[Sociomedical study of factors related to the occurrence of "children's refusal to attend school" (report II). Evaluation of the school refusal-inducing factors].
Based on the analysis of the characteristics of the growth environment of children refusing to attend school, factors considered to be related to the occurrence of children's refusal to attend school were previously reported. These school refusal-inducing factors include (1) use of baby-sitter at night during infancy, (2) absence of the mother upon the return home of the child, (3) very little father-with-child playing, (4) nonparticipation of the father in household duties, (5) nonparticipation by the child in domestic duties, (6) lack of friends during early childhood, (7) few contacts established by the family in their neighborhood. In the present study, a total of 1030 students (518 male college students and 512 female junior college students) were classified into three groups (school-refusal group, school-refusal emotion group and non-refusal group), according to whether they had ever been absent from school or whether they had been troubled with a dislike for going to school. Growth environments were compared to evaluate appropriateness of the previously reported school refusal-inducing factors. In addition, structuralization of factors related to the occurrence of children's refusal to attend school was attempted by conducting principal component analysis. The results are as follows: 1) Of 1030 students, 76 (7%) were included in school-refusal group, 132 (13%) in school-refusal emotion group and 822 (80%) in non-refusal group. 2) In the school-refusal group, students with three or more school refusal-inducing factors accounted for 70% of the total.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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National Sanatorium Shoraiso.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors; D012574:Schools; D012931:Social Environment