As times change, could we see a rise in Peter Pan Syndrome? Professor Melek Kalkan shares insights on new tools developed to diagnose this complex disorder.
In 1902, a Scottish novelist introduced a character who quickly became iconic. Peter Pan was a boy who could fly. He zipped between reality and an imaginary world, sometimes taking other children with him.
Peter Pan Syndrome is about wanting to avoid the commitments that come with adulthood, such as financial independence and self-reliance. In the early 1980s, a psychologistto describe the teenage boys he saw in his clinical practice who were unhappy and unwilling to accept their pending adulthood. “When I examined the literature, I saw that the number of studies on Peter Pan Syndrome was quite low. These studies are in the form of literature review, compilations or content analysis rather than quantitative research,” says Melek Kalkan, a professor of psychological counseling and guidance at the University of Ondokuz Mayıs in Samsun, Türkiye .Kalkan and a research team set out to create a reliable tool that could be used for measuring Peter Pan Syndrome.
Scores can range from 22 to 110 points. Although the scale doesn’t have a particular threshold that designates whether a person has Peter Pan Syndrome, a higher score indicates a greater likelihood.The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
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