01767nam a22003017a 4500 OSt 20241010152216.0 241010b |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 0022-0671 DSSC Per/370.15/D393/2016 Dembo, Richard 11544 The Journal of Educational Research 11399 Exploratory two level analysis of individual-and school-level factors on truant youth emotional/psychological functioning by Richard Dembo, Jennifer Wareham, James Schmeidler and Ken C. Winters 596-607 text unmediated volume 109(6) 0022-0671 Research on samples of truant adolescents is limited, with little known about mental health problems among truant youths. This study provided an exploratory, multilevel examination of mental health problems for a sample of 300 truant adolescents. Confirmatory factor analysis indicated a single factor of multiple mental health problems at the individual level, but the structure of these problems was not the same at the school level. A number of covariate effects were found at the individual level on the mental health factor. Further, youths attending middle school were more likely to report attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) problems than those in high school. Service and practice implications of better understanding school and mental health issues of truant youth are discussed. Truancy 11545 Education-Sociology 11492 Educational psychology 11524 Wareham, Jennifer 11546 Winters, Ken C. 11548 Schmeidler, James 11547 ddc PINDEX 8304 8304 0 0 ddc 0 0 SPMT-CAS SPMT-CAS 2024-10-10 0 Per/370.15/D393/2016 2024-10-10 00:00:00 2024-10-10 PINDEX