居家独处时的远程工作、社交隔离与心理健康，这一成果由Amanda Pallais团队经过不懈努力而取得。这一研究成果发表在2026年6月4日出版的国际学术期刊《科学》上。

研究小组利用了2011年至2024年对美国工人进行的五次全国代表性调查（N = 588,322），省略了2020-2021年的疫情高峰期。他们采用“差异中的差异”方法，比较了远程工作人员的心理健康变化——自2019冠状病毒病以来，远程工作人数持续大幅上升——与非远程工作人员的心理健康变化相比，远程工作人数的增长要小得多。研究组发现，远程工作增加了独处的时间，在多个指标上恶化了心理健康，并增加了心理健康服务和处方的主题。这些影响主要集中在独居者身上。研究组估计，在2011-2019年和2022-2024年期间，远程工作的兴起可以解释大约三分之一的孤立和精神痛苦的增加。

研究人员表示，远程工作如何影响孤独感和心理健康。

附：英文原文

Title: Home alone: Remote work, isolation, and mental health

Author: Natalia Emanuel, Emma Harrington, Amanda Pallais

Issue&Volume: 2026-06-04

Abstract: How does remote work affect isolation and mental health We drew on five nationally representative surveys of American workers (N = 588,322) conducted from 2011 to 2024, omitting the peak pandemic years of 2020–2021. Our difference-in-differences approach compared changes in mental health among people in remotable jobs—who experienced a large and persistent rise in remote work since COVID-19—to people in nonremotable jobs, where remote work increased far less. We found that remote work increases time spent alone, worsens mental well-being across multiple measures, and increases the use of mental health services and prescriptions. These effects were concentrated among individuals living alone. We estimate that the rise of remote work explains about a third of the increase in isolation and mental distress between 2011–2019 and 2022–2024.

DOI: aec7671

Source: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aec7671