Characteristics of Adolescents with School Refusal

Mcshane, Gerard; Walter, Garry; Rey, Joseph M.

doi:10.1046/j.1440-1614.2001.00955.x

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“…Truancy is stated by Ihedioha (2003) as a conduct disorder and school disruptive behaviour problem which is an indication of self-assertion or rebellion traceable to the developmental and psychological problem associated with the very young. School refusal as stated by Mcshane, Walter & Rey (2001) is a situation where a child refuses to attend school even in the face of persuasion and punitive measures from parents and school authorities. The child stays at home with the knowledge of his parents and school administration.…”

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School absenteeism among primary school pupils in cross river state: psychological implication for national development

Amalu¹,

Abang²

2016

Gl Jnl Educ Res

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Handling of issues and challenges in education at the primary school level believed to be the foundation on which other levels of education rest on will either promote or mar the onward movement of individuals to the other levels of education and the achievement of the objective of education as an instrument for national development. It is against this background that this study attempted to examine the causes of school absenteeism among primary school pupils in the three senatorial zones of Cross River State and proffer solution to remedy the problem. Two research questions were posed to direct the study. Data were collected with the researcher's developed and structured questionnaire captioned: School Absenteeism Questionnaire (SAQ). Multi-stage sampling technique involving stratified and simple random sampling procedures were used to select three hundred and twenty (320) pupils out of three hundred and two thousand, two hundred and ten (302,210) primary six pupils in public schools in Cross River State. They were drawn from 16 primary schools in eight (8) randomly selected local government areas across the three (3) senatorial Zones in Cross River State. Frequencies and simple percentages were utilized to answer the research questions. The finding revealed that financial constraints, lack of interest, illnesses, pampering from family members, location of school were the major causes of absenteeism among pupils. It was recommended among others that parents and their children and/or wards should be counselled on the effect of absenteeism on school performance and its long term consequences on national development.

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School absenteeism among primary school pupils in cross river state: psychological implication for national development

Amalu¹,

Abang²

2016

Gl Jnl Educ Res

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“…phobic or other anxiety disorders or depressive episodes) [26], and many of these families are faced with additional burdens (e.g. unemployment, cramped lodging, single-parent families) [24,29]. Many of the affected youths have parents showing dysfunctional parenting strategies [24].…”

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“…unemployment, cramped lodging, single-parent families) [24,29]. Many of the affected youths have parents showing dysfunctional parenting strategies [24]. In addition, familial accumulations of school absenteeism (mainly siblings) and adverse reinforcement conditions for school absenteeism (i.e.…”

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Short term effects of inpatient cognitive behavioral treatment of adolescents with anxious-depressed school absenteeism: an observational study

Walter

Hautmann

Rizk

et al. 2010

Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry

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This large observational study in adolescents with school absenteeism and a mixture of emotional and disruptive symptoms is the first to show the benefits of inpatient therapy that included cognitivebehavioral therapy and access to a special school with expertise on teaching children and adolescents with psychiatric disorders. The results must be interpreted conservatively because of the lack of a control condition.

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“…2 As compared to depression onset in adulthood, depression in adolescence is associated with more impaired social and occupational function, poorer quality of life, and greater medical and psychiatric co-morbidities. [3][4][5] Greater symptom severity, more lifetime depressive episodes, and more suicide attempts 3,6 have also been associated with earlier disorder onset, making treatment during adolescence vital. Most depressed Canadian adolescents do not receive mental health services.…”

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Space and time clustering of adolescents’ emergency department use and post-visit physician care for mood disorders in Alberta, Canada: A population-based 9-year retrospective study

Rosychuk¹,

Newton²,

Niu³

et al. 2014

CJPH

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OBJECTIVES:We used a statistical cluster detection technique to identify geographic areas with higher numbers of adolescents who 1) presented to an emergency department (ED) for a mood disorder, and 2) were without a physician follow-up visit for mental health within 30 days of an ED visit. METHODS:We conducted a population-based analysis of ED visits (n = 6,829) made by adolescents aged 10-17 years (n = 5,877) using administrative databases from Alberta, Canada (2002-2011. Statistical analyses included summaries, directly standardized rates (DSRs per 100,000), and the spatial scan cluster test.RESULTS: Sex-and age-adjusted DSRs increased by 21.8% from 2002 to 2011 (160.2/100,000 to 195.1/100,000). Northern Alberta had consistently higher DSRs than other areas of the province and areas in the north, southwest and central parts were identified as geographical and temporal clusters with relative risks of 1.67, 2.78 and 1.42 respectively. Many of these areas also had higher relative risks for adolescents who did not have a mental health-related visit with a physician within 30 days of the ED visit. About 32% (n = 1,870) did not have a post-ED physician visit. CONCLUSION:The potential clusters identified may represent geographic areas with higher disease severity or more acute care sought because of less availability of other services. The clusters are not all likely to have occurred by chance and further investigations and discussions with local health care policy-makers about reducing the number of ED visits for mood disorders and increasing physician follow-up after the ED visit is an important next step.KEY WORDS: Adolescence; cluster analysis; space-time clustering; disease clustering; emergency services; mood disorders La traduction du résumé se trouve à la fin de l'article.

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Characteristics of Adolescents with School Refusal

Abstract: School refusal in adolescence can be a symptom of a variety of disorders, particularly anxiety and mood disorder. Treatment programs need to be geared to the range of diagnoses which occur in this patient group and to the various circumstances associated with the onset of the problem.

Cited by 156 publications

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School absenteeism among primary school pupils in cross river state: psychological implication for national development

School absenteeism among primary school pupils in cross river state: psychological implication for national development

Short term effects of inpatient cognitive behavioral treatment of adolescents with anxious-depressed school absenteeism: an observational study

Space and time clustering of adolescents’ emergency department use and post-visit physician care for mood disorders in Alberta, Canada: A population-based 9-year retrospective study

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