社交媒體(臉書)讓你更開心還是更難過?
Sometimes keeping up with your sociAl media channels can feel more stressful than fun - and according to an experimental study conducted by The Happiness Research Institute, ditching Facebook in particular can result in a happier life.
有些時候，緊跟你的社交媒體渠道是一種壓力而不是樂趣。根據一項快樂研究機構的實驗研究發現，拋棄臉書（社交媒體）可以讓生活更快樂。
To determine whether using Facebook has any affect on one's "subjective well-being," 1,095 participants in Denmark were randomly assigned to either quit Facebook entirely for one week or to continue as usual. Ninety-four percent of this sample visit the site on a daily basis, and 86 percent go through their news feed "often" or "very often." The participants evaluated their lives prior to the experiment and were asked to again a week later.
爲了確定使用臉書是否對一個人“主觀的幸福”有任何影響，1095個丹麥的參與者被隨機安排成兩組，一組在一星期內完全拋棄臉書，一組繼續像平時一樣使用。94%的樣本每天登錄這個網站，86%的人“經常”或“頻繁”地訪問他們的新聞來源。參與者在實驗開始前評價自己的生活，並被要求在一星期之後再評價一次。
Based on the results, the group that gave up Facebook for one week reported being significantly more satisfied with their life on a scale of one to 10 in comparison to the group that continued with their regular Facebook use. Both groups were also asked about their moods on the last day - those who'd taken a break claimed to be happier and more enthusiastic and less worried, sad, angry, and depressed than the other group.
結論表明，放棄臉書一星期的羣體對生活的滿意度明顯超出了繼續使用臉書的人，高出了1到10的比例。兩組人都被詢問了他們昨天的心情如何，那些放棄社交媒體的人聲稱要比另一羣人更快樂，更熱情，不那麼擔憂，悲傷，生氣和憂傷了。
Quitting Facebook allowed the participants more time for social activity offline, which led to an increase in satisfaction with their social life. In addition, research showed that Facebook users are 55 percent more prone to feeling stressed. The study suggested that FOMO brings users down as seeing success and amazing experiences shared online can cause distress and "Facebook envy." "Instead of focusing on what we actually need, we have an unfortunate tendency to focus on what other people have."
放棄社交媒體（臉書）讓參與者有了更多線下社交活動的時間，這讓他們提高了對社交生活的滿意度。另外，調查表明臉書的使用者有55%的可能感到有壓力。研究認爲，錯失恐懼症讓使用者憂鬱是因爲看到網上成功且令人驚奇的經歷會導致壓力和“臉書嫉妒”。“我們有一種不幸的趨向，更容易關注別人有什麼，而不是我們實際需要的。”
Although the conducted study has its limitations, it may be worth a try to test this out on your own. Give up Facebook for one week to see if you notice a happier you!
儘管這個實驗有它的侷限性，但你也值得親自試驗一下。放棄臉書一個星期，看能否發現一個更快樂的自己！
譯文屬原創，未經允許，不得轉載。
