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School Refusal Assessment Scale--Revised Chilean Version: Factorial Invariance and Latent Means Differences across Gender and Age
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Gonzálvez, Carolina; Kearney, Christopher A.; Lagos-San Martín, Nelly; Sanmartín, Ricardo; Vicent, María; Inglés, Cándido J.; García-Fernández, José M. – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2018
The School Refusal Assessment Scale--Revised (SRAS-R) is a self-report measure designed to assess four functional factors of school refusal behavior: avoidance of stimuli that provoke negative affectivity (Factor I), escape from aversive social and/or evaluative situations (Factor II), pursuit of attention from significant others (Factor III), and…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Gender Differences, Factor Analysis, Foreign Countries
Brief Intervention Impact on Truant Youths' Marijuana Use: Eighteen-Month Follow-Up
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Dembo, Richard; Briones-Robinson, Rhissa; Schmeidler, James; Wareham, Jennifer; Ungaro, Rocío; Winters, Ken C.; Karas, Lora; Wothke, Werner; Belenko, Steven – Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, 2016
School truancy among teenagers remains a serious national problem, as evidenced by its significant association with school performance, psychological, and behavioral problems. Truancy is also positively associated with substance abuse. This study presents 18-month outcome data from a National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)-funded controlled trial…
Descriptors: Intervention, Truancy, Marijuana, Drug Use
School Climate and Student Absenteeism and Internalizing and Externalizing Behavioral Problems
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Hendron, Marisa; Kearney, Christopher A. – Children & Schools, 2016
This study examined whether school climate variables were directly and inversely related to absenteeism severity and key symptoms of psychopathology among youths specifically referred for problematic attendance (N = 398). Adolescents in our sample completed the School Climate Survey Revised Edition, which measured sharing of resources, order and…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Attendance, Adolescents, Surveys
Dropout Prevention Programs in Nine Mid-Atlantic Region School Districts: Additions to a Dropout Prevention Database. Summary. Issues & Answers. REL 2011-No. 103
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Burzichelli, Claudia; Mackey, Philip E.; Bausmith, Jennifer – Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic, 2011
The current study replicates work of Regional Educational Laboratory (REL) Northeast and Islands. It describes dropout prevention programs in nine Mid-Atlantic Region (Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania) school districts serving communities with populations of 24,742-107,250 (as of July 2008). All nine…
Descriptors: Student Needs, Mentors, Poverty, Dropout Programs
Dropout Prevention Programs in Nine Mid-Atlantic Region School Districts: Additions to a Dropout Prevention Database. Issues & Answers. REL 2011-No. 103
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Burzichelli, Claudia; Mackey, Philip E.; Bausmith, Jennifer – Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic, 2011
The current study replicates work of Regional Educational Laboratory (REL) Northeast and Islands. It describes dropout prevention programs in nine Mid-Atlantic Region (Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania) school districts serving communities with populations of 24,742-107,250 (as of July 2008). All nine…
Descriptors: Student Needs, Mentors, Poverty, Dropout Programs