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Toward Reduced Bias and Increased Utility in the Assessment of School Refusal Behavior: The Case for Diverse Samples and Evaluations of Context
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Lyon, Aaron R.; Cotler, Sheldon – Psychology in the Schools, 2007
The current article reviews the literature on school refusal behavior. Definitional inconsistencies, the effects of biased assessment processes, and the consequences of the lack of ethnic, racial, and economic diversity in school refusal research samples are highlighted. An increase in the use of low-income, ethnic minority, community samples in…
Descriptors: School Phobia, Literature Reviews, Meta Analysis, Statistical Bias