Ratner Kaylin, Burrow Anthony L
Department of Human Development, Cornell University, USA.
Department of Human Development, Cornell University, USA.
Curr Opin Psychol. 2021 Oct;41:21-27. doi: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2021.01.009. Epub 2021 Feb 6.
When perceived changes in course occur, individuals can be left feeling disconnected from who they were in the past. This sensation of being 'off-course' in life is an individual difference we call 'derailment.' In this article, we review derailment's unique contribution to the psychological literature, the role of perceived self and identity change in mental health, and the nuanced association between derailment and depression. Although depression has been emphasized in research to date, we argue for derailment's role in other types of mental illness, motivating several exciting directions for future work. For the pervasiveness of identity in our everyday lives, the study of derailment confers opportunities for better understanding the experience of psychopathology and approaching its treatment.
当察觉到生活轨迹发生变化时，个体可能会感觉与过去的自己失去了联系。这种在生活中“偏离轨道”的感觉是一种个体差异，我们称之为“脱轨”。在本文中，我们回顾了脱轨对心理学文献的独特贡献、自我认知和身份变化在心理健康中的作用，以及脱轨与抑郁之间的细微关联。尽管迄今为止的研究都强调了抑郁，但我们认为脱轨在其他类型的精神疾病中也发挥着作用，这为未来的研究指明了几个令人兴奋的方向。鉴于身份在我们日常生活中的普遍性，对脱轨的研究为更好地理解精神病理学体验及其治疗方法提供了机会。
