正常儿童群体中假想同伴的患病率。

Prevalence of imaginary companions in a normal child population.

作者信息

Pearson D, Rouse H, Doswell S, Ainsworth C, Dawson O, Simms K, Edwards L, Faulconbridge J

机构信息

Island Clinical Psychology Service, Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Trust and; University of Leicester, Leicester, UK.

出版信息

Child Care Health Dev. 2001 Jan;27(1):13-22. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2214.2001.00167.x.

DOI:10.1046/j.1365-2214.2001.00167.x

PMID:11136338

Abstract

Approximately 1800 children between the ages of 5 and 12 years were randomly selected and asked whether they had present or past experiences of imaginary companions. It was found that 829 (46.2%) children reported experiences of imaginary companions. These findings were unexpected as previous studies had suggested that imaginary companions are generally experienced by fewer, much younger children. There were no significant differences in creativity scores between children who reported imaginary companions compared with those who did not. Imaginary companions were reported by more girls than boys, and were not restricted to very young children.

摘要

大约1800名5至12岁的儿童被随机挑选出来，并被问及他们是否有过想象同伴的经历，无论是现在还是过去。结果发现，829名（46.2%）儿童报告有想象同伴的经历。这些发现出乎意料，因为之前的研究表明，想象同伴通常在年龄更小的儿童中出现，且人数较少。报告有想象同伴的儿童与没有报告的儿童在创造力得分上没有显著差异。报告有想象同伴的女孩比男孩更多，而且并不局限于非常年幼的儿童。