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A STUDY OF PERSISTENT ABSENTEES AND THEIR FAMILIES
Author(s) -
GALLOWAY D.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
british journal of educational psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.557
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 2044-8279
pISSN - 0007-0998
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8279.1982.tb02518.x
Subject(s) - psychology , attendance , disadvantaged , medical education , medicine , law , political science
S ummary . This paper reports the results of a survey of persistent absentees from school and their families. Four samples were selected: absentees from a secondary school, absentees from its feeding primary schools, absentees who had been referred for specialist advice because of their poor school attendance, and regular attenders. Interviews with parents and pupils showed that all three absentee samples were living in multiply disadvantaged circumstances compared with the regular attenders. The referred pupils tended to present more behaviour problems at home than pupils in the other three samples, but to be socially isolated outside the home.