Rucker N G
Am J Psychoanal. 1981 Summer;41(2):129-37. doi: 10.1007/BF01253717.
The phenomenon of imaginary companions in early childhood has been approached from the standpoint of capacities for ego integration. A limited review of the literature has been presented, along with a brief discussion of the development of synthetic functions and the growth of an integrated personality structure. The fantasy of an imaginary playmate has been examined as representing latent deficiencies in ego integration that become manifest with the rise of Oedipal conflicts. The case study of Susan was chosen to illustrate this process. The differential course of this stage of development for boys and girls is thought to require differential degrees of synthesis, and is presented as an explanation for the recurrent empirical finding that imaginary companions occur more frequently among female children. The ambivalence created in the child's relationship with the mother has been explored as a critical facet of this process, and the relationship of these early difficulties with integration to later psychopathology has been briefly addressed.
幼儿期想象同伴现象已从自我整合能力的角度进行探讨。本文对相关文献进行了有限的综述，并简要讨论了综合功能的发展以及整合人格结构的成长。想象玩伴的幻想被视为代表自我整合中潜在的缺陷，这些缺陷随着俄狄浦斯冲突的出现而显现。选择苏珊的案例研究来说明这一过程。男孩和女孩在这一发展阶段的不同进程被认为需要不同程度的综合，并以此来解释反复出现的实证发现，即想象同伴在女童中出现的频率更高。儿童与母亲关系中产生的矛盾心理已被探讨为这一过程的一个关键方面，并且这些早期整合困难与后期精神病理学之间的关系也已得到简要阐述。
