Unit:
Specialty Strategies in Development of Adolescents' HealthLibrary of the School of Health Sciences
Author:
Pefkianaki Chrysi
Supervisors info:
Αρτεμισία Τσίτσικα, Αναπληρώτρια Καθηγήτρια, Ιατρική Σχολή, ΕΚΠΑ
Λωρέττα Θωμαϊδου , Αναπληρώτρια Καθηγήτρια, Ιατρική Σχολή, ΕΚΠΑ
Θεοδώρα Ψαλτοπούλου, Αναπληρώτρια Καθηγήτρια ,Ιατρική Σχολή, ΕΚΠΑ
Original Title:
Σχολική άρνηση στην εφηβεία: μελέτη ασθενών μαρτύρων
Translated title:
School refusal in adolescence control-case study
Summary:
School refusal is a psychosocial issue which is characterized by the student’s refusal to go to school or/and his difficulty to attend. It is considered to be an international phenomenon that concerns most western world’s societies.
The current study is the first case-control study in Greece that investigates the risk factors (individual, family, social and educational) of school refusal in adolescence. It was conducted at the 2nd Department of Pediatrics of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, P. and A. Kyriakou Children’s Hospital, in 2015-16. The clinical sample came from the retroaspective records of all the incidents of school refusal (69 adolescents) who came to the Adolescent Health Facility of the 2nd Department of Pediatrics, while a second sample of 381 adolescents from the same Department was used as the control group. The final sample was narrowed down to 207 participants, 69 cases and 138 controls. The selection of the 138 controls was made after deducting from the group the patients and the remaining 69 were matched with 134 controls based on age and gender. The main variable under examination was the presence or not of school refusal. The statistical analysis included descriptive statistics, univariate and multivariate analysis (conditional logistic regression).
The clinical sample comprised of 42 boys (60.9%) and 27 girls (39.1%) in contrast to 84 (60,9%) boys and 54 (39,1%) girls in the control group.The median age for both groups was 15 years of age. The findings of the multivariate conditional logistic regression analysis revealed that the statistically significant risk factor of school refusal was parents’ family status.
The results from this study indicate the necessity for a better cooperation of all the parties involved (school, educators, students, parents, state and society) both for the prevention and the intervention of school refusal in Greece.
Main subject category:
Health Sciences
Keywords:
School refusal, School dropout, Truancy, Risk factor, Prevention
