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In the present study, the relationship between student attendance and personal characteristics of the student, the student's family relations, and school variables were examined in a sample of 54 high school students. Consistent with earlier reports, t-tests revealed statistically significant relationships between school absence and many student, family, and school variables. The data were also analyzed using a stepwise discriminant analysis. The results showed that the absentee and regular attending students could be distinguished based on a combined set of 6 variables representing each of the three domains of student, family, and school characteristics. The results further revealed that several variables that were statistically significant in the univariate analyses failed to be retained in the discriminant analysis, suggesting that these variables did not contribute sufficient unique variance to warrant their inclusion in the discriminant function. The implications of school absence as a multifactored problem is discussed with respect to assessment and treatment effectiveness.
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Corville-Smith, J., Ryan, B.A., Adams, G.R. et al. Distinguishing Absentee Students from Regular Attenders: The Combined Influence of Personal, Family, and School Factors. Journal of Youth and Adolescence 27, 629–640 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022887124634
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