Truancy in Late Elementary and Early Secondary Education: The Influence of Social Bonds and Self-Control--The TRAILS Study

Autor/inn/en	Veenstra, Rene; Lindenberg, Siegwart; Tinga, Frank; Ormel, Johan
Titel	Truancy in Late Elementary and Early Secondary Education: The Influence of Social Bonds and Self-Control--The TRAILS Study
Quelle	In: International Journal of Behavioral Development, 34 (2010) 4, S.302-310 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0165-0254
DOI	10.1177/0165025409347987
Schlagwörter	Economic Status; Truancy; Delinquency; Secondary Education; Elementary Education; Risk; Statistical Data; Puberty; Predictor Variables; Multivariate Analysis; Parents; Teacher Student Relationship; Males; Adolescents; Child Development; Foreign Countries; Netherlands + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulabsentismus; Schulschwänzen; Schulverweigerung; Kriminalität; Sekundarbereich; Elementarunterricht; Risiko; Pubertät; Prädiktor; Multivariate Analyse; Eltern; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Kindesentwicklung; Ausland; Niederlande
Abstract	Some pupils already show unexcused, illegal, surreptitious absences in elementary education or the first years of secondary education. Are weak social bonds (see also Hirschi, 1969) and a lack of self-control (Gottfredson & Hirschi, 1990) indicative of truancy at an early age? Of the children in our sample, 5% were persistent truants in late elementary education and early secondary education. Using multivariate analyses the influence of various predictors on persistent truancy was examined. Lack of attachment to norm-relevant significant others (parents and teachers) and lack of prosocial orientation were indicative of truancy. Social bonds with classmates had no effect on truancy. Other risk factors for truancy were: being a boy, early pubertal development, family breakup, and low socio-economic status. The effect of self-control on truancy was partially mediated by social bonds. The impact of social bonds to norm-relevant significant others suggests that early truancy can partly be prevented by focusing on children's relations with parents at home and with teachers at school. Prevention of truancy is desirable because the likelihood of involvement in other deviant behavior increases for truants. (Contains 2 tables and 2 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10