Ecological and Typological Characteristics in Early Adolescent Truancy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11670673 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bárbara Sommer (University of California, Davis, corresponding author), Stacy K Nagel (University of California, Irvine), Stacy Nagel (University of California, Irvine) |
| Year | 1991 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 379-392 |
| Publication date | 1991-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Early Adolescence (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0272-4316 • E-ISSN: 1552-5449 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0272431691113005 |
| OpenAlex | W1988698565 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 12 |
Personal, family, and setting characteristics associated with truancy were assessed for 25 junior high school truants and 25 nontruants, matched for age, grade, gender, and socioeconomic level. Truants were less likely to live with both parents, had more siblings, and scored lower in academic ability and achievement. They did not differ in attitudes or interests, nor on self-esteem. Truants who graduated four years later were very similar to graduating nontruants. The former scored significantly higher on academic ability and GPA, and lower on number of siblings than truants of unknown graduation status. Compared with previous studies, these truants showed less personality disturbance, less school absence, and expressed more favorable attitudes toward school, differences that may reflect community characteristics. Conducting a series of incremental multimethod studies on a specific problem across settings is offered as a productive and economical alternative to single large-scale tests of theory, independent of setting
Academic achievement · Big Five personality traits · Criminology · Developmental psychology · Graduation (instrument · Personality · Population · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Truancy · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Demography · Homelessness and Social Issues · Psychology · Social Psychology · Youth Substance Use and School Attendance
Measuring delinquency
Birth order and intellectual development.
Some Characteristics of Absentee Students in Grade 4
Substantive theorizing
What's different about truants? A comparison study of eighth-graders
A self-image questionnaire for young adolescents (Siqya)
Sociology of delinquency
Parent-Child Interaction
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,18 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2025 (11) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |