This section provides access to questionnaires used in research and practice to understand and assess school attendance problems. We are continuously expanding our collection and will add translations into other languages as they become available. If you would like to contribute a questionnaire or translation, we would be pleased to hear from you. Please contact us for more information.
Questionnaire Coordinator: Johan Strömbeck, johan.strombeck@magelungen.com
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Havik, T., Bru, E., & Ertesvåg, S. K. (2015). Assessing reasons for school non-attendance. Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 59(3). https://doi.org/10.1080/00313831.2014.904424
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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 & Adolescent Psychiatry, 28(3), 399–414. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-018-1204-2
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Gentle-Genitty, C., Keppens, G., & Kearney, C. A. (2024). Perception of School Social Bonding (PSSB) instrument. Structural and concurrent validity. Contemporary School Psychology, 29, 213-220. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40688-024-00512-9
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Heyne, D., King, N., Tonge, B., Rollings, S., Pritchard, M., Young, D., & Myerson, N. (1998). The Self-efficacy Questionnaire for School Situations: Development and psychometric evaluation. Behaviour Change, 15(1), 31–40. https://doi.org/10.1017/S081348390000588X
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Heyne, D., Gren-Landell, M., Melvin, G., & Gentle-Genitty, C. (2019). Differentiation between school attendance problems: Why and how? Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 26(1), 8–34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpra.2018.03.006
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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(3), 340–366. https://doi.org/10.1177/01454455900143007
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(1), 85–96. https://doi.org/10.1207/s15374424jccp2201_9
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Heyne, D., Vreeke, L. J., Maric, M., Boelens, H., & 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(3), 178–192. https://doi.org/10.1177/1063426616661701
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Gallé-Tessonneau, M., & Gana, K. (2019). Development and validation of the School Refusal Evaluation Scale for adolescents. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 44(2), 153–163. https://doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy/jsy061
