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Put Down that Phone！
随着科技发展，各种便携式设备得以普及，手机也逐渐成为了我们生活中不可缺少的一部分。科技使得我们的生活更加便利，但同时它也影响着我们的人际关系，我们通过网络了解遥远的外部世界，却也因此常常忽略了身边的人们。是时候放下手机啦，别让科技毁了我们的生活！
“Technoference”1 may be hurting your relationship.
It’s been a long， terrible day. As you recount your struggles， you suddenly notice your partner is furiously typing on his phone.2 Your anger boils3 （you’ve forgotten that you did the same thing to him just yesterday）. It’s time to step away from the smartphone， put down the tablet， shut the laptop and turn off the TV.4 A slew of recent research suggests that if people want happy relationships， they need to stop clinging to technology.5
“I was surprised about the amount of people saying that this happens in their relationship every day，” says Sarah Coyne， an associate professor6 in the department of family life at Brigham Young University. “You are sitting there and kind of bored and check Facebook…it is almost our default7 to turn to our phones.”
In a new study， Coyne asked 143 married or cohabitating8 women to answer questions about technology use and relationships. She wanted to understand how technology encroaches on our lives and relationships， what she calls “technoference.”9 The vast majority of respondents， 70 percent， said using a cell phone interrupted interactions between them and their partners sometimes，10 often， very often or all the time. Even more， 74 percent， said that computers sometimes， often， very often or all the time disturbed their interactions with partners.
The women who reported technoference also said they fought more with their partners， which made them feel badly about their relationships. On top of this， they felt more depressed and less satisfied with life.11
“What I think the most important finding is， the more you let the technology interfere， the more conflict you have with your spouse or partner and that leads to not feeling great about the relationship，”12 she says.
Still there’s other research showing that cell phone dependence can be unhealthy. “Cell phone attachment13 is positively related to an increase in stress and anxiety and even depression，” says James A. Roberts， a professor of marketing at Baylor University Hankamer School of Business. In a 2012 paper， Roberts coined the word “phub，” a mash-up of phone and snub.14 Phubbing occurs when someone chooses to play with an app， text or take a phone call instead of paying attention to a person.
“Essentially15， what we are saying is that you don’t matter，” he says. “It touches at our core.”
随着科技发展，各种便携式设备得以普及，手机也逐渐成为了我们生活中不可缺少的一部分。科技使得我们的生活更加便利，但同时它也影响着我们的人际关系，我们通过网络了解遥远的外部世界，却也因此常常忽略了身边的人们。是时候放下手机啦，别让科技毁了我们的生活！
“Technoference”1 may be hurting your relationship.
It’s been a long， terrible day. As you recount your struggles， you suddenly notice your partner is furiously typing on his phone.2 Your anger boils3 （you’ve forgotten that you did the same thing to him just yesterday）. It’s time to step away from the smartphone， put down the tablet， shut the laptop and turn off the TV.4 A slew of recent research suggests that if people want happy relationships， they need to stop clinging to technology.5
“I was surprised about the amount of people saying that this happens in their relationship every day，” says Sarah Coyne， an associate professor6 in the department of family life at Brigham Young University. “You are sitting there and kind of bored and check Facebook…it is almost our default7 to turn to our phones.”
In a new study， Coyne asked 143 married or cohabitating8 women to answer questions about technology use and relationships. She wanted to understand how technology encroaches on our lives and relationships， what she calls “technoference.”9 The vast majority of respondents， 70 percent， said using a cell phone interrupted interactions between them and their partners sometimes，10 often， very often or all the time. Even more， 74 percent， said that computers sometimes， often， very often or all the time disturbed their interactions with partners.
The women who reported technoference also said they fought more with their partners， which made them feel badly about their relationships. On top of this， they felt more depressed and less satisfied with life.11
“What I think the most important finding is， the more you let the technology interfere， the more conflict you have with your spouse or partner and that leads to not feeling great about the relationship，”12 she says.
Still there’s other research showing that cell phone dependence can be unhealthy. “Cell phone attachment13 is positively related to an increase in stress and anxiety and even depression，” says James A. Roberts， a professor of marketing at Baylor University Hankamer School of Business. In a 2012 paper， Roberts coined the word “phub，” a mash-up of phone and snub.14 Phubbing occurs when someone chooses to play with an app， text or take a phone call instead of paying attention to a person.
“Essentially15， what we are saying is that you don’t matter，” he says. “It touches at our core.”