Bonne O, Canetti L, Bachar E, De-Nour A K, Shalev A
Department of Psychiatry, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel.
Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 1999 Summer;29(4):277-86. doi: 10.1023/a:1021345015520.
An imaginary companion (IC) is a frequently encountered childhood fantasy, invisible to anyone but the child, who may be named, addressed or played with. Whether the presence of an IC is a normal developmental feature has not been determined. We examined psychometric measures and the presence/absence of childhood IC in a sample of 850 mentally healthy adolescents. 17.6% of our subjects, more often females, reported having had such a companion. Subjects who reported having had an IC in childhood exhibited higher levels of distress and emotional discontrol, displayed prolonged transitional object attachment and immature modes of coping with stress. Thus, although childhood imaginary companionship is not indicative of psychopathology, it may denote a vulnerability for adolescent perturbation and difficulty in coping with emotionally laden situations.
想象中的同伴（IC）是儿童时期常见的幻想，除了孩子自己，其他人都看不见，孩子可能会给它起名字、与它交谈或一起玩耍。IC的存在是否是一种正常的发育特征尚未确定。我们在850名心理健康的青少年样本中研究了心理测量指标以及童年时期是否有IC。我们的研究对象中有17.6%报告称曾有过这样一个同伴，女性更为常见。报告童年时有IC的研究对象表现出更高程度的痛苦和情绪失控，表现出对过渡性客体的长期依恋以及应对压力的不成熟方式。因此，虽然童年时期的想象同伴关系并不表明存在精神病理学问题，但它可能意味着青少年易受干扰以及在应对充满情感的情况时存在困难。
