NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lonely? Feeling low? Getting married enhances mental health, especially if you‘re depressed, according to a new U.S. study.
你是否感觉孤独或情绪低落？美国最新的一项研究结果表明，结婚能够增强人的心理健康，特别是对那些性格忧郁的人而言。
The benefits of marriage for the depressed are particularly dramatic, a finding that surprised the professor-student team behind the study.
结婚给性格忧郁的人带来的好处是显著的，这让由俄亥俄大学社会学系师生组成的研究小组都大吃一惊。
"We actually found the opposite of what we expected," said Adrianne Frech, a PhD sociology student at Ohio State University who conducted the study with Kristi Williams, an assistant professor of sociology.
研究小组成员、社会学博士生阿德里安娜·弗伦奇说：“实际上，我们的发现与我们最初预计的结果大相径庭。”弗伦奇与社会学助教克里斯蒂·威廉斯共同完成了这项研究。
They expected to find that one spouse‘s depression weighed too much on the marriage, but "just mattering to someone else can help alleviate symptoms of depression," Frech said.
他们最初试图找到忧郁症患者的病情在婚后可能加重的结果，但“与某个人产生关系有助于缓解抑郁症”。
The researchers used a 3,066 person sample that measured symptoms of depression -- such as an inability to sleep, or persistent sadness -- in the same people both before and after their first marriage.
研究人员对3066名抑郁症患者展开了调查，对比了他们在第一次结婚前后的变化，如失眠和持续悲伤的严重程度等。
They found that depressed people experienced a much more extreme decrease in the incidence of those symptoms.
结果发现，忧郁症患者在婚后的抑郁症状都明显缓解。
"Depressed people may be just especially in need of the intimacy, the emotional closeness and the social support that marriage can provide," Williams said.
助教威廉斯说：“性格忧郁的人只是需要亲密感，情感归属和社会支持，而这些都是婚姻可以满足的。”
On the other hand, if you‘re not depressed, marriage could have the opposite effect, Frech said.
弗伦奇指出，另一方面，如果你是个性格开朗的人，婚姻则可能对你产生相反的效果。
People who were happy before getting married and end up in a marriage plagued by conflict and qualities associated with a depressed spouse -- might be better off single.
婚前性格开朗的人可能会在婚后的烦恼中变得不快乐，因为会受到婚姻带来的矛盾和配偶忧郁情绪的影响，所以这样的人可能更适合单身。
"It seems right to say that people who are not depressed are at risk, that if they marry a depressed person this could be a bad deal for them," Frech said.
弗伦奇说：“看起来应该是，性格开朗的人正面临危险，如果他们与性格忧郁的人结合，婚姻对他们而言将是一件糟糕的事情。”
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