Peter Pan syndrome

English Pronunciation en /piːtə pan ˈsɪndɹəʊm/ en En-au-Peter Pan syndrome.ogg AU Proper noun Peter Pan syndrome en idiomatic The supposed psychological phenomenon of immaturity among some men, who, like the fictional character, remain childish or childlike and fail to assume appropriate adult social roles and responsibilities. en 1989 Alice Hall Petry Alice Walker: The Achievement of the Short Fiction, Modern Language Studies 19 1 17 The husband himself (called "he" to emphasize his role as Typical Male) comes across as a rather dense, naughty adolescent boy. He is clearly suffering from a terminal case of the Peter Pan syndrome. Usage notes Popularized by Dr. Dan Kiley, in The Peter Pan Syndrome: Men Who Have Never Grown Up (1983), but earlier usages, with varied senses, exist. Examples: en 1966 Sylvia Farnham-Diggory Self, Future, and Time: A Developmental Study of the Concepts of Psychotic, Brain-Damaged, and Normal Children, Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development 31 1 56 PSYCHOTIC CHILDREN: In the psychotic group, there appears what might be called a "Peter Pan syndrome": mistrust of others, grasp of immediate pleasure, retreat from time, refusal to consider entry into the world of adult plans and responsibilities, refusal to "grow up," or to die—all of these would seem to define one who is, indeed, an inhabitant of a Never-Never-Land. en 1975 Obgu Kalu The Peter Pan Syndrome: Aid and Selfhood of the Church in Africa, Missionology 3 1 15 en 1977 Dolores Mitchell Art Patronage by the London County Council (L.C.C.) 1948-1965, Leonardo 10 3 209 That's pot-boiling: the Peter Pan syndrome. Translations Supposed psychological phenomenon Finnish: fi Peter Pan -syndrooma French: fr syndrome de Peter Pan m Hungarian: hu Pán Péter szindróma Italian: it sindrome di Peter Pan f Japanese: ja ピーターパン症候群 ピーターパンしょうこうぐん, Pītā Pan shōkōgun Polish: pl syndrom Piotrusia Pana m, pl kompleks Piotrusia Pana m Portuguese: pt síndrome de Peter Pan f Spanish: es síndrome de Peter Pan m See also en kidult en eponyms