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Fantuzzo, John, Grim, Suzanne, Hazan, Herb·2005·Psychology in the Schools
DOI 10.1002/pits.20103
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The study evaluated the effectiveness of a community-based court intervention aimed at reducing truancy in a large urban school district. A quasi-experimental design was used to assess attendance outcomes for 567 truants matched on demographics and drawn from three categories of intervention (no court referral, traditional court referral, and court referral with community-based services). A court group by time ANOVA was conducted. Truancy levels remained high and unchanged for nonreferred truants throughout the study. Both court groups showed a significant drop in absences 30 days post court. During the subsequent 30-day period, the community-based court maintained the reduced rates, while the traditional court group showed higher truancy levels than the community-based court group. No significant interaction effects were found between court groups and sex, age group, or ethnic categories. At one year follow-up, the community-based court group continued to show significantly lower levels of unexcused absences compared to the other two experimental groups. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Psychol Schs 42: 657–667, 2005.

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  • Terms for SAPs are used inconsistently.

    “Complicating matters, terms are used inconsistently.”

    From Differentiation between school attendance problems: why and how? (2019) · cites this paper as Fantuzzo et al., 2005

  • When consistent definitions are used across intervention studies, we stand to gain a better understanding of which interventions work for which specific types of SAP.

    “More specifically, when consistent definitions are used across intervention studies we stand to gain a better understanding of which interventions work for which specific types of SAP (Fantuzzo et al., 2005).”

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Authors
Fantuzzo, J., Grim, S., & Hazan, H.
Affiliations
  • University of Pennsylvania (US)
  • School District of Philadelphia (US)
Corresponding author
Fantuzzo, John
Venue
Psychology in the Schools
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2005
Volume
42
Issue
6
Pages
657-667
ISSN
  • 0033-3085 (ISSN-L)
  • 1520-6807
DOI
10.1002/pits.20103
OpenAlex
W1986299076
Cited by
93
References
23
Citations by year
2026: 3 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 10 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 10 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 6 · 2015: 5 · 2014: 9 · 2013: 4 · 2012: 9
FWCI
19.16
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
doi.wiley.com/10.1002/tdm_license_1.1 (tdm, 3895 d)
Locations
Psychology in the Schools (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Education › Youth Substance Use and School Attendance
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Crime Patterns and Interventions
  • Social Sciences › Education › Education Discipline and Inequality
Keywords
truancy, community-based services, school attendance, unexcused absences, urban school districts, intervention effectiveness

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