Peter Pan syndrome is a metaphor, based on the concept of not growing up, and being trapped in childhood. It is not a recognized mental health illness. The phrase has also been used to describe companies who avoid progressive technologies and remain small.
It is a pop-psychology term used to describe an adult who is socially immature. The term has been used informally by both laypeople and some psychology professionals in popular psychology since the 1983 publication of The Peter Pan Syndrome: Men Who Have Never Grown Up, by Dr. Dan Kiley. Kiley also wrote a companion book, The Wendy Dilemma, published in 1984.
Peter Pan Syndrome is not recognized by the World Health Organization. It is not listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSMV).
People who exhibit characteristics popularly associated with the Peter Pan syndrome have sometimes been referred to as Peter Panners. This term and concept is not accepted in the DSMV and is used disparagingly. Distinctions have been made with puer aeternus, a psychological concept advanced by Carl Jung.
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