The school refusal-truancy dichotomy shows extensive overlap and heterogeneity¶

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q2 i? Meta-analytic and large-scale studies reveal broad overlap of internalizing and externalizing symptoms, absence types, and interventions for school refusal and truancy, with no pathognomonic or reliable assident factors identified. → Kearney CA 2019

Evidence¶

Kearney CA 2019¶

Kearney CA, Gonzálvez C, Graczyk PA and Fornander MJ (2019) Reconciling Contemporary Approaches to School Attendance and School Absenteeism: Toward Promotion and Nimble Response, Global Policy Review and Implementation, and Future Adaptability (Part 1). Front. Psychol. 10:2222. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02222

q2 · i? · review · r3

The review's synthesis of meta-analytic and large-scale studies of the school refusal-truancy dichotomy, reporting that "broad, extensive overlap of internalizing and externalizing symptoms" undermines the internalizing-externalizing basis of the distinction. No effect sizes are printed.

"meta-analytic and large-scale studies reveal broad, extensive overlap of internalizing and externalizing symptoms, absence types, and interventions for school refusal and truancy"

Discussion¶

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