A subset of boarding schools for adolescents was established in 1993 in the rural sections of Eastern Turkey to provide equity in terms of availability of education. Even though these schools were beneficial in many respects, implementation of this institutional model gave rise to many challenges such as weaker relationships with parents and defiance of authority figures. Failure to develop a mature response to these challenges could lead to the development of psychopathologies such as depression, psychosis, and dissociation. The main objective of this study is to assess the incidence of psychopathology and dissociative experiences of the residential female students in the regional boarding schools compared to a control group. 187 female participants, 128 attending boarding school, and 59 attending day school, as the control group, were included in the study. Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) and Adolescent Dissociative Experiences Scale (ADES) were used as measurement scales. T-test, Mann Whitney-U, Spearman correlation chi-square tests were used to evaluate the association between the variables. There was a significant difference in Interpersonal sensitivity and Psychoticism subscales of BSI. ADES score was found to be significantly higher in the Boarding school group. Boarding school students are at a higher risk of developing psychopathology as a common trauma on a group of people can result in shared dissociation, a collective defense mechanism to cope with the injury, which resembles shared delusional disorder within DSM-V (The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders). Screening measures should be implemented in boarding schools to evaluate adolescents for psychopathology and preventive measures should be taken to intervene in the early stages.

1993 年，在土耳其东部的农村地区建立了一部分青少年寄宿学校，以提供公平的教育机会。尽管这些学校在许多方面都是有益的，但这种制度模式的实施带来了许多挑战，例如与父母的关系较弱和对权威人物的蔑视。未能对这些挑战做出成熟的反应可能导致精神病理学的发展，如抑郁、精神病和分离。本研究的主要目的是评估与对照组相比，地区寄宿学校的寄宿女学生的精神病理学和分离经历的发生率。187名女性参与者，128名寄宿学校，59名走读学校，作为对照组，被纳入研究。使用简要症状量表 (BSI) 和青少年分离体验量表 (ADES) 作为测量量表。T检验、Mann Whitney-U、Spearman相关卡方检验用于评估变量之间的关联。BSI的人际敏感性和精神病分量表存在显着差异。寄宿学校组的 ADES 分数明显更高。寄宿学校的学生患精神病理学的风险更高，因为一群人的常见创伤会导致共同的分离，这是一种应对伤害的集体防御机制，类似于 DSM-V 中的共同妄想症（诊断和统计精神障碍手册）。