Understanding excessive school absenteeism as school refusal behavior

Children and Schools

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 87-95

  Dube, Shanta R ^a   Orpinas, Pamela ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral difficulties; School attendance; School refusal; Stressful events; Truancy

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950735511     PISSN: 15328759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cs/31.2.87     Document Type: Article

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