School absenteeism and dropout are associated with many different life-course problems.
To reduce the risk for these problems it is important to gain insight into risk factors for both …

Absenteeism from school is a serious public health issue for mental health professionals,
physicians, and educators. The prevalence of unexcused absences from school exceeds …

Problematic school absenteeism in youth has long been a complex and vexatious issue for
psychologists, educators, and researchers from other disciplines. An examination of …

Medicine, Religion, and Health: Where Science and Spirituality Meet will be the first title
published in the new Templeton Science and Religion Series, in which scientists from a …

School nurses play a critical role in the provision of mental health services in the school
environment and are valuable members of the coordinated student mental health team …

Much has been established about the short-term consequences of missing school, yet little
is known about the longer-term outcomes of absenteeism. To address this gap in …

School attendance is a rising issue in public schools. Students regularly absent from school
can end up involved in destructive behaviors and dropout of school. Family characteristics …

The relationship between religious/spiritual (R/S) factors and adolescent health outcomes
has been studied for decades; however, the R/S measurement tools used may not be …

A growing number of international studies document the importance of regular school
attendance. There is a consensus among authors that absenteeism has negative …

The present study concerns the relationship between religious orientation, meaning in life,
and subjective well-being, as well as the mediating influence of meaning in life on the …