阅读理解：Social media sadness 社交媒体引发的悲哀_大学英语阅读

阅读理解：Social media sadness 社交媒体引发的悲哀

你每天看多少次手机?你是不是不断地在看自己在各种社交网站上的账户?研究显示这种行为可能会给我们的心理健康带来负面影响。接下来查字典英语网与大家一起探讨网络可能导致人们抑郁的原因。

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词汇: depression 忧郁，抑郁

Are you a social media addict ? Are you always checking your smartphone to see how many 'likes' you've received for your latest post? Maybe you feel comforted by the notification sound that someone has sent you a message?

Don't worry, you're not alone. We check our phones an average of 150 times a day, and around 30% of the total time spent online is dedicated to social media. Some experts now fear this habit could be damaging our mental health.

This is something particularly afflicting young adults, according to a study from the University of Pittsburgh. It found the more they used social media, the more likely they are to be depressed. In tests, those people who checked social media frequently were 2.7 times more likely to be depressed compared to those who spent most of their time generally surfing the internet, who had just 1.7 times the risk. The study found that exposure to “highly idealised representations of peers on social media elicits feelings of envy and the distorted belief that others lead happier, more successful lives.”