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Absenteeism

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Synonyms

Cutting class; Nonattendance; School refusal; Skipping; Truancy

Definition

Absenteeism refers to a student being absent from school. Absences can be motivationally based (i.e., poor relationships with other students, academic failure) and structurally based (i.e., having to work during school hours, taking care of a sick family member). Absenteeism has been documented to have various negative impacts on student’s academic outcomes.

Introduction

Every day many students are absent from school. The causes for absences are numerous and can arise both from within and outside of the school. Absenteeism can be motivationally based, where a student may not wish to attend; these absences are generally a voluntary and deliberate decision, whereas other absences are structurally based, where pupils must miss school due to their life conditions (i.e., having to move frequently), and are thus beyond a student’s control and are an involuntary decision. Student absenteeism often begins in...

Keywords

  • Conduct Disorder
  • Academic Failure
  • Academic Difficulty
  • School Refusal
  • Alternative School

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  1. Faculty of Education, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada

    Anton Birioukov

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  1. Oakland University, Rochester, USA

    Virgil Zeigler-Hill

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    Todd K. Shackelford

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    Julie Schermer

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Birioukov, A. (2016). Absenteeism. In: Zeigler-Hill, V., Shackelford, T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8_725-1

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