A centrifugal pendulum mechanism, in particular a trapezoidal centrifugal pendulum mechanism, for a damping device and/or a torque transmission device, in particular for a drive train of a motor vehicle, comprising a pendulum mass carrier, which can be rotated about a rotational axis (S) and on which a plurality of pendulum masses or pendulum mass pairs that can be moved relative to the pendulum mass carrier are provided in the circumferential direction, wherein two pendulum masses or pendulum mass pairs directly adjacent in the circumferential direction of the pendulum mass carrier are or can be mechanically coupled to each other by means of a damping element.