Examining substance abuse in truant youths and their caregivers: implications for truancy intervention

Flaherty, C. W.; Sutphen, R. D.; Ely, G. E.

doi:10.1093/cs/cds008

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Examining substance abuse in truant youths and their caregivers: implications for truancy intervention

Flaherty, C. W., Sutphen, R. D., Ely, G. E.·2012·Children & Schools

DOI 10.1093/cs/cds008

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Truancy is associated with an array of negative social consequences, including poor school performance, delinquency, and dropout. Numerous individual, family, school, and community risk factors associated with truancy are also associated with adolescent substance abuse. However, little is known about substance use patterns among court-adjudicated chronically truant youths, and outcome studies of truancy interventions reveal a lack of focus on substance abuse. The current study used urine drug-screening results for truant youths and caregivers to explore specific drug use patterns. The study also examined the relationship between caregiver and youth drug test results. Findings indicate that illicit substance use in this sample of youths and adults is substantially higher than that in general population estimates. Also, youth substance use was associated with caregiver use. These findings suggest that truancy interventions that target risk factors common to truancy and substance use may be indicated for a substantial portion of truant youths.

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The concept of truancy tends to be associated with lower socioeconomic youth who experience barriers to attending school such as domestic and neighborhood violence, unstable housing, lack of school supplies, housing and transportation problems, and safety concerns.
“The concept of truancy also tends to be associated with lower socioeconomic youth who experience barriers to attending school such as domestic and neighborhood violence, unstable housing conditions, lack of school supplies, housing and transportation problems, and safety concerns coming to school”
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Authors: Flaherty, C. W., Sutphen, R. D., & Ely, G. E.
Affiliations: University of Kentucky (US)
Corresponding author: Flaherty, C. W.
ORCID: Ely, G. E.
Venue: Children & Schools
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Published: 2012-10-01
Volume: 34
Issue: 4
Pages: 201-211
ISSN: 0162-7961 (ISSN-L)
1532-8759
1545-682X
DOI: 10.1093/cs/cds008
OpenAlex: W1999196052
Semantic Scholar: 910e2ea2cf4eaeed51132a01866f86ee6e83a75d
Cited by: 37
References: 53
Citations by year: 2026: 4 · 2024: 1 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 5 · 2016: 6 · 2015: 5 · 2014: 2
FWCI: 10.89
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Locations: Children & Schools (publishedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Education › Youth Substance Use and School Attendance
Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Crime Patterns and Interventions
Keywords: truancy, adolescent substance abuse, urine drug testing, risk factors, school dropout, delinquency

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