[HTML][HTML] Prevalence and predictors of school truancy among adolescents in Sierra Leone: evidence from the 2017 Global School-based Health Survey

A Osborne, C Labor, C Bangura… - BMC …, 2024 - bmcpsychiatry.biomedcentral.com
School truancy, deliberately skipping school without permission, is a complex issue with far-
reaching consequences for individual students, education systems, and entire communities …

Prevalence of truancy in a national sample of school going adolescents in Laos is associated with potential risk and protective factors

S Pengpid, K Peltzer - Children and Youth Services Review, 2019 - Elsevier
School truancy among adolescents can negatively impact academic achievements. The
study aimed to investigate the prevalence and sociodemographic, externalizing …

Truancy: How food insecurity, parental supervision, and other factors influence school attendance of adolescents in Seychelles

AA Seidu, F Arthur-Holmes, E Agbaglo… - Children and Youth …, 2022 - Elsevier
Truancy is identified as one of the key problems that school directors in Seychelles face, yet
it has received little attention by the key stakeholders of education in the country. This study …

Prevalence and correlates for school truancy among pupils in grades 7-10: results from the 2004 Zambia Global School-based Health Survey

AS Muula, E Rudatsikira, O Babaniyi, P Songolo… - BMC Research …, 2012 - Springer
Background There are limited data on the prevalence and associated factors of truancy in
southern Africa. Yet truancy should attract the attention of public health professionals …

Prevalence, demographic and psychosocial correlates for school truancy among students aged 13–15 in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) …

S Pengpid, K Peltzer - Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Truancy among adolescents may negatively affect the achievement of academic goals. The
aim of the study was to investigate the prevalence and correlates of school truancy in the …

Prevalence and Correlates of Truancy among School‐Going Adolescents in Mozambique: Evidence from the 2015 Global School‐Based Health Survey

AA Seidu - The Scientific World Journal, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
This study examined the prevalence of truancy and its associated factors among 1500
school‐going adolescents using the 2015 Mozambique Global School‐based Student …

High prevalence of school truancy in a national sample of in-school adolescents in Kuwait: Internalizing, externalizing and social risk factors

S Pengpid, K Peltzer - Journal of Human Behavior in the Social …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Academic achievements in adolescents can be reduced by school truancy. This
investigation reports on the prevalence and correlates of school truancy in adolescents in …

Prevalence and correlates of truancy among school-going adolescents in three West African countries

H Onyeaka, N Kugbey, M Ayanore… - Journal of Human …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Students who absent themselves from school especially without permission are at greater
risks of adverse educational outcomes. The aim of the study was to investigate the …

Prevalence and correlates of truancy among in-school adolescents in Ghana: evidence from the 2012 Global School-based Student Health Survey

AA Seidu, BO Ahinkorah, EKM Darteh… - Journal of Child & …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
This study examined the prevalence and correlates of truancy among adolescents in Ghana
using the 2012 Global School-based Health Survey. A sample of 1 430 adolescents was …

Bullying victimization among in-school adolescents in Sierra Leone: A cross-sectional analysis of the 2017 Sierra Leone Global School-Based Health Survey

A Osborne, PB James, C Bangura… - PLOS global public …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Adolescent bullying victimization is recognized as a public health and mental health
problem in many countries. However, data on bullying victimization's prevalence and risk …