Multiplicity: An Explorative Interview Study on Personal Experiences of People with Multiple Selves.
Multiplicity: An Explorative Interview Study on Personal Experiences of People with Multiple Selves.
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DOI：
10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00938
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发表时间：
2017
影响因子：
3.8
通讯作者：
Maraz A
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作者：
Ribáry G;Lajtai L;Demetrovics Z;Maraz A
背景和目标：人格心理学研究依赖于这样一种观念，即人类有一个单一的自我，它是可以可靠描述（即通过特质）的个人思想、感受和行为的结果。那些认为自己是“多重”的人有一个由多个或替代的自我组成的系统，它们共享同一个身体。这是第一项通过评估那些认为自己是“多重”的人的经历来探索多重性现象的研究。方法：首先，使用术语“多重性”和“多重系统”进行互联网论坛搜索。根据这次搜索，我们联系了那些自称有多个身份的人。采访由一位心理咨询师进行，并制作了六个案例小插曲。结果：多重性在 Twitter、Tumblr、Google+ 以及其他由多重性维护的个人网站、博客和论坛上进行了讨论。根据该研究估计，有 200-300 人参与这些论坛，并认为他们是多个人。从六次访谈来看，多重人格似乎拥有多个相对独立的自我，构成了人格系统。每个“居民”或自我，都有自己独特的行为模式，这是由不同的情况触发的。然而，多重人格在系统组织、记忆功能和自我切换控制方面是一个异质群体。结论：尽管大多数系统在日常生活中运行相对良好，但多重性可以置于身份障碍和分离性身份障碍（DID）之间的连续体。需要进一步的研究来探索这种现象，特别是在多大程度上可以将多样性视为一种健康的应对方式。
Background and aims: Personality psychology research relies on the notion that humans have a single self that is the result of the individual's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that can be reliably described (i.e., through traits). People who identify themselves as “multiple” have a system of multiple or alternative, selves, that share the same physical body. This is the first study to explore the phenomenon of multiplicity by assessing the experiences of people who identify themselves as “multiple.” Methods: First, an Internet forum search was performed using the terms “multiplicity” and “multiple system.” Based on that search, people who identified themselves as multiple were contacted. Interviews were conducted by a consultant psychiatrist, which produced six case vignettes. Results: Multiplicity is discussed on Twitter, Tumblr, Google+ and several other personal websites, blogs, and forums maintained by multiples. According to the study's estimates, there are 200–300 individuals who participate in these forums and believe they are multiple. Based on the six interviews, it appears that multiples have several selves who are relatively independent of each other and constitute the personality's system. Each “resident person” or self, has their own unique behavioral pattern, which is triggered by different situations. However, multiples are a heterogeneous group in terms of their system organization, memory functions, and control over switching between selves. Conclusions: Multiplicity can be placed along a continuum between identity disturbance and dissociative identity disorder (DID), although most systems function relatively well in everyday life. Further research is needed to explore this phenomenon, especially in terms of the extent to which multiplicity can be regarded as a healthy way of coping.