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Predictors and Behavioural Outcomes of Parental Involvement among Low-Income Families in Elementary Schools, United States
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Ucus, Sukran; Garcia, Aileen; Esteraich, Jan; Raikes, Helen – Early Child Development and Care, 2019
Parental involvement (PI) in their children's schools has been shown to have a positive influence on the children's behaviours and academic achievement. The purpose of this study was to examine predictors of PI and relations of PI in schools to child externalizing and internalizing behaviours. Data were from the fifth-grade wave of the Early Head…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Parent Participation, Parent School Relationship, Federal Programs
Predictors of Absenteeism Severity in Truant Youth: A Dimensional and Categorical Analysis
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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