School Climate and Student Absenteeism and Internalizing and Externalizing Behavioral Problems

Autor/inn/en	Hendron, Marisa; Kearney, Christopher A.
Titel	School Climate and Student Absenteeism and Internalizing and Externalizing Behavioral Problems
Quelle	In: Children & Schools, 38 (2016) 2, S.109-116 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1532-8759
DOI	10.1093/cs/cdw009
Schlagwörter	Educational Environment; Attendance; Adolescents; Surveys; Rating Scales; Shared Resources and Services; Discipline; Parent Participation; Interpersonal Relationship; Teacher Student Relationship; Anxiety; Depression (Psychology); Behavior Problems; Juvenile Courts; Truancy; Prevention; Males; Models; Separation Anxiety; Attention Control; Goodness of Fit; Secondary School Students; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Psychopathology + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Anwesenheit; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Rating-Skala; Gemeinwirtschaft; Disziplin; Elternmitwirkung; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Angst; Juvenile court; Jugendgericht; Schulabsentismus; Schulschwänzen; Schulverweigerung; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Analogiemodell; Trennungsangst; Aufmerksamkeitstest; Sekundarschüler; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Psychopathologie
Abstract	This study examined whether school climate variables were directly and inversely related to absenteeism severity and key symptoms of psychopathology among youths specifically referred for problematic attendance (N = 398). Adolescents in our sample completed the School Climate Survey Revised Edition, which measured sharing of resources, order and discipline, parent involvement, student interpersonal relations, and student--teacher relations. Parents completed the Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scale and Conners' Parent Rating Scale-Revised: Long to measure child anxiety, depression, and oppositional behavior. Measures were completed within the context of a family courts and services center or a truancy diversion program. Structural equation models revealed an inverse relationship between school climate variables and absenteeism severity as well as anxiety, depression, and oppositional behavior. Models were especially pertinent to older youths and to male youths. As predicted, alternative models for separation anxiety, perfectionism, and cognitive problems and inattention did not meet goodness-of-fit criteria. Findings generally support previous work that focused on broader samples of middle and high school youths. The results may have implications for preventive strategies for youths with problematic absenteeism. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01