Provides a social and psychological profile of the syndrome, explores each of the major symptoms, and offers advice for those who want to change.

Acknowledgments -- Author's note -- Preface -- PART I: INTRODUCTORY. Do you know this man-child? -- The adult PPS victim: a test -- The Peter Pan Syndrome: an overview -- PART II: THE PETER PAN SYNDROME. Irresponsibility -- Anxiety -- Loneliness -- Sex role conflict -- Narcissism -- Chauvinism -- The crisis: social impotence -- After thirty: despondency -- PART III: WORKING FOR CHANGE. For parents -- For wives and lovers -- For friends and siblings -- For the victims -- Helpful reading.