title: An approach to finding teaching moments on families and child development in Disney films.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  In the interest of finding "teaching moments in film" for psychiatric education and education on child development, the author describes an approach to analyzing Disney--and potentially other children's films--based on specifically observing family structure at the beginning and ending of the story, developmental stage and gender of the protagonist, the developmental crisis, and the external change agent and/or stressor.
  
  
  METHODS
  The author considered a convenience sample of ten popular Disney films.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A wide variety of family structures and developmental stages and challenges were observed in the reviewed films.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A matrix approach such as the one illustrated may help psychiatric educators to select effective teaching moments from Disney and other children's films.
authors.affiliation: University of Hawai'i, Honolulu, HI, USA, GuerreroA@dop.hawaii.edu.
authors.forename: Anthony P S
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Guerrero
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002359:Cartoons as Topic / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005195:Family Relations; D006801:Humans; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000193:education*; D013663:Teaching; D013664:Teaching Materials