假想朋友

假想朋友（英文：Imaginary friend）也称为假装朋友、隐形朋友或虚构朋友，是一种心理和社会现象，其友谊或其他人际关系发生在想像中，而不是外部物理的现实世界中。尽管对于创作者来说，他们看起来很真实，但是孩子们通常都知道，他们的想像中的朋友不是真实的。据信，最初针对假想朋友的研究是在1890年代进行的。对于儿童假想朋友的出现和成长相关的讯息很少。然而，克劳森和帕斯曼（Klausen and Passman(2007)）报告说，假想的朋友最初被描述为超自然的生物和灵魂，被认为可以将人们与他们的前世联系起来。历史早期的成年人拥有家庭神和守护天使之类的实体，还有充当虚构伴侣的缪斯女神，为创作工作提供舒适，指导和灵感。最终，想像中的同伴现像传给了孩子们。儿童开始与虚构的朋友交往的时代是未知的，但这种现像有可能出现在19世纪中叶，当时人们强调将童年作为游戏和想像的重要时间。

Caliban has a conversation with his imaginary friends in Folger Theatre's production of Shakespeare's The Tempest.

参见

• 两院制 (心理学)
• 迷信
• 图帕（Tulpa）

延伸阅读

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• Imaginary Friends with Dr Evan Kidd （页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆） podcast interview with Dr Evan Kidd of La Trobe University