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Forms and functions of school refusal behavior in youth: an empirical analysis of absenteeism severity
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BACKGROUND: School refusal behavior is a particularly nettlesome problem for mental health and education professionals because of its symptom severity and heterogeneity as well as lack of consensus regarding inclusive classification strategies. Alternatively, a functional model of school refusal behavior may provide a particularly useful way of organizing, assessing, and treating this population. METHOD: The present study included 222 youths aged 5-17 years (134 males, 88 females) with school refusal behavior and their parents. Participants were assessed at a specialized university-based clinic for youths with school refusal behavior. Child self-report and parent-based measures of forms of behavior related to school refusal as well as functions of school refusal behavior were employed. RESULTS: Hierarchical regression analysis and structural equation modeling revealed that function was a better determinant of degree of school absenteeism than behavior form. CONCLUSIONS: Assessing the function of school refusal behavior is likely a key factor in the evaluation of this population and may be linked to informed decisions about choice of treatment.
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“Diagnostic groupings are appealing to many researchers and clinicians, but considerable diagnostic heterogeneity is a hallmark of youth with school attendance problems (Kearney, 2007; Nayak et al., 2018).”
From Reconciling Contemporary Approaches to School Attendance and School Absenteeism: Toward Promotion and Nimble Response, Global Policy Review and Implementation, and Future Adaptability (Part 1) (2019) · cites this paper as Kearney, 2007
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“In addition, functions of school refusal behavior may be superior to forms of behavior in predicting absenteeism severity (Kearney, 2007).”
From Reconciling Contemporary Approaches to School Attendance and School Absenteeism: Toward Promotion and Nimble Response, Global Policy Review and Implementation, and Future Adaptability (Part 1) (2019) · cites this paper as Kearney, 2007
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- Authors
- Kearney, C. A.
- Affiliations
- University of Nevada, Las Vegas (US)
- Corresponding author
- Kearney, Christopher A.
- Venue
- Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2006-05-16
- Volume
- 48
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 53-61
- ISSN
- 0021-9630 (ISSN-L)
- 1469-7610
- OpenAlex
- W2096644785
- Cited by
- 162
- References
- 40
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- FWCI
- 19.01
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Education › Youth Substance Use and School Attendance
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › School Health and Nursing Education
- Keywords
- school refusal, school absenteeism, functional model, youth, parent report, child self-report, treatment decision-making
- MeSH terms
- Absenteeism, Adolescent, Anxiety Disorders, Child, Child Behavior, Child, Preschool, Depression, Female, Humans, Male, Surveys and Questionnaires, Schools, Students, Observer Variation, Prevalence, Empirical Research, Refusal to Participate
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