Factors Associated With Truancy: Emerging Adults’ Recollections of Skipping School
Abstract
Although truancy has been studied extensively, less attention has been given to the actual voices of the truants themselves. The current study helps fill that gap by examining recollections from a sample of 34 emerging adults (ages 18-25) who experienced various levels of high school truancy across different geographical settings. A qualitative approach using semi-structured interviews was used to explore how former truants spent their time while being truant. The findings highlight factors in the contexts of the individual, home, and school that can impact the decision to be truant from school.
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Truancy is a highly heterogeneous construct with multiple dimensions related to academic status, disability profile, location, race/ethnicity, activities, individual-group-orientation, premediated-spontaneous, parental academic involvement, and type and number of classes skipped.
“In addition, truancy is a highly heterogeneous construct with multiple dimensions related to academic status, disability profile, location, race/ethnicity, activities in and out of school, individual-group-orientation, premediated-spontaneous, parental academic involvement, and type and number of classes skipped”
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- Authors
- Dahl, P.
- Affiliations
- Washburn University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Dahl, Patricia
- Venue
- Journal of Adolescent Research
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2015-05-29
- Volume
- 31
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 119-138
- ISSN
- 0743-5584 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-6895
- OpenAlex
- W1939264201
- Cited by
- 37
- References
- 43
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 10 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 3
- FWCI
- 13.33
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Adolescent Research (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Education › Youth Substance Use and School Attendance
- Social Sciences › Education › Educational Outcomes and Influences
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Youth Education and Societal Dynamics
- Keywords
- truancy, emerging adults, home context, school context, personal factors
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