The Psychological Impact of Boarding School: The Trunk in the Hall

Editor : Penny Cavenagh, Editor : Susan McPherson, Editor : Jane Ogden

The Psychological Impact of Boarding School: The Trunk in the Hall

Book Details

  • Publisher : Routledge
  • Published : 2023
  • Cover : Paperback
  • Pages : 200
  • Category :
    Child and Adolescent Studies
  • Catalogue No : 97288
  • ISBN 13 : 9781032248721
  • ISBN 10 : 1032248726

Table of Contents


1. British boarding schools on trial: Making the case for new evidence
Susan McPherson, Mairi Emerson-Smith, Penny Cavenagh

2. British boarding schools, mental health and resilience: Survey research
Emma Hopkins, Susan McPherson, Penny Cavenagh

3. The impact of boarding school on adult relationships: Men’s accounts
Craig Harris, Gareth Morgan, Alice Welham

4. It’s not all down to boarding: Early family and peer relationships among boarders
James Lee et al

5. The impact of boarding school on adult eating behaviour
Alexandra Priestner et al

6. How does boarding school influence feelings of loneliness?
Caroline Floyd, Susan McPherson, Penny Cavenagh

7: The shadow side of boarding schools: Childhood sexual abuse and its aftermath
Daniel Taggart

8. Having psychotherapy to help with boarding school experiences: The role of denial, shame and privilege
Mairi Emerson-Smith, Susan McPherson, Penny Cavenagh

9. Escape, autonomy, friendship and resilience: Positive experiences of British boarding school
Remy Hayes et al

10. British boarding schools on trial: Making the case for ‘boarding family syndrome’
Penny Cavenagh, Susan McPherson

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