A bike-riding program for middle school students can help improve their mental (心理的) health, according to a new study from a university of medicine in California.
根据加利福尼亚州一所医科大学的一项新研究，一项面向中学生的骑行项目可以帮助改善他们的心理健康。
The program, called Riding for Focus (R4F), was organized by a nonprofit organization (非营利组织).
这个名为“专注骑行”（Riding for Focus，简称 R4F）的项目是由一个非营利组织组织的。
Coaches (教练) spent six to eight weeks, at least three days a week, teaching middle school students’ cycling skills and riding outdoors with them.
教练们用六到八周的时间，每周至少三天，教授中学生骑行技能，并与他们一起在户外骑行。
R4F hopes to improve the students’ mental health and make them much happier.
R4F 希望改善学生们的心理健康，并让他们更加快乐。
For this study, Loma Linda University (洛马林达大学) asked students to do surveys (调查) before and after the program to compare (比较) their mental conditions.
为了这项研究，洛马林达大学要求学生在项目开始前和结束后完成调查，以比较他们的心理状况。
More than 800 students, from age 11 to 14 and from 20 different schools, joined in the surveys.
来自20所不同学校、年龄在11岁到14岁之间的800多名学生参加了这些调查。
The study found that there was a general growth in students’ happiness after the cycling program.
研究发现，在骑行项目之后，学生们的幸福感总体上有所提高。
“We saw that there were mental health advantages among the students,” Sean Wilson, a writer of the study, said in an interview.
“我们看到学生们在心理健康方面有明显的优势，”该研究的作者之一肖恩·威尔逊在一次采访中说道。
“Before the program, most students were sluggish.
“在项目开始之前，大多数学生都比较懒散。
After it, more students were active and had a positive attitude towards life.”
在项目之后，更多学生变得积极主动，并且对生活持有积极的态度。”
“Middle school is an important time for young people to pay attention to mental health because many of them start to experience stress from school and society,” said Esther Walker, a program manager of the organization.
“中学阶段是年轻人关注心理健康的重要时期，因为他们中的许多人开始感受到来自学校和社会的压力，”该组织的项目经理埃丝特·沃克说道。
Other research shows that one in five children has a mental illness.
其他研究表明，每五个孩子中就有一个患有心理疾病。
“The bike ride can be helpful for students to relax,” Walker said.
“骑自行车可以帮助学生放松，”沃克说。
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A bike-riding program for middle school students can help improve their mental (心理的) health, according to a new study from a university of medicine in California.
The program, called Riding for Focus (R4F), was organized by a nonprofit organization (非营利组织). Coaches (教练) spent six to eight weeks, at least three days a week, teaching middle school students’ cycling skills and riding outdoors with them. R4F hopes to improve the students’ mental health and make them much happier.
For this study, Loma Linda University (洛马林达大学) asked students to do surveys (调查) before and after the program to compare (比较) their mental conditions. More than 800 students, from age 11 to 14 and from 20 different schools, joined in the surveys.
The study found that there was a general growth in students’ happiness after the cycling program. “We saw that there were mental health advantages among the students,” Sean Wilson, a writer of the study, said in an interview. “Before the program, most students were sluggish. After it, more students were active and had a positive attitude towards life.”
“Middle school is an important time for young people to pay attention to mental health because many of them start to experience stress from school and society,” said Esther Walker, a program manager of the organization. Other research shows that one in five children has a mental illness. “The bike ride can be helpful for students to relax,” Walker said.