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Skedgell, Kyleigh; Kearney, Christopher A. – American Secondary Education, 2016
The present study examined the relationship between school absenteeism severity and specific clinical and family variables in middle and high school youth aged 11-19 years recruited from two truancy settings. School absenteeism severity was defined as a percentage of full school days missed from the current academic year at the time of assessment…
Descriptors: Truancy, Attendance, Predictor Variables, Middle School Students
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Hunt, Melissa K.; Hopko, Derek R. – Journal of Primary Prevention, 2009
Truancy is a considerable problem among adolescents. Considering the historical emphasis on studying truancy in urban regions, a concerted effort is needed to extend this research into rural areas to examine cultural generalizability of findings. The purpose of this study was to assess variables associated with truancy in a rural sample (N = 367)…
Descriptors: Truancy, Prevention, Adolescents, Family Structure