Description
Does your child talk to an imaginary friend? Did you create an imaginary friend as a child? What does having an imaginary friend mean? Is it an early marker of special creativity or a red flag signaling emotional distress? Can an imaginary friend provide support and love that is experienced as real? In this updated and greatly expanded second edition, Marjorie Taylor and Naomi R. Aguiar provide a comprehensive review of what is known about imaginary friends, including research conducted over the past 25 years since the first edition as published in 1999, as well as the classic early studies. Imaginary Friends and the People Who Create Them provides rich descriptions of imaginary friends and how they function in the lives of both children and adults. The authors discuss psychological research on imaginary friends and explore connections to related phenomena, such as imaginary worlds, relationships with media characters, and the development of creativity. A discussion of how imaginary friends are related to the creation of characters in fiction writing is informed by interviews with renowned authors including Philip Pullman, Sue Grafton, and P. D. James. Taylor and Aguiar also look ahead to address the future of research on imaginary friends, including relationships with artificial intelligence and the role of imaginary friends in coping with trauma, while dispelling the myths about imaginary friends and the people who create them.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: What is an imaginary friend and how many children have them? Chapter 2: Imaginary friends who are invisible Chapter 3: Imaginary friends who are personified objects Chapter 4: Children who create imaginary friends: Individual characteristicsChapter 5: Children who create imaginary friends: The influence of family and culture Chapter 6: Why do children create imaginary friends?Chapter 7: Do imaginary friends help children cope with adversity?Chapter 8: Do children think their imaginary friends are real?Chapter 9: What happens to the imaginary friends created in early childhood?Chapter 10: Paracosms: The imaginary worlds of middle childhood Chapter 11: Parasocial relationships with celebrities and media charactersChapter 12: The imaginary friends of adultsChapter 13: Adult fiction writers and their charactersChapter 14: Final thoughts: Fantasy in the lives of children and adultsBibliography
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- 洋書電子書籍
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イザベラ・バードの東南アジア旅行記
