研究发现玩手机对成年人幸福感影响微乎其微

近日，美国俄勒冈大学与谷歌联合开展的一项研究发现，使用智能手机与成年人幸福感之间关联性微乎其微，该结果推翻了使用智能手机必然损害心理健康的普遍认知。

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🤔️小作业：

1. What can be inferred about earlier research on smartphone use and mental health?

A. It relied too heavily on participants' self-evaluation

B. It typically included larger and more diverse samples

C. It was conducted mostly by technology companies

D. It focused exclusively on adolescents under 18

无注释原文：

UO-led study discovers 'insignificant' link between adult mental health, phone usage

From: KOIN

“Smartphones are part of the context of our daily lives; they're not inherently good or bad," said Nicholas Allen of the University of Oregon (UO).

Despite previous findings, Oregon-led research has determined that smartphone use isn't necessarily related to the well-being of adults.

The study conducted by the University of Oregon and Google Research found that younger adults experience lower moods when using social media in one particular stance, but the link between mental health and digital surfing was “either weak or statistically insignificant” when assessing longer time periods.

According to UO, Nicholas Allen — a psychology professor and director of the Center for Digital Mental Health — led the team that conducted the study. For four weeks, researchers recorded the smartphone activity and daily moods of more than 10,000 participants who were at least 18 years of age.

The university noted that previous studies have included self-reported data, which scientists claimed aren't as reliable.

“Our findings challenge the popular assumption that smartphone use is inherently harmful to mental health and well-being,” Allen said in a release. “There's been a lot of public concern and policy discussion often based on small, self-reported studies. This large-scale, objective data suggests the relationship is far more nuanced and, in most cases, minimal — at least over this time frame.”

The findings, which were published in the National Library of Medicine earlier this week, show that demographics like age and gender were more likely to negatively impact mental well-being than smartphone usage. Notably, researchers discovered that younger adults and women experienced lower moods despite how often they surfed social media.

“Smartphones are part of the context of our daily lives; they're not inherently good or bad. The key is understanding how people use them and how technology can be designed to support well-being rather than detract from it,” Allen added.

UO revealed that Google first proposed the collaboration with the professor in 2021. The search engine's Director and Head of Clinical Research and Health Impact co-authored the study.

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注：完整题目见本文开头；中文文本为机器翻译并非一一对应，仅供参考

含注释全文：

UO-led study discovers 'insignificant' link between adult mental health, phone usage

From: KOIN

“Smartphones are part of the context of our daily lives; they're not inherently good or bad," said Nicholas Allen of the University of Oregon (UO).

俄勒冈大学的尼古拉斯·艾伦（Nicholas Allen）表示，智能手机已经融入我们的日常生活，（其影响取决于如何使用，）本身并无好坏之分。”

context /ˈkɒn.tekst/ 1）表示“（事情存在、发生的）背景，环境”，英文解释为“the situation within which something exists or happens, and that can help explain it”举个🌰：It is important to see all the fighting and bloodshed in his plays in historical context. 结合历史背景解读他戏剧作品中所有的争斗和流血事件，这点很重要。

2）表示“上下文；语境”，英文解释为“the text or speech that comes immediately before and after a particular phrase or piece of text and helps to explain its meaning”。

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📍out of context表示“脱离上下文”，英文解释为“If words are used out of context, only a small separate part of what was originally said or written is reported, with the result that their meaning is not clear or is not understood.”举个🌰：The reporter took my remarks completely out of context. 记者引用我的话完全是断章取义。

🎬 电影《凯文怎么了》（We Need to Talk About Kevin）的台词中提到：Listen buddy, it's easy to misunderstand something when you hear it out of context. 如果你听到的东西脱离了上下文就很容易产生误解。

🎬 电影《钢铁侠2》（Iron Man 2）的台词中提到：You do understand that reading a single paragraph out of context does not reflect ... 你知道，如果脱离上下文只读一段是不能体现...

🎬 电影《三代人》（3 generations）的台词中提到：This is not helpful, you can't take things out of context. 这样做没用，你不能断章取义。

Despite previous findings, Oregon-led research has determined that smartphone use isn't necessarily related to the well-being of adults.

与以往研究结果不同，由俄勒冈大学主导的研究发现，使用智能手机与成年人幸福感之间并无直接关联。

The study conducted by the University of Oregon and Google Research found that younger adults experience lower moods when using social media in one particular stance, but the link between mental health and digital surfing was “either weak or statistically insignificant” when assessing longer time periods.

这项由俄勒冈大学与谷歌研究团队合作的研究指出，虽然年轻人在特定情境下使用社交媒体可能会情绪低落，但从长期尺度来看，心理健康与上网行为之间的关联“要么较弱，要么在统计上并不显著”。

stance /stɑːns/ 表示“（尤指公开表明的）观点，立场”，英文解释为“a way of thinking about something, especially expressed in a publicly stated opinion”举个🌰：The doctor's stance on the issue of abortion is well known. 这位医生在堕胎问题上的立场众人皆知。

surf /sɜːf/ 表示“上网，网上冲浪”，英文解释为“to spend time visiting a lot of websites”举个🌰：He spends a lot of time surfing the internet/Net/Web. 他花很多时间上网。

statistically /stəˈtɪs.tɪ.kəl.i/ 表示“统计学上”，英文解释为“in a way that relates to statistics”举个🌰：Researchers would not view this survey as being statistically valid. 研究人员不会认为这项调查在统计上是有效的。

According to UO, Nicholas Allen — a psychology professor and director of the Center for Digital Mental Health — led the team that conducted the study. For four weeks, researchers recorded the smartphone activity and daily moods of more than 10,000 participants who were at least 18 years of age.

据俄勒冈大学介绍，该研究负责人为心理学教授、数字心理健康中心主任尼古拉斯·艾伦（Nicholas Allen），他率领团队对1万多名18岁及以上成年参与者进行了为期四周的智能手机使用与情绪追踪研究。

The university noted that previous studies have included self-reported data, which scientists claimed aren't as reliable.

俄勒冈大学指出，以往研究多基于自我报告数据，研究人员认为这种数据可靠性较低。

reliable /rɪˈlaɪ.ə.bəl/ 表示“可信赖的；可靠的；真实可信的”，英文解释为“Someone or something that is reliable can be trusted or believed because he, she, or it works or behaves well in the way you expect.”举个🌰：Is your watch reliable? 你的表准吗？

“Our findings challenge the popular assumption that smartphone use is inherently harmful to mental health and well-being,” Allen said in a release. “There's been a lot of public concern and policy discussion often based on small, self-reported studies. This large-scale, objective data suggests the relationship is far more nuanced and, in most cases, minimal — at least over this time frame.”

“我们的研究结果推翻了‘使用智能手机必然损害心理健康’的普遍认知，”艾伦在声明中说。“公众担忧与政策讨论往往基于小规模自我报告数据进行研究。而这项大规模、客观数据的研究表明，两者关系比想象中更复杂，在多数情况下影响微乎其微——至少在本次研究时间范围内如此。”

assumption /əˈsʌmp.ʃən/ 表示“假定；假设；臆断”，英文解释为“something that you accept as true without question or proof”举个🌰：These calculations are based on the assumption that prices will continue to rise. 这些计算是基于价格会继续上升这一假定之上的。

作名词，objective /əbˈdʒek.tɪv/ 表示“目标；目的”，英文解释为“something that you plan to do or achieve”举个🌰：Can the sales team achieve/meet its financial objectives? 销售人员能否完成财务目标？

作形容词，表示“客观的；就事论事的；不带个人感情的”，英文解释为“not influenced by personal feelings or opinions; considering only facts”如：an objective analysis /assessment 客观的分析/评价。

nuanced /ˈnjuː.ɑːnst/ 形容词，是由它的名词 nuance /njuːˈɑːns/ 派生而来，表示“（在外表、意义、感觉、声音等上）有细微差別的”举个🌰：His London accent is very slightly nuanced by an occasional Russian pronunciation. 他的伦敦口音因而时而夹杂的俄语发音而略显不同。

minimal /ˈmɪn.ɪ.məl/ 表示“极小的；极少的”，英文解释为“very small in amount”举个🌰：There were no injuries and damage to the building was minimal. 没有人受伤，对建筑物的损坏也极小。

frame /freɪm/ 表示“（图画、门、窗的）框，框架”，英文解释为“a border that surrounds and supports a picture, door, or window”如：a picture frame 画框，也可以表示“帧；（摄影胶片的）画格；（电视或电影的）画面，镜头”，英文解释为“one of the pictures on a strip of photographic film, or one of the single pictures that together form a television or cinema film” 也可以表示“（斯诺克等游戏的）一局”，英文解释为“the size and shape of someone's body”举个🌰：She lost the next two frames. 她输掉了接下来的两局。

📍time frame /ˈtaɪm ˌfreɪm/ 表示“（安排进行某活动的）时间框架，时间范围”，英文解释为“a period of days, weeks, months, etc. within which an activity is intended to happen”举个🌰：Have you set a time frame for completing the job? 你给这项工作定完成时限了吗？The time frame within which all this occurred was from February 2015 to October 2025. 这一切都是在2015年2月到2025年10月的时间范围内发生的。

作动词，frame /freɪm/ 1）可以表示“（措词谨慎地）表达，说出”，英文解释为“to express something choosing your words carefully”举个🌰：The interview would have been more productive if the questions had been framed more precisely. 如果当时问题提得更确切些，采访就会更有成效。

2）frame /freɪm/ 表示“给（图画等）装（镜）框”，英文解释为“to fix a border around a picture, etc. and often glass in front of it”举个🌰：I keep meaning to get that photo framed. 我一直打算给那张照片镶上框。

📍framed /freɪmd/ 表示“加外框的”，英文解释为“surrounded by a border”如：a framed photograph 用像框装起来的照片。

The findings, which were published in the National Library of Medicine earlier this week, show that demographics like age and gender were more likely to negatively impact mental well-being than smartphone usage. Notably, researchers discovered that younger adults and women experienced lower moods despite how often they surfed social media.

该研究成果于本周早些时候发表，收录于美国国家医学图书馆数据库中。研究结果显示，心理健康受影响的关键因素并非手机使用本身，而是年龄与性别等人口特征。尤其值得关注的是，无论社交媒体使用频率如何，年轻群体和女性的情绪状态整体偏低。

demographic /ˌdem.əˈɡræf.ɪk/ 1）作形容词，表示“人口的；人口统计的；人口学的”，英文解释为“relating to demography (= the study of populations and the different groups that make them up)”举个🌰：There have been monumental social and demographic changes in the country. 该国的社会和人口状况已经发生了巨大的变化。

2）作名词，表示“（顾客）族群”，英文解释为“a group of people, for example customers, who are similar in age, social class, etc.”举个🌰：This demographic (young teenagers) is the fastest-growing age group using the site. 该族群（十几岁的年轻人）是使用这个网站人数增长最快的年龄群体。

📍demographics /ˌdem.əˈɡræf.ɪks/ 表示“人口统计数据，人口统计结果”，英文解释为“the number and characteristics of people who live in a particular area or form a particular group, especially in relation to their age, how much money they have and what they spend it on”举个🌰：The demographics of the country have changed dramatically in recent years. 近年来该国的人口统计数据发生了巨大的变化。

“Smartphones are part of the context of our daily lives; they're not inherently good or bad. The key is understanding how people use them and how technology can be designed to support well-being rather than detract from it,” Allen added.

艾伦补充道，“智能手机已经融入我们的日常生活，本身并无好坏之分，关键在于如何使用它，以及如何设计技术，使其能增强幸福感，而非影响幸福感。”

detract from sth表示“（在价值、美誉度等方面）对…产生不利影响；贬低；有损乎”，英文解释为“to make something seem less valuable or less deserving of admiration than it really is”

UO revealed that Google first proposed the collaboration with the professor in 2021. The search engine's Director and Head of Clinical Research and Health Impact co-authored the study.

俄勒冈大学透露，谷歌于2021年主动发起此次合作，本次研究由谷歌临床研究与健康影响部门主管共同署名完成。

propose /prəˈpəʊz/ 作动词，除了表示“提议，建议”，可以表示向某人“求婚”，英文解释为“to ask someone to marry you, especially in a formal way”举个🌰：KangKang proposed to Jane three years after they met. 他们相识三年后，康康就向简求婚了。

📍名词形式proposal：an act of formally asking sb to marry you 求婚，也可以说make a proposal.

还可以表表示“计划，打算”，英文解释为“to ask people at a formal social occasion to express their good wishes or respect for someone by holding up their glasses, usually of alcohol, at the same time and then drinking from them: ”举个🌰：How do you propose to complete the project in such a short time? 你打算怎样在这么短的时间内完成这个项目？

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