ERIC Number: EJ329815
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1986
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Two Causes of Underachievement--The Scapegoat Phenomenon and the Peter Pan Syndrome. Part II.
Grau, Phyllis Nelson
G/C/T, v9 n1 p9-11 Jan-Feb 1986
Two profiles of underachievement are described: the Peter Pan Syndrome, characterized by irresponsibility, anxiety, loneliness, sex role conflict, and narcissism, and the scapegoating phenomenon, in which children acquire negative self-images from victimization experiences. Prognoses and recommendations for each are offered. (Author/CL)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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