Emotional Psychological and Related Problems Among Truant Youths: An Exploratory Latent Class Analysis
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2011
Keywords
at-risk populations, research, statistical methods, risk factors, issues, school, classroom
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1177/1063426610396221
Abstract
Latent class analysis was conducted on the psychosocial problems experienced by truant youths. Data were obtained from baseline interviews completed on 131 youths and their parents/guardians involved in a NIDA-funded, Brief Intervention Project. Results identified two classes of youths: Class 1(n=9) - youths with low levels of delinquency, mental health and substance abuse issues; and Class 2(n=37) - youths with high levels of these problems. Comparison of these two classes on their urine analysis test results and parent/guardian reports of traumatic events found significant (p<.05) differences between them that were consistent with their problem group classification. Our results have important implications for research and practice.
Was this content written or created while at USF?
Yes
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, v. 20, issue 3, p. 157-168
Scholar Commons Citation
Dembo, Richard; Briones-Robinson, Rhissa; Ungaro, Rocío Aracelis; Gulledge, Laura M.; Karas, Lora M.; Winters, Ken C.; Belenko, Steven; and Greenbaum, Paul E., "Emotional Psychological and Related Problems Among Truant Youths: An Exploratory Latent Class Analysis" (2011). Criminology Faculty Publications. 24.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/cjp_facpub/24
