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The Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research
Published in: The Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research 3/2016

01-07-2016

Differential Effects of Mental Health Problems Among Truant Youths

Authors: Richard Dembo, PhD, Jennifer Wareham, PhD, James Schmeidler, PhD, Rhissa Briones-Robinson, MA, Ken C. Winters, PhD

Published in: The Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research | Issue 3/2016

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Abstract

Research indicates at-risk youth are more likely to experience emotional and psychological problems. Young people who are often truant from school represent a group of at-risk youth, but one for which mental health issues are understudied. This study examined heterogeneity of mental health problems among a sample of 300 truant adolescents using latent class analysis (LCA). LCA indicated the sample of truants was best represented by four latent subgroups of youth with low mental health problems; high depression, low mania; high mania, low depression; and high depression and mania. These subgroups were examined in relation to sociodemographic and psychosocial measures at baseline and after truancy offenses. Results indicated general and unique differences in these covariates across the four latent classes. Service and practice implications of better understanding mental health issues of truant youth are discussed.
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Metadata
Title
Differential Effects of Mental Health Problems Among Truant Youths
Authors
Richard Dembo, PhD
Jennifer Wareham, PhD
James Schmeidler, PhD
Rhissa Briones-Robinson, MA
Ken C. Winters, PhD
Publication date
01-07-2016
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
The Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research / Issue 3/2016
Print ISSN: 1094-3412
Electronic ISSN: 2168-6793
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11414-014-9435-6

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