著者

石谷 真一

出版者

神戸女学院大学

雑誌

論集 (ISSN:03891658)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.52, no.2, pp.103-123, 2005-12-20

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This report tried to study on imaginary companions from the viewpoint of the Depth psychology. Imaginary companions are invisible imaginary object, which children sometimes play with or talk with. In this report first, the author surveyed post studies on imaginary companions. Second, the author compared imaginary companions with stuffed objects which were found and played by children, on which he has investigated toward female university students by inquiring their favorite objects in childhood. In consequence, imaginary companions were found out to have analogy with stuffed toys, and thought to be a part of general imaginative activity in childhood. In the latter half of this paper, the author discussed about imaginary companions in the viewpoint of the Depth psychology, especially the psychoanalytic theories and the theory of analytical psychology. Imaginary companions were considered to be symbolic expressions of children's unconscious phantasy, especially to be projection of their internal object in Kleinian psychoanalytic theory. Imaginary companions were also considered to be transitional objects in Winnicottian theory, or to be a selfobject in Kohutian theory. Furthermore, in Jungian perspective, the relation with imaginary companions were sometimes analogous with active imagination, so that it was thought to be an interaction with unconscious psyche. In consequence of the comparative study and the theoretical study on imaginary companions, imaginary companions are thought not to be mere fantasy but an imaginative activity accompanied with unconscious. Imaginary companions are adaptive and healthy, but are often used to dissolve inner confliction, to relieve inner pain, or to facilitate ego development of children.

著者

石谷 真一 Shinichi ISHITANI

雑誌

論集

巻号頁・発行日

vol.52, no.2, pp.103-123, 2005-12-20 (Released:2015-07-17)

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This report tried to study on imaginary companions from the viewpoint of the Depth psychology. Imaginary companions are invisible imaginary object, which children sometimes play with or talk with. In this report first, the author surveyed post studies on imaginary companions. Second, the author compared imaginary companions with stuffed objects which were found and played by children, on which he has investigated toward female university students by inquiring their favorite objects in childhood. In consequence, imaginary companions were found out to have analogy with stuffed toys, and thought to be a part of general imaginative activity in childhood. In the latter half of this paper, the author discussed about imaginary companions in the viewpoint of the Depth psychology, especially the psychoanalytic theories and the theory of analytical psychology. Imaginary companions were considered to be symbolic expressions of children's unconscious phantasy, especially to be projection of their internal object in Kleinian psychoanalytic theory. Imaginary companions were also considered to be transitional objects in Winnicottian theory, or to be a selfobject in Kohutian theory. Furthermore, in Jungian perspective, the relation with imaginary companions were sometimes analogous with active imagination, so that it was thought to be an interaction with unconscious psyche. In consequence of the comparative study and the theoretical study on imaginary companions, imaginary companions are thought not to be mere fantasy but an imaginative activity accompanied with unconscious. Imaginary companions are adaptive and healthy, but are often used to dissolve inner confliction, to relieve inner pain, or to facilitate ego development of children.

著者

石谷 真一 Shinichi ISHITANI

雑誌

心理相談研究

巻号頁・発行日

vol.20, pp.3-12, 2019-03-31

著者

石谷 真一

出版者

神戸女学院大学

雑誌

論集 (ISSN:03891658)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.51, no.2, pp.193-207, 2004-12-20

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In clinical psychology two kinds of reality are supposed, one is the external reality, which is an objective world shared with others, and the other is the psychic or internal reality, which is his/her own subjective world. A sense of reality can be thought to be much influenced with the relationship between those realities. This report examined the healty and desirable way of sense of reality in the view point of the relationship between external reality and internal reality, through studying the novel 'Shimanto Rever'. By applying theories of analytical psychology and psychoanalysis, the author described the action of Atuyoshi, who is a leading character in that novel, as products of interaction between his inner needs and outer world. In the view point of analytical psychology, Atuyoshi's action was regarded as a part of his individuation process, and meaningful coincidence of outer world and inner world was found out. In the light of Kleinian's psychoanalytic theory, it was thought that his action was motivated by his inner phantasy that his injured inner object need to be restored. From the viewpoint of Winnicott's and other Independents' psychoanalytic theories, Atuyoshi's action was considered to be the dramatization of his inner phantasy, and the trial of exploring a new way of living. As a result, the vivid and imaginative sense of reality, which is regarded as a helthy and desirable sense of reality in clinical psychology, was thought to be occurred from the mutually indispensable and dependable relation between the external reality and the internal reality.