2015考研英语阅读Facebook对你没好处_大学英语阅读

2015考研英语阅读Facebook对你没好处

　　过去的调查研究发现使用Facebook会滋生嫉妒，社交紧张，孤立和压抑等情绪。但是这些研究都是断面的，换句话说就是都是简要说明。这样的话，他们可能把原因与相关因素给混淆了。或许花费大量时间在社交媒体上面的人们本来就是比较悲观的人。而Kross博士和Verduyn博士指导的研究是第一个在一段时间内追踪一群Facebook使用者情绪变化的实验。

　　The researchers recruited 82 Facebookers for their study. These volunteers, in their lateteens or early 20s, agreed to have their Facebook activity observed for two weeks and toreport, five times a day, on their state of mind and their direct social contacts . These reports were prompted by text messages,sent between 10am and midnight, asking them to complete a short questionnaire.

　　研究人员征集了82名Facebook用户参与他们的研究。这些参与者年龄在二十岁左右。他们同意研究人员观察他们的Facebook活动两周，并且每天报告五次他们的心理状况和直接社交联系状况。这些报告通过短信提示，短信发出时间为上午十点到晚上十二点之间，会要求参与者完成一份简短的问卷。

　　When the researchers analysed the results, they found that the more a volunteer usedFacebook in the period between two questionnaires, the worse he reported feeling the nexttime he filled in a questionnaire. Volunteers were also asked to rate their satisfaction withlife at the start and the end of the study. Those who used Facebook a lot were more likely toreport a decline in satisfaction than those who visited the site infrequently. In contrast,there was a positive association between the amount of direct social contact a volunteerhad and how positive he felt. In other words, the more volunteers socialised in the real world,the more positive they reported feeling the next time they filled in the questionnaire.