Ingul Jo Magne, Klöckner Christian A, Silverman Wendy K, Nordahl Hans M
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Levanger Hospital, Nord-Trøndelag Health Trust, Kirkegt 2, 7600 Levanger, Norway. E-mail:
Department of Psychology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NTNU, Trondheim 7491, Norway.
Child Adolesc Ment Health. 2012 May;17(2):93-100. doi: 10.1111/j.1475-3588.2011.00615.x. Epub 2011 Jun 29.
School absenteeism is a complex problem that includes risk factors associated with individual traits, socio-economic conditions, family structure, the school and society. The consequences of extensive school absenteeism can be detrimental for the youth.
In this exploratory study we aimed to investigate the relative importance of different risk factors on school absenteeism. We assessed 865 Norwegian high school students testing a model of school absenteeism using Exploratory Structural Equation Modelling (ESEM).
Analysis show that on the individual level most of the measured risk factors were significantly associated with absenteeism. School absenteeism was predicted by externalising behaviour, family work and health, and school environment directly.
The implications of the findings on school absenteeism are that it will be important to focus more on the context and co-occurrence of these problems in order to fully understand them.
学校缺勤是一个复杂的问题,包括与个人特质、社会经济状况、家庭结构、学校和社会相关的风险因素。长期缺勤的后果可能对青少年有害。
在这项探索性研究中,我们旨在调查不同风险因素对学校缺勤的相对重要性。我们评估了865名挪威高中生,使用探索性结构方程模型(ESEM)测试了一个学校缺勤模型。
分析表明,在个体层面,大多数测量的风险因素与缺勤显著相关。外化行为、家庭工作和健康以及学校环境直接预测了学校缺勤。
这些关于学校缺勤的研究结果的意义在于,为了全面理解这些问题,更关注这些问题的背景和同时出现的情况将很重要。