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Special sections, series, and issues

Heyne, D. (Ed.) (2019). School refusal and other attendance problems [Special issue]. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, XX (X).
Ingles, C.J., & Gonzálvez, C. (Eds.) (2019). Current advances on school refusal and other attendance problems: An international perspective. European Journal of Education and Psychology, XX (X).
Kearney, C., Gonzálvez, C., & Heyne, D. (Eds.) (2019). School attendance and problematic school absenteeism in youth [Research topic]. Frontiers in Psychology / Frontiers in Education, XX (X).
Gottfried, M., & Ehrlich, S.B. (Eds.) (2018). Introduction to the special issue: Combating chronic absence. Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 23 (1-2).
Reid, K. (Ed.). (2015). Managing and improving school attendance and behaviour: New approaches and initiatives [Special series]. Educational Studies, 41 (1-2).
Heyne, D. (Ed.) (1998). School refusal [Special series]. Behaviour Change, 15 (1-2).

2019

Allison, M. A., Attisha, E., & AAP COUNCIL ON SCHOOL HEALTH (2019). The link between school attendance and good health. Pediatrics, 143, e20183648.
Anderson, K. P., Egalite, A. J., & Mills, J. N. (2019). Discipline reform: The impact of a statewide ban on suspensions for truancy. Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 1-22.
Ashik, M., & Sarder, A. (2019). Better WASH interventions impacted to increase school attendance in Bangladeshesh (January 21, 2019). SSRN.
Balakrishnan, D. D., & Andi, H. K. (2019). Factors associated with school refusal behaviour in primary school students. Muallim Journal of Social Science and Humanities, 3, 1-13.
Balakrishnan, R. D., & Andi, H. K. (2019). School refusal behaviour in primary school students: A demographic analysis. Journal of Asian Research, 3. doi:10.22158/jar.v3n1p16
Bartfeld, J. S., Berger, L., Men, F., & Chen, Y. (2019). Access to the School Breakfast Program is associated with higher attendance and test scores among elementary school students. The Journal of Nutrition, 149, 336-343.
Baxter, L. P., & Meyers, N. M. (2019). Indigenous students attendance at one Australian urban primary school (2005–2015): A case study. Australian Journal of Education.
Bonell, C., Blakemore, S.-J., Fletcher, A., & Patton, G. (2019). Role theory of schools and adolescent health. The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health. doi.org/10.1016/S2352-4642(19)30183-X
Brouwer-Borghuis, M., Heyne, D., Sauter, F., & Scholte, R. (2019). The Link: An alternative educational program in the Netherlands to re-engage school-refusing adolescents in mainstream schooling. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 26, 75-91.
Brouwer-Borghuis, M. L., Heyne, D. A., Vogelaar, B., & Sauter, F. M. (2019). Early identification of school attendance problems: How helpful are Dutch laws, policies, and protocols? European Journal of Education and Psychology, 12, 47-62.
Burdick-Will, J., Stein, M. L., & Grigg, J. (2019). Danger on the way to school: Exposure to violent crime, public transportation, and absenteeism. Sociological Science, 6, 118-142.
Chen, J. K., & Chen, L. M. (2019). A cross-national examination of school violence and nonattendance due to school violence in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and mainland China: A Rasch Model approach. Journal of School Violence. DOI: 10.1080/15388220.2019.1568882.
Chu, B.C., Guarino, D., Mele, C., O’Connell, J., & Coto, P. (2019). Developing an online early detection system for school attendance problems: Results from a research-community partnership. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 26, 35-45.
Cook, A. C., & Beachy, D. (2019). The impact of Hurricane Matthew on school attendance: An analysis from rural Haiti. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16, 55. doi:10.3390/ijerph16010055
Elliott, J. G., & Place, M. (2019). Practitioner review: School refusal: Developments in conceptualisation and treatment since 2000. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 60, 4-15.
Epstein, S., Roberts, E., Sedgwick, R., Polling, C., Finning, K., Ford, T., Dutta, R., & Downs, J. (2019). School absenteeism as a risk factor for self‑harm and suicidal ideation in children and adolescents: A systematic review and meta‑analysis. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, doi.org/10.1007/s00787-019-01327-3.
Filippello, P., Buzzai, C., Costa, S., & Sorrenti, L. (2019). School refusal and absenteeism: Perception of teacher behaviors, psychological basic needs, and academic achievement. Frontiers in Psychology, 10:1471. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01471
Finning, K., Ford, T., Moore, D.A., & Ukoumunne, O. C. (2019). Emotional disorder and absence from school: Findings from the 2004 British Child and Adolescent Mental Health Survey. European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. doi.org/10.1007/s00787-019-01342-4
Finning, K., Ukoumunne, O. C., Ford, T., Danielsson-Waters, E., Shaw, L., Romero De Jager, I., Stentiford, L., & Moore, D. A. (2019). The association between anxiety and poor attendance at school: A systematic review. Child and Adolescent Mental Health. doi:10.1111/camh.12322
Finning, K., Ukoumunne, O. C., Ford, T., Danielsson-Waters, E., Shaw, L., Romero De Jager, I., Stentiford, L., & Moore, D. A. (2019). The association between child and adolescent depression and poor attendance at school: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Affective Disorders, 245, 928-938.
Fredricks, J. A., Parr, A. K., Amemiya, J. L., Wang, M.-T., & Brauer, S. (2019). What matters for urban adolescents’ engagement and disengagement in school: A mixed-methods study. Journal of Adolescent Research. doi.org/10.1177/0743558419830638
Gallé-Tessonneau, M., Johnsen, D. B., & Keppens, G. (2019). The relationship between mental health and school absenteeism in a community sample of French secondary school students: Four profiles derived from cluster analysis. European Journal of Education and Psychology, 12, 77-90.
Gonzálvez, C., & Inglés, C. J. (2019). Current advances on school refusal and other attendance problems: An international perspective. Introduction to the Special Issue. European Journal of Education and Psychology, 12, 5-9.
Gonzálvez, C., Inglés, C. J., Kearney, C. A., Sanmartín, R., Vicent, M., & García-Fernández, J. M. (2019). Relationship between school refusal behavior and social functioning: A cluster analysis approach. European Journal of Education and Psychology, 12, 17-29.
Granrud, M. D., Theander, K., Anderzèn-Carlsson, A., & Steffenak, A. K. M. (2019). Experiences of interprofessional collaboration in a special school programme for adolescents who struggle with school life: An explorative study. Journal of Interprofessional Care, 17, 1-8.
Hannan, S. E., Davis, E., Morrison, S., Gueorguieva, R., & Tolin, D. F. (accepted). An open trial of intensive cognitive-behavioral therapy for school refusal. Evidence-Based Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health.
Heyne, D. (2019). Developments in classification, identification, and intervention for school refusal and other attendance problems: Introduction to the special series. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 26, 1-7.
Heyne, D., Gren Landell, M., Melvin, G., & Gentle-Genitty, C. (2019). Differentiation between school attendance problems: Why and how? Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 26, 8-34.
Ingul, J.M., Havik, T., & Heyne, D. (2019). Emerging school refusal: A school-based framework for identifying early signs and risk factors. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 26, 46-62.
Kljakovic, M., & Kelly, A. (2019). Working with school-refusing young people in Tower Hamlets, London. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry. doi.org/10.1177/1359104519855426
Knollmann, M., Reissner, V., & Hebebrand, J. (2019). Towards a comprehensive assessment of school absenteeism: Development and initial validation of the Inventory of School Attendance Problems. European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 28, 399-414.
Lawrence, D., Dawson, V., Houghton, S., Goodsell, B., & Sawyer, M. G. (2019). Impact of mental disordersImpact of mental disorderson attendance at school. Australian Journal of Education, 63, 5-21.
Lereya, S.T., Patel, M., dos Santos, J.P.G.A. et al. (2019). Mental health difficulties, attainment and attendance: a cross-sectional study. European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. doi.org/10.1007/s0078
Maeda, N., & Hatada, S. (2019). The school attendance problem in Japanese compulsory education: The case of a public junior high school. European Journal of Education and Psychology, 12, 63-75.
Marin, C. E., Anderson, T., Lebowitz, E. R., & Silverman, W. K. (2019). Parental predictors of school attendance difficulties in children referred to an anxiety disorders clinic. European Journal of Education and Psychology, 12, 31-46.
McKay-Brown, L., McGrath, R., Dalton, L., Graham, L., Smith, A., Ring, J., & Eyre, K. (2019). Reengagement with education: A multidisciplinary home-school-clinic approach developed in Australia for school-refusing youth. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 26, 92-106.
Melvin, G. A., Finnin, L., Taffe, J., Dudley, A. L., Klimkeit, E. I., Gordon, M. S., & Tonge, B. (2019). Adverse events reported by anxious school refusing adolescents receiving cognitive behavioral therapy with and without fluoxetine. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry.
Melvin, G. A., & Gordon, M. S. (2019). Antidepressant medication: Is it a viable and valuable adjunct to cognitive-behavioral therapy for school refusal? Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 26, 107-118.
Melvin, G. A., Heyne, D., Gray, K. M., Hastings, R. P., Totsika, V., Tonge, B. J., & Freeman, M. M. (2019). The Kids and Teens at School (KiTeS) Framework: An inclusive bioecological systems approach to understanding school absenteeism and school attendance problems. Frontiers in Education, 4:61. doi: 10.3389/feduc.2019.00061
Muhajarine, N., McRae, D., Soltanifar, M. (2019). Aboriginal status and neighborhood income inequality moderate the relationship between school absenteeism and early childhood development. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16, 1347.
Munkhaugen, E.K., Torske, T., Gjevik, E., Nærland, T., Pripp, A.H., & Diseth, T.H. (2017). Individual characteristics of students with autism spectrum disorders and school refusal behavior. Autism, 23, 413-423.
Ng, V., Heyne, D., Kueh, Y. C., & Husain, M. (2019). The Malay Self–Efficacy Questionnaire for School Situations: Development, reliability, and validity among early adolescents in primary school. European Journal of Education and Psychology, 12, 91-108.
Pyne, J. (2019). Suspended attitudes: Exclusion and emotional disengagement from school. Sociology of Education, 92, 59-82.
Reissner, V., Knollmann, M., Spie, S., Jost, D., Neumann, A., & Hebebrand, J. (2019). Modular Treatment for children and adolescents with problematic school absenteeism: Development and description of a program in Germany. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 26, 63-74.
Robinson, C. D., Gallus, J., Lee, M. G., & Rogers, T. (2019). The demotivating effect (and unintended message) of awards. HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP18-020, July 2018 (updated February 2019).
Seidu, A. (2019). Prevalence and correlates of truancy among school-going adolescents in Mozambique: Evidence from the 2015 Global School-Based Health Survey. The Scientific World Journal. doi.org/10.1155/2019/9863890
Sorrenti, L., Filippello, P., Buzzai, C., Messina, G., & Mafodda, A. V. (2019). School refusal in students with low academic performances and specific learning disorder: The role of self-esteem and perceived parental psychological control. International Journal of Disability, Development and Education. DOI:10.1080/1034912X.2019.1626006
Stevenson, N. A., Swain-Bradway, J., & LeBeau, B. C. (2019). Examining high school student engagement and critical factors in dropout prevention. Assessment for Effective Intervention. doi.org/10.1177/1534508419859655
Thastum, M., Johnsen, D. B., Silverman, W. K., Jeppesen, P., Heyne, D. A., & Lomholt, J. J. (2019). The Back2School modular cognitive behavioral intervention for youths with problematic school absenteeism: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials, 20.
Tobias, A. (2019). A grounded theory study of family coach intervention with persistent school non-attenders. Educational Psychology in Practice, 35, 17-33.
Tonge, B. J., & Silverman, W. K. (2019). Reflections on the field of school attendance problems: For the times they are a-changing? Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 26, 119-126.
Wroblewski, A. P., Dowdy, E., Sharkey, J. D., & Kim, E. K. (2019). Social-emotional screening to predict truancy severity: Recommendations for educators. Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 21, 19-29.

2018

Abdullah, M. A., Salim, S. S. S., & Arip, M. A. S. M. (2018). Factors that influenced the problem of truancy among secondary school students. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 8, 343-353.
Ansari, A., & Gottfried, M.A. (2018). Early childhood educational settings and school absenteeism for children with disabilities. AREA Open, 4.
Ansari, A., & Gottfried, M.A., (2018). The benefits of center-based care and full-day kindergarten for school attendance in the early grades. Child Youth Care Forum, 47, 701-724.
Ansari, A., & Purtell, K.M. (2018). School absenteeism through the transition to kindergarten. Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 23, 24-38.
Ansong, D., Chowa, G., Masa, R., Despard, M., Sherraden, M., Wu, S., & Osei-Akoto, I. (2018). Effects of youth savings accounts on school attendance and academic performance: Evidence from a youth savings experiment. Journal of Family and Economic Issues. doi.org/10.1007/s10834-018-9604-5
Ayaydin, H., & Takatak, H. (2018). School refusal developing in the older of two siblings after their being assigned to different classes: A case report. Namik Kemal Medical Journal, 6, 28-31.
Balu, R., & Ehrlich, S. B. (2018). Making sense out of incentives: A framework for considering the design, use, and implementation of incentives to improve attendance. Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 23, 93-106.
D'Agostino, E.M., Day, S.E., Konty, K.J., Larkin, M., Saha, S., & Wyka, K. (2018). The association of fitness and school absenteeism across gender and poverty: A prospective multilevel analysis in New York City middle schools. Annals of Epidemiology, 28, 189-196.
Dannow, M.C., Esbjørn, B.H., & Risom, S.W. (2018). The perceptions of anxiety-related school absenteeism in youth: A qualitative study involving youth, mother, and father. Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research,
Dorio, N. B., Frederick, S. S., & Demaray, M. K. (2018). School engagement and the role of peer victimization, depressive symptoms, and rumination. The Journal of Early Adolescence.
Ehrlich, S. B., Gwynne, J. A., & Allensworth, E. M. (2018). Pre-kindergarten attendance matters: Early chronic absence patterns and relationships to learning outcomes. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 44, 136-151.
Elliott, J., Stankov, L., Lee, J., & Beckmann, J.F. (2018). What did PISA and TIMSS ever do for us?: The potential of large scale datasets for understanding and improving educational practice. Comparative Education, DOI: 10.1080/03050068.2018.1545386
Epstein, S., Roberts, E., Sedgwick, R., Finning, K., Ford, T., Dutta, R., & Downs, J. (2018). Poor school attendance and exclusion: A systematic review protocol on educational risk factors for self-harm and suicidal behaviours. BMJ Open, 8, e023953.
Filippello, P., Sorrenti, L., Buzzai, C., & Costa, S. (2018). Predicting risk of school refusal: Examining the incremental role of trait EI beyond personality and emotion regulation. Psihologija.
Finning, K., Harvey, K., Moore, D., Ford, T., Davis, B., & Waite, P. (2018). Secondary school educational practitioners' experiences of school attendance problems and interventions to address them: A qualitative study. Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties, 23, 213-225.
Ford, T., Parker, C., Salim, J., Goodman, R., Logan, S., & Henley, W. (2018). The relationship between exclusion from school and mental health: A secondary analysis of the British Child and Adolescent Mental Health Surveys 2004 and 2007. Psychological Medicine, 48, 629-641.
Gallé-Tessonneau, M., & Gana, K. (2018). Development and validation of the SChool REfusal EvaluatioN Scale for adolescents. Journal of Pediatric Psychology.
Gee, K. A. (2018). Minding the gaps in absenteeism: Disparities in absenteeism by race/ethnicity, poverty and disability. Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 23, 204-208.
Gonzálvez, C., Inglés, C. J., Fernández-Sogorb, A., Sanmartín, R., Vicent, M., & García-Fernández, J. M. (2018). Profiles derived from the School Refusal Assessment Scale-Revised and its relationship to anxiety. Educational Psychology, 1-14.
Gonzálvez, C., Inglés, C. J., Sanmartín, R., Vicent, M., Calderón, C. M., & García-Fernández, J. M. (2018). Testing factorial invariance and latent means differences of the school refusal assessment scale-revised in Ecuadorian adolescents. Current Psychology.
Gonzálvez, C., Inglés, C. J., Sanmartín, R., Vicent, M., Fernández-Sogorb, A., & García-Fernández, J. M. (2018). A cluster analysis of school refusal behavior: Identification of profiles and risk for school anxiety. International Journal of Educational Research, 90, 43-49.
Gonzálvez, C., Inglés, C. J., Sanmartín, R., Vicent, M., Gisbert, B., & García-Fernández, J. M. (2018). Youth Life Orientation Test-Spanish Version: Factorial invariance, latent mean differences and effects on school refusal. School Mental Health, 10, 477-487.
Gonzálvez, C., Kearney, C.A., Jiménez-Ayala, C.E., Sanmartín, R., Vicent, M., Inglés, C.J., & García-Fernández, J.M. (2018). Functional profiles of school refusal behavior and their relationship with depression, anxiety, and stress. Psychiatry Research, 269, 140-144.
Gonzálvez, C., Sanmartín, R., Vicent, M., Inglés, C. J., Aparicio‐Flores, M. P., & García‐Fernández, J. M. (2018). Academic self‐attributions for success and failure in mathematics and school refusal. Psychology in the Schools, 55, 366-376.
Gottfried, M., & Ehrlich, S.B. (2018). Introduction to the special issue: Combating chronic absence. Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 23, 1-4,
Green, A. M., Cohen, D. R., & Stormont, M. (2018). Addressing and preventing disproportionality in exclusionary discipline practices for students of color with disabilities. Intervention in School and Clinic, 54, 241-245.
Han, X., Zhang, Y., Yajuan, N., & Shaojuan, C. (2018). A psychological and medical analysis of temperament, character and behavior in children and adolescents of school refusal. Biomedical Research, 29, 1281-1283.
Hancock, K. J., Gottfried, M. A., & Zubrick, S. R. (2018). Does the reason matter? How student-reported reasons for school absence contribute to differences in achievement outcomes among 14–15 year olds outcomes among 14–15 year olds. British Educational Research Journal, 44, 141-174.
Hobbs, A., Kotlaja, M., & Wylie, L. (2018). Absenteeism interventions: An approach for common definitions in statewide program evaluations. Justice Evaluation Journal, 1, 215-232.
Hutt, E. L. (2018). Measuring missed school: The historical precedents for the measurement and use of attendance records to evaluate schools. Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 23, 5-8.
Kang-Yi, C.D., Wolk, C.B., Locke, J., Beidas, R.S., Lareef, I., Pisciella, A.E., . . . Mandell, D.S. (2018). Impact of school-based and out-of-school mental health services on reducing school absence and school suspension among children with psychiatric disorders. Evaluation and Program Planning, 67, 105-112.
Keppens, G., & Spruyt, B. (2018). Truancy in Europe: Does the type of educational system matter? European Journal of Education, 53, 1-13.
Lenhoff, S.W., & Pogodzinski, B. (2018). School organizational effectiveness and chronic absenteeism: Implications for accountability. Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 23, 153-169.
Maynard, B.R., Heyne, D., Brendel, K.E., Bulanda, J.J., Thompson, A.M., & Pigott, T.D. (2018). Treatment for school refusal among children and adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Research on Social Work Practice, 28, 56-67.
Minier, M., Hirshfield, L., Ramahi, R., Glassgow, A.E., Fox, K., & Martin, M.A. (2018). Schools and health: An essential partnership for the effective care of children with chronic conditions. Journal of School Health.
Nursalim, M., Hidayah, N., Atmoko, A., & Radjah, C. L. (2018). Pattern of school refusal behavior on students: Background, triggers, family profile and treatment. European Journal of Education Studies, 4, 219-235.
Preece, D., & Howley, M. (2018). An approach to supporting young people with autism spectrum disorder and high anxiety to re-engage with formal education: The impact on young people and their families. International Journal of Adolescence and Youth, DOI: 10.1080/02673843.2018.1433695
Rogers, T., & Feller, A. (2018). Reducing student absences at scale by targeting parents’ misbeliefs. Nature Human Behavior, 2, 335-342.
Rohrig, S. N., & Puliafico, A. C. (2018). Treatment of school refusal in an adolescent with comorbid anxiety and chronic medical illness. Evidence-Based
Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 3, 129-141.
Senyametor, F., Gyimah, E. K., & Minadzi, V. M. (2018). Factors affecting pupils’ absenteeism at Felicormfort Junior High School (JHS) in Cape Coast, Ghana. Journal of Education and Learning, 7, 138-149.
Sibeoni, J., Orri, M., Podlipski, M.-A., Labey, M., Campredon, S., Gerardin, P., & Revah-Levy, A. (2018). The experience of psychiatric care of adolescents with
anxiety-based school refusal and of their parents: A qualitative study. Journal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 27, 39-49.
Skedgell, K. K., & Kearney, C. A. (2018). Predictors of school absenteeism severity at multiple levels: A classification and regression tree analysis. Children and Youth Services Review, 86, 236-245.
Tekin, I., Erden, S., Şirin Ayva, A. B., & Büyüköksüz, E. (2018). The predictors of school refusal: Depression, anxiety, cognitive distortion and attachment. Journal of Human Sciences, 15, 1519-1529.

2017

Deck, S. M. (2017). School outcomes for homeless children: Differences among sheltered, doubled-up, and poor, housed children. Journal of Children and Poverty, 23, 57-77.
Elsherbiny, M. M. (2017). Using a preventive social work program for reducing school refusal. Children and Schools, 39, 81-88.
Farouk, S. (2017). My life as a pupil: The autobiographical memories of adolescents excluded from schooladolescents excluded from school. Journal of Adolescence, 55, 16-23.
Finning, K., Moore, D., Ukoumunne, O. C., Danielsson-Waters, E., & Ford, T. (2017). The association between child and adolescent emotional disorder and poor attendance at school: A systematic review protocol. Systematic Reviews.
Gottfried, M. A., & Gee, K. A. (2017). Identifying the determinants of chronic absenteeism: A bioecological systems approach. Teachers College Record, 119, 1-34.
Heyne, D., Vreeke, L.J., Maric, M., Boelens, D., & van Widenfelt, B.M. (2017). Functional assessment of school attendance problems: An adapted version of the School Refusal Assessment Scale – Revised. Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 25, 178-192.
Keppens, G., & Spruyt, B. (2017). The development of persistent truant behaviour: An exploratory analysis of adolescents' perspectives. Educational Research, 59, 353-370.
Keppens, G., & Spruyt, B. (2017). The school as a socialization context: Understanding the influence of school bonding and an authoritative school climate on class skipping. Youth & Society, online first.
Maeda, N. (2017). Effectiveness of Morita Therapy-Based Consultation for a school-refusing adolescent with psychogenic fever. Journal of Education and Training Studies, 5, doi:10.11114/jets.v5i12.2671 Maynard, B. R., McCrea, K. T., Pigott, T. D., & Kelly, M. S. (2013). Indicated truancy interventions for chronic truant students: A Campbell Systematic Review. Research on Social Work Practice, 23, 5–21.
Maynard, B. R., Vaughn, M. G., Nelson, E. J., Salas-Wright, C. P., Heyne, D. A., & Kremer, K. P. (2017). Truancy in the United States: Examining temporal trends and correlates by race, age, and gender. Children and Youth Services Review, 81, 188-196.
Melvin, G. A., Dudley, A. L., Gordon, M. S., Klimkeit, E., Gullone, E., Taffe, J., & Tonge, B. J. (2017). Augmenting cognitive behavior therapy for school refusal with fluoxetine: A randomized controlled trial. Child Psychiatry & Human Development, 48, 485-497.
Munkhaugen, E.K., Gjevik, E., Pripp, A.H., Sponheim, E., & Diseth, T.H. (2017). School refusal behaviour: Are children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder at a higher risk? Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 41, 31-38.
Pengpid, S., & Peltzer, K. (2017). Prevalence, demographic and psychosocial correlates for school truancy among students aged 13–15 in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member states. Journal of Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 29, 197-203.
Rocque, M., Jennings, W. G., Piquero, A. R., Ozkan, T., & Farrington, D. P. (2017). The importance of school attendance: Findings from the Cambridge Study in Delinquent Development on the life-course effects of truancy. Crime & Delinquency, 63, 592-612.
Spruyt, B., Keppens, G., Kemper, R., & Bradt, L. (2017). If only they had a file on every pupil: On the mismatch between truancy policy and practice in Flanders. International Studies in Sociology of Education, 26, 171-189.
Van der Woude, L. B., Van der Stouwe, T., & Stams, G.J.J.M. (2017). Differences between risk factors for truancy and delinquency in Dutch adolescents. Children and Youth Services Review, 73, 9-14.
Wolf, K. C., & Kupchik, A. (2017). School suspensions and adverse experiences in adulthood. Justice Quarterly, 34, 407-430.
Yamada, A., Suzuki, M., Kyo, M., Katsuki, F., Shiraishi, N., Watanabe, N., & Akechi, T. (2017). Group psychoeducational programs improve mood profiles in mothers of non-attendance school childrenin mothers of non-attendance school children. Neuropsychiatry, 7, 637-643.
Yang, K.-E., & Ham, S.-H. (2017). Truancy as systemic discrimination: Anti-discrimination legislation and its effect on school attendance among immigrant children. The Social Science Journal, 54, 216-226.
Zaff, J. F., Donlan, A., Gunning, A., Anderson, S. E., McDermott, E., & Sedaca, M. (2017). Factors that promote high school graduation: A review of the literature. Educational Psychology Review, 29, 447-476.

2016

Balfanz, R. (2016). Missing school matters. Phi Delta Kappan, 98, 8–13.
Balkis, M., Arslan, G., & Duru, E. (2016). The school absenteeism among high school students: Contributing factors. Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 16, 1819-1831.
Birioukov, A. (2016). Beyond the excused/unexcused absence binary: Classifying absenteeism through a voluntary/involuntary absence framework. Educational Review, 68, 340–357.
Blumkin, Z. K. (2016). The implementation of an evidence-based treatment for a complex case of school refusal. Evidence-Based Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health. DOI: 10.1080/23794925.2016.1177800
Dahl, P. (2015). Factors associated with truancy: Emerging adults' recollections of skipping school. Journal of Adolescent Research, 31, 119-138.
Gonzálvez, C., Ingles, C.J., Kearney, C.A., Vicent, M., Sanmartín, R., & García-Fernández, J.M. (2016). School Refusal Assessment Scale-Revised: Factorial invariance and latent means differences across gender and age in Spanish children. Frontiers in Psychology, 7, 1-10.
Hendron, M., & Kearney, C.A. (2016). School climate and student absenteeism and internalizing and externalizing behavior problems. Children and Schools, 38, 109-116.
Keppens, G., & Spruyt, B. (2016). Towards a typology of occasional truancy: An operationalisation study of occasional truancy in secondary education in Flanders. Research Papers in Education, 32, 121-135.
McCluskey, C., Riddell, S., Weedon, E., & Fordyce, M. (2016). Exclusion from school and recognition of difference. Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 37, 529-539.
Pflug, V., & Schneider, S. (2016). School absenteeism: An online survey via social networks. Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 47, 417-429.
Skedgell, K.K., & Kearney, C.A. (2016). Predictors of absenteeism severity in truant youth: A dimensional and categorical analysis. American Secondary Education, 45, 46-58.

2015

Askeland, K.G., Haugland, S., Stormark, K.M., Bøe, T., & Hysing, M. (2015). Adolescent school absenteeism and service use in a population-based study. BMC Public Health, 15.
Gentle-Genitty, C., Karikari, I., Chen, H., Wilka, E., & Kim, J. (2015). Truancy: a look at definitions in the USA and other territories. Educational Studies, 41, 62-90.
Gershenson, S., Jacknowitz, A., & Brannegan, A. (2015). Are student absences worth the worry in U.S. primary schools? Education Finance and Policy, 12, 137-165.
Gren-Landell, M., Ekerfelt Allvin, C., Bradley, M., Andersson, M., & Andersson, G. (2015). Teachers’ views on risk factors for problematic school absenteeism in Swedish primary school students. Educational Psychology in Practice, 31, 412-423.
Havik, T., Bru, E., & Ertesvåg, S. K. (2015). Assessing reasons for school non-attendance. Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 59, 316-336.
Havik, T., Bru, E., & Ertesvåg, S. K. (2015). School factors associated with school refusal-and truancy-related reasons for school non-attendance. Social Psychology of Education, 18, 221-240.
Inglés, C. J., Gonzálvez-Maciá, C., García-Fernández, J. M., Vicent, M., & Martínez-Monteagudo, M. C. (2015). Current status of research on school refusal. European Journal of Education and Psychology, 8, 37-52.
Keppens, G., & Spruyt, B. (2015). De spijbelaar bestaat niet: Een empirisch onderzoek naar types van occasionele spijbelaars in Vlaanderen. Mens en Maatschappij, 90, 143-169.
Keppens, G., & Spruyt, B. (2015). Short-term fun or long-term gain: A mixed methods empirical investigation into perceptions of truancy among non-truants in Flanders. Educational Studies, 41, 326-340.
Maynard, B.R., Brendel, K.E., Bulanda, J.J., Heyne, D., Thomspon, A. & Pigott, T.D. (2015). Psychosocial interventions for school refusal with primary and secondary students: A systematic review. Campbell Systematic Reviews, 11.
Rasasingham, R. (2015). The risk and protective factors of school absenteeism. Open Journal of Psychiatry, 5, 195-203.
Reissner, V., Jost, D., Krahn, U., Knollmann, M., Weschenfelder, A. K., Neumann, A., ... & Hebebrand, J. (2015). The treatment of school avoidance in children and adolescents with psychiatric illness: A randomized controlled trial. Deutsches Ärzteblatt International, 112, 655.

2014

Chu, Brian & Rizvi, Shireen & Zendegui, Elaina & Bonavitacola, Lauren. (2014). Dialectical behavior therapy for school refusal: Treatment development and incorporation of web-based coaching. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice. 22.
Gottfried, M. A. (2014b). Chronic absenteeism and its effects on students’ academic and socioemotional outcomes. Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk (JESPAR), 19, 53-75.
Gregory, I. R., & Purcell, A. (2014). Extended school non-attenders’ views: Developing best practice. Educational Psychology in Practice, 30, 37-50.
Haight, C.M., Chapman, G.V., Hendron, M., Loftis, R., & Kearney, C.A. (2014). Evaluation of a truancy diversion program at nine at-risk middle schools. Psychology in the Schools, 51, 779-787.
Havik, T., Bru, E., & Ertesvåg, S. K. (2014). Parental perspectives of the role of school factors in school refusal. Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties, 19, 131-153.
Heyne, D., Sauter, F.M., Ollendick, T.H., van Widenfelt, B.M., & Westenberg, P.M. (2014). Developmentally sensitive cognitive behavioral therapy for adolescent school refusal: Rationale and illustration. Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 17, 191-215.
Kearney, C.A., & Graczyk, P. (2014). A Response to Intervention model to promote school attendance and decrease school absenteeism. Child and Youth Care Forum, 43, 1-25.
Oner, O., Yurtbasi, P., Er, A., & Basoglu, N. (2014). The inpatient treatment process for severe school refusal. Bulletin of Clinical Psychopharmacology, 24, 176-179.

2013

Knollmann, M., Reissner, V., Kiessling, S., & Hebebrand, J. (2013). The differential classification of school avoidance-a cluster-analytic investigation. Zeitschrift fur Kinder-und Jugendpsychiatrie und Psychotherapie, 41, 335-345.
Lyon, A. R., Borntrager, C., Nakamura, B., & Higa-McMillan, C. (2013). From distal to proximal: Routine educational data monitoring in school-based mental health. Advances in School Mental Health Promotion, 6, 263-279.
Maric, M., Heyne, D. A., MacKinnon, D. P., van Widenfelt, B. M., & Westenberg, M. P. (2013). Cognitive mediation of cognitive-behavioural therapy outcomes for anxiety-based school refusal. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 41, 549-564.
Maynard, B. R., McCrea, K. T., Pigott, T. D., & Kelly, M. S. (2013). Indicated truancy interventions for chronic truant students: A Campbell systematic review. Research on Social Work Practice, 23, 5–21.
Nuttall, C., & Woods, K. (2013). Effective intervention for school refusal behaviour. Educational Psychology in Practice, 29, 347-366.

2012

Balfanz, R., & Byrnes, V. (2012). Chronic absenteeism: Summarizing what we know from nationally available data. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Center for Social Organization of Schools.
Balfanz, R., & Byrnes, V. (2012). The importance of being in school: A report on absenteeism in the nation's public schools. Education Digest, 78, 4-9.
Ingul, J. M., Klöckner, C. A., Silverman, W. K., & Nordahl, H. M. (2012). Adolescent school absenteeism: Modelling social and individual risk factors. Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 17, 93-100.
Maric, M., Heyne, D. A., de Heus, P., van Widenfelt, B. M., & Westenberg, P. M. (2012). The role of cognition in school refusal: An investigation of automatic thoughts and cognitive errors. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 40, 255-269.

2008

Kearney, C.A. (2008). An interdisciplinary model of school absenteeism in youth to inform professional practice and public policy. Educational Psychology Review, 20, 257-282.
Kearney, C.A. (2008). School absenteeism and school refusal behavior in youth: A contemporary review. Clinical Psychology Review, 28, 451-471.
Kearney, C.A., & Chapman, G. (2008). School refusal behavior. The Independent Practitioner, 28, 129-130.
Wilkins, J. (2008). School characteristics that influence student attendance: Experiences of students in a school avoidance program. The High School Journal, 91, 12-24.
Wilson, V., Malcolm, H., Edward, S., & Davidson, J. (2007). 'Bunking off': the impact of truancy on pupils and teachers. British Educational Research Journal, 34, 1-17.

2007

Henry, K. L., & Huizinga, D. H. (2007). School-related risk and protective factors associated with truancy among urban youth placed at risk. Journal of Primary Prevention, 28, 505-519.
Henry, K. L., & Huizinga, D. H. (2007). Truancy’s effect on the onset of drug use among urban adolescents placed at risk. Journal of Adolescent Health, 40, 358.e9–e17.
Kearney, C.A. (2007). Forms and functions of school refusal behavior in youth: An empirical analysis of absenteeism severity. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 48, 53-61.
Lyon, A. R., & Cotler, S. (2007). Toward reduced bias and increased utility in the assessment of school refusal behavior: The case for diverse samples and evaluations of context. Psychology in the Schools, 44, 551-565.
Rigante, L., & Patrizi, C. (2007). Il rifiuto scolare [School refusal]. Cognitivismo Clinico, 4, 124-138.
Zhang, D., Katsiyannis, A., Barrett, D. E., & Willson, V. (2007). Truancy offenders in the juvenile justice system: Examinations of first and second referrals. Remedial and Special Education, 28, 244–256.

2006

Kearney, C.A. (2006). Confirmatory factor analysis of the School Refusal Assessment Scale-Revised: Child and parent versions. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 28, 139-144.
Kearney, C.A. (2006). Dealing with school refusal behavior: A primer for family physicians. Journal of Family Practice, 55, 685-692.
Kearney, C.A. (2006). Solutions to school refusal for parents and kids: Pinpoint and address reinforcers of the child’s behavior. Current Psychiatry, 5, 67-69, 73-76, 78, 83. (Reprinted in part from Journal of Family Practice article with extra material at editor’s request).
Kearney, C.A., & Bensaheb, A. (2006). School absenteeism and school refusal behavior: A review and suggestions for school-based health professionals. Journal of School Health, 76, 3-7.
Reid, K. (2006). An evaluation of the views of secondary staff towards school attendance issues. Oxford Review of Education, 32, 303-324.
Reid, K. (2006). The views of education social workers on the management of truancy and other forms of non-attendance. Research in Education, 75, 40-57.

2005

Kearney, C.A., & Bates, M. (2005). Addressing school refusal behavior: Suggestions for frontline professionals. Children and Schools, 27, 207-216.
Kearney, C.A., Chapman, G., & Cook, L.C. (2005). Moving from assessment to treatment of school refusal behavior in youth. International Journal of Behavioral and Consultation Therapy, 1, 46-51.
Kearney, C.A., Chapman, G., & Cook, L.C. (2005). School refusal behavior in young children. International Journal of Behavioral and Consultation Therapy, 1, 212-218.
Petrides, K. V., Chamorro-Premuzic, T., Frederickson, N., & Furnham, A. (2005). Explaining individual differences in scholastic behaviour and achievement. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 75, 239–255.
Reid, K. (2005). The causes, views and traits of school absenteeism and truancy: An analytical review. Research in Education, 74, 59–82.

2004

Albano, A.M., Mallick, R., Tourian, K., Zhang, H.F., & Kearney, C.A. (2004). Children and adolescents with social anxiety disorder: School refusal and improvement with venlafaxine ER relative to placebo. European Neuropsychopharmacology, 14 (Suppl 3), S307-S308.
Kearney, C.A., & Albano, A.M. (2004). The functional profiles of school refusal behavior: Diagnostic aspects. Behavior Modification, 28, 147-161.
Kearney, C.A., Lemos, A., & Silverman, J. (2004). The functional assessment of school refusal behavior. The Behavior Analyst Today, 5, 275-283.
Lounsbury, J. W., Steel, R. P., Loveland, J. M., & Gibson, L. W. (2004). An investigation of personality traits in relation to adolescent school absenteeism. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 33, 457-466.
Mcshane, G., Walter, G., & Rey, J. M. (2004). Functional outcome of adolescents with ‘school refusal.’ Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 9, 53–60.
Reid, K. (2004). The views of head teachers and teachers on attendance issues in primary schools. Research in Education, 72, 60–76.

2003

Kearney, C.A. (2003). Bridging the gap among professionals who address youth with school absenteeism: Overview and suggestions for consensus. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 34, 57-65.
Malcolm, H., Wilson, V., Davidson, J., & Kirk, S. (2003). Absence from school: A study of its causes and effect in seven LEAs. Nottingham, UK: Queen’s Printers.
Zhang, M. (2003). Links between school absenteeism and child poverty. Pastoral Care in Education, 21, 10-17.

2002

Epstein, J. L., & Sheldon, S. B. (2002). Present and accounted for: Improving student attendance through family and community involvement. The Journal of Educational Research, 95, 308–318.
Heyne, D., King, N., Tonge, B., Rollings, S., Young, D., Pritchard, M., & Ollendick, T. (2002). Evaluation of child therapy and caregiver training in the treatment of school refusal. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 41, 687-695.
Kearney, C.A. (2002). Case study of the assessment and treatment of a youth with multifunction school refusal behavior. Clinical Case Studies, 1, 67-80.
Kearney, C.A. (2002). Identifying the function of school refusal behavior: A revision of the School Refusal Assessment Scale. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 24, 235-245.
Takata, Y. (2002). Supporting by a nurse teacher in a school infirmary using collage therapy. Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 56, 371-379.
Tonge, B. J., Cooper, H., King, N. J., & Heyne, D. (2002). School refusal: description and management. Current Therapeutics, 43, 55.

2001

Garland, E. J. (2001). Rages and refusals: Managing the many faces of adolescent anxiety. Canadian Family Physician, 47, 1023-1030.
Heyne, D., King, N. J., Tonge, B. J., & Cooper, H. (2001). School refusal: Epidemiology and management. Paediatric Drugs, 3, 719-732.
Kearney, C.A., Pursell, C., & Alvarez, K. (2001). Treatment of school refusal behavior in children with mixed functional profiles. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 8, 3-11.
King, N. J., Heyne, D., Tonge, B., Gullone, E., & Ollendick, T. (2001). School refusal: Categorical diagnoses, functional analysis and treatment planning. Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 8, 352-360.
King, N., Tonge, B. J., Heyne, D., Turner, S., Pritchard, M., Young, D., Rollings, S., Myerson, N., & Ollendick, T. (2001). Cognitive-behavioural treatment of school-refusing children: Maintenance of improvement at 3- to 5-year follow-up. Scandinavian Journal of Behaviour Therapy, 30, 85-89.

2000

Evans, L. D. (2000). Functional school refusal subtypes: Anxiety, avoidance, and malingering. Psychology in the Schools, 37, 183–191.
Kearney, C.A., & Hugelshofer, D. (2000). Systemic and clinical strategies for preventing school refusal behavior in youth. Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy, 14, 51-65.
King, N. J., Tonge, B. J., Heyne, D., & Ollendick, T. H. (2000). Research on the cognitive-behavioral treatment of school refusal: A review and recommendations. Clinical Psychology Review, 20, 495-507.
King, N., Tonge, B., Heyne, D., Rollings, S., Pritchard, M., Myerson, N., Young, D., Anderson, J., & Turner, S (2000). A cognitive-behavioural intervention programme for children exhibiting school refusal. The Australian Journal of Counselling Psychology, 1, 4-8.

1999

Kearney, C.A., & Silverman, W.K. (1999). Functionally-based prescriptive and nonprescriptive treatment for children and adolescents with school refusal behavior. Behavior Therapy, 30, 673-695.
King, N. J., Tonge, B. J., Turner, S., Heyne, D., Pritchard, M., Rollings, S., Young, D., Myerson, N., & Ollendick, T. (1999). Brief cognitive-behavioural treatment for anxiety-disordered children exhibiting school refusal. Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 6, 39-45.

1998

Anderson, J., King, N., Tonge, B., Rollings, S., Young, D., & Heyne, D. (1998). Cognitive-behavioural intervention for an adolescent school refuser: A comprehensive approach. Behaviour Change, 15, 67-73.
Heyne, D. (1998). Introduction to the special series on school refusal. Behaviour Change, 15, 3‑4.
Heyne, D., King, N., Tonge, B. J., Pritchard, M., Young, D., Rollings, S., & Myerson, N. (1998). The Self-Efficacy Questionnaire for School Situations: Development and psychometric evaluation. Behaviour Change, 15, 31-40.
King, N., Ollendick, T. H., Tonge, B. J., Heyne, D., Pritchard, M., Rollings, S., Young, D., & Myerson, N. (1998). School refusal: An overview. Behaviour Change, 15, 5-15.
King, N. J., Tonge, B. J., Heyne, D., Pritchard, M., Rolling, S., Young, D., Myerson, N., & Ollendick, T. H. (1998). Cognitive-behavioural treatment of school-refusing children: A controlled evaluation. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 37, 395-403.
Pritchard, M., King, N., Tonge, B., Heyne, D., & Lancaster, S. (1998). Taxonomic systems for school refusal behaviour. Behaviour Change, 15, 74-86.
Roberts, D. (1998). The use of hypnosis and brief strategic therapy with a case of separation anxiety and school refusal. Contemporary Hypnosis, 15, 219-222.
Rollings, S., King, N., Tonge, B., Heyne, D., & Young, D. (1998). Cognitive-behavioural intervention with a depressed adolescent experiencing school attendance difficulties. Behaviour Change, 15, 87-97.

1997

Kearney, C.A., & Sims, K.E. (1997). A clinical perspective on school refusal in youngsters. In Session: Psychotherapy in Practice, 3, 5-19.

1996

Kearney, C.A., & Silverman, W.K. (1996). The evolution and reconciliation of taxonomic strategies for school refusal behavior. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 3, 339-354.
King, N. J., Ollendick, T. H., Tonge, B. J., Heyne, D., Pritchard, M., Rollings, S., Young, D., & Myerson, N. (1996). Behavioural management of school refusal. Scandinavian Journal of Behaviour Therapy, 25, 3-15.

1995

Kearney, C.A., Eisen, A.R., & Silverman, W.K. (1995). The legend and myth of school phobia. School Psychology Quarterly, 10, 65-85.
Kearney, C.A., & Silverman, W.K. (1995). Family environment of youngsters with school refusal behavior: A synopsis with implications for assessment and treatment. American Journal of Family Therapy, 23, 59-72.
King, N. J., Ollendick, T., Heyne, D., & Tonge, B. J. (1995). Treatment of school refusal: Strategies for the family physician. Australian Family Physician, 24, 1250-1253.

1994

Kearney, C.A., & Beasley, J.F. (1994). The clinical treatment of school refusal behavior: A survey of referral and practice characteristics. Psychology in the Schools, 31, 128-132.
King, N. J., Tonge, B. J., Heyne, D. A., Tinney, L., & Pritchard, M. (1994). School refusal: Early identification and treatment. Australian Journal of Early Childhood, 19, 22-26.
Tonge, B. J., King, N. J., Heyne, D. A., & Pritchard, M. (1994). Anxious children and school refusal. Australian Family Physician, 23, 919-920.

1993

Kearney, C.A. (1993). Depression and school refusal behavior: A review with comments on classification and treatment. Journal of School Psychology, 31, 267-279.
Kearney, C.A., & Silverman, W.K. (1993). Measuring the function of school refusal behavior: The School Refusal Assessment Scale. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 22, 85-96.

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Kearney, C.A., & Silverman, W.K. (1990). A preliminary analysis of a functional model of assessment and treatment for school refusal behavior. Behavior Modification, 14, 340-366.

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Valles, E., & Oddy, M. (1984). The influence of a return to school on the long-term adjustment of school refusers. Journal of Adolescence, 7, 35-54.

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Berney, T., Kolvin, I., Bhate, S. R., Garside, R. F., Jeans, J., Kay, B., & Scarth, L. (1981). School phobia: A therapeutic trial with clomipramine and short-term outcome. British Journal of Psychiatry, 138, 110-118.

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