(二)                         Social Media May Harm Teens' Mental Health       A new study shows social media use is linked to depression in teenagers, especially teenage girls.The study found social media itself doesn't cause harm but it increases teenagers' exposure to cyber-bullyingand disrupts activities that have a positive effect on mental health like sleep and exercise.       So, only reducing social media use to improve well-being or mental health may not help. Teenagers need tolearn ways to cope with cyber-bullying and promote better sleep and exercise behaviors to reduce both physicaland mental harm.       The researchers asked teens about their mental distress and personal well-being—things like life satisfaction,happiness, and anxiety. The researchers found that frequent social media use was linked to greater mental distress.The effect was especially clear for girls: the more frequently they checked social media, the more mental distressthey had.                                                                                                                            Writer: Kenneth Paul social media (n.)社群媒體 harm (v.)損害 mental(adj.)心智的 link(v.)連結depression (n.)憂鬱 teenage (adj.)青少年的 increase (v.)增加 exposure (n.)暴露cyber-bullying (n.)網路霸凌 disrupt (v.)擾亂 positive(adj.)積極 effect(n.)影響promote (v.)促進 reduce (v.)減少 well- being (n.)幸福 cope with (v.)應付distress (n.)痛苦 researcher (n.)研究者 satisfaction(n.)滿意 anxiety(n.)焦慮 frequent (adj.)頻繁的
【題組】31.What did the researchers ask teenagers about?
(A) Life satisfaction, happiness, and anxiety.
(B) Music, happiness, and anxiety.
(C) Movies, music, and books.