0.087, p = 0.012), but the total indirect effect (0.345) completely offsets its influence, keeping the total effect positive (0.258). Conclusions positive correlation between digital picture books of intangible cultural heritage festivals and the psychological and social well-being of Guangxi border teenagers is transmitted through the chain path of emotional resonance and cultural identity, and the negative characteristics of direct effects suggest that cultural emotional experience is the core link of this correlation model. Combining local intangible culture with digital narrative technology can provide a potential strategy of cultural adaptation for the promotion of mental health in schools in border areas.
SN - 2296-2565
ER -