研究顯示 老年人並非最孤獨的人羣

While we think of older people being more solitary, and thus more lonely, this might not actually be true.
人們都以爲老年人孤身一人的時候更多，所以更寂寞，但事實也許不是這樣。

According to the work of Julianne Holt-Lunstad, a psychology professor at Brigham Young University in Utah, loneliness is actually at its peak among teenagers and young adults.
美國猶他州楊百翰大學的心理學教授朱莉安娜·郝特-朗斯達的研究指出，實際上，青少年和青年纔是最孤獨的。

Holt-Lunstad and her colleagues analysed 70 studies, and found that there were stronger risks of loneliness-related illness for under- 65s than over-65s.
郝特-朗斯達和她的同事們分析了70項研究後發現，65歲以下人羣患孤獨相關疾病的風險比65歲以上人羣更高。

Also, the US National Social Life, Health and Ageing Project states that just 30% of older adults feel lonely fairly often.
此外，美國國家社會生活、健康和老齡化項目稱，只有30%的老年人經常感到孤獨。

While older people might be alone much of the time, this doesn't mean they are unhappy about it.
雖然老年人也許大部分時間都是孤身一人，但這不意味着他們不喜歡那樣的狀態。

In fact, people can feel lonely when they're surrounded by others. Many lonely people are also married.
事實上，人們在有人相伴時也會感到孤獨。很多已婚人士也會覺得孤獨。

"Being unmarried is a significant risk," Holt-Lunstad told the New York Times, "but not all marriages are happy ones. We have to consider the quality of relationships, not simply their existence or quantity."
郝特-朗斯達向《紐約時報》透露：“未婚是一個重大風險，不過，並不是所有婚姻都幸福。我們必須考慮婚姻的質量，不能只看結婚與否或結婚時間長短。”