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Anxiety as a risk factor for school absenteeism: what differentiates anxious school attenders from non-attenders?
BACKGROUND: Anxiety is a major risk factor for problematic school absenteeism. However, most anxious students attend school. What differentiates anxious attenders from non-attenders? METHOD: High school students (N = 865) were assigned to groups based on anxiety and absenteeism scores. These groups...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2013
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3726429/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23886245 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1744-859X-12-25 |
Sumario: | BACKGROUND: Anxiety is a major risk factor for problematic school absenteeism. However, most anxious students attend school. What differentiates anxious attenders from non-attenders? METHOD: High school students (N = 865) were assigned to groups based on anxiety and absenteeism scores. These groups were then tested for differences in risk factor profiles using discriminant analysis. RESULTS: Anxious school attenders were less affected by negative personality traits, total number of risk factors, social anxiety, panic, and behavioural and family problems. They also displayed greater resilience. CONCLUSIONS: This study indicates that the risk for problematic school absenteeism increases as the number of risk factors aggregate and that treatment for anxious school refusal should be based on a profile of the individual's risk factors. |
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