儿童假装游戏中假想角色现象初探

通过对145名4~5岁儿童进行结构式访谈,调查幼儿假装游戏中假想角色现象的概况,包括假想同伴和角色扮演现象。结果如下:42.7%的儿童有假想同伴,绝大多数是玩具形式,女孩更多有假想同伴;男孩倾向于选择动物类型的假想同伴,而女孩倾向于人物类型;假想同伴绝大多为同性别并且比自己年龄小。44.8%的儿童有角色扮演活动,其中男孩倾向于装扮动画中的英雄人物,女孩倾向于装扮现实人物。

An investigation of Imaginary Character in Children's Fantasy Play

145 preschoolers aged 4-to 6-years were measured with structured interview to investigate the situation of imaginary character in Chinese children.And the imaginary character included the phenomenon of imaginary companion and impersonation.The results showed that:(1) the phenomena are relatively common in China,42.7% children with imaginary companion,and 44.8% with impersonation.(2) the invisible type of imaginary companion is rare,almost all imaginary companions are personated toys.Most preschoolers think their imaginary companions are younger.Among them,boys tend to animal identity and girls are likely to have the human being type imaginary companion.(3) boys are apt to impersonation,especially impersonating cartoon characters.(4) the children with imaginary characters show higher fantasy than those without participating in imaginative predisposition investigation.