Bouldin Paula
Deakin University, School of Psychology, Geelong, Victoria 3217, Australia.
J Genet Psychol. 2006 Mar;167(1):17-29. doi: 10.3200/GNTP.167.1.17-29.
In this study, the author tested whether children with imaginary companions (ICs) have a different fantasy life than do children without ICs. To measure the fantasy life of the 74 children aged 3.2 to 8.7 years, the author modified the Children's Fantasy Interview (E. Rosenfeld, L. R. Huesmann, L. D. Eron, & J. V. Torney-Purta, 1982) to make it suitable for young children and focused on 5 aspects of fantasy life: (a) ICs, (b) dreams, (c) daydreams, (d) scary thoughts, and (e) pretend games. Consistent with the hypothesis, children who had ICs were more likely than were children without ICs to report (a) vivid imagery when daydreaming, (b) vivid imagery when playing pretend games, (c) mythical content for dreams, and (d) mythical content for pretend games.
在本研究中，作者测试了有假想同伴（IC）的儿童与没有IC的儿童的幻想生活是否不同。为了测量74名年龄在3.2至8.7岁之间儿童的幻想生活，作者对《儿童幻想访谈》（E. 罗森菲尔德、L. R. 休斯曼、L. D. 埃伦和J. V. 托内-普尔塔，1982年）进行了修改，使其适合幼儿，并聚焦于幻想生活的五个方面：（a）假想同伴，（b）梦境，（c）白日梦，（d）可怕的想法，以及（e）假装游戏。与假设一致，有IC的儿童比没有IC的儿童更有可能报告：（a）白日梦时有生动的意象，（b）玩假装游戏时有生动的意象，（c）梦境中有神话内容，以及（d）假装游戏中有神话内容。
