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http://dx.doi.org/10.5765/jkacap.210005

The Lives, Friendship and Separation of Latency Girls: Loss and Development Depicted in the Film "The World of Us"

Ahn, Song-Ii (National Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital)
Lee, Sookyung (Sowoon Psychiatric Clinic)

Publication Information

Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry / v.32, no.2, 2021 , pp. 79-81 More about this Journal

Abstract

The film "The World of Us (2016)" shows the acquisition and loss of friendship that occur in the process of interpersonal shifts in latency school girls. Connection to the peer group helps compensate for the latency child's loss of parent-child intimacy and the ensuing feelings of loneliness. The protagonists realize that the relationship is not for retaliation or for victory, but for playing together. However the reality that lies in front of them will not be so easy. Watching this film reminds one of childhood.

Keywords

Latency period; Psychological; Bullying; Aggression; Peer group; Interpersonal relations; Friend; Child development;

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