Truancy has been a persistent problem in the United States for more than 100 years.
Although truancy is commonly reported as a risk factor for substance use, delinquency …

Truancy and related school attendance issues are serious problems nationwide, and are
often the result of a punitive school-based paradigm that harms more students than the …

Purpose: The study sought to investigate the causes and approaches used in the
management of truancy in Nyamira North district in Kenya. The study was guided by the …

The study's specific goals were to assess the impact of truancy on students' academic
performance at Nairobi County's Olympic High School in Kibra Sub-County. Determine the …

Abstract Background Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) increase risk for suicidality.
School connectedness can be protective, whether it buffers the negative effects of ACEs …

Skipping school without a valid excuse—school truancy—is associated with a wide range of
negative life outcomes. They include violent, property and drug offending in adolescence …

Background Research on perceived school safety has been largely limited to studies
conducted in Western countries and there has been a lack of large-scale cross-national …

In this article, school disciplinary exclusions in high schools in Ghana are highlighted to
explore alternatives to school exclusions. The 2017 budget and the preceding budgets of …

Background The goal of the study was to estimate the prevalence and correlates of
loneliness among adolescent school children in four Caribbean countries. Methods …

Research has identified a subset of young people who feel unable to engage in mainstream
education. Given the hard-to-reach nature of this group, their views on what has caused their …