- Collection:
- Atlanta University and Clark Atlanta University Theses and Dissertations
- Title:
- Adolescent truancy, the student's perspective, 1989
- Creator:
- Grant, Mishelle T.
- Date of Original:
- 1989-05-01
- Subject:
- Degrees, Academic
Dissertations, Academic - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- theses
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- The present study investigated truancy and its relationship to four variables: family variables (family structure and income), peer relationships, delinquency and school variables (academic performance and relationship with teachers). Participants consisted of 29 adolescents in alternative high schoo1 settings: 12 (41.4 percent) were males and 17 (58 .6 per cent) were females. Participants ranged in age from 14 19. The Correlationa1 Method was utilized in this study. The measuring instrument used was a Likert type scale with 75 it ems to measure the variables mentioned above. The design involved the use of the Pears on r to analyze the data. In addition to the Pear son r, descriptive statistics such as the mean and standard deviation were used. The results revealed that there was not a significant relationship between truancy and relationship with parents (Pearson r = .009), peer relationships (Pearson r = .309), delinquency (Pearson r = .187), academic performance and relationship with teachers (Pearson r = .382). However, a low positive relationship was found between truancy, peer relationship and academic performance.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/cau.td:1989_grant_mishelle_t
- Rights Holder:
- Clark Atlanta University
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
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