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Open research questions in Youth Substance Use and School Attendance

108 unresolved questions extracted from the limitations and future-work sections of 4,360 Youth Substance Use and School Attendance papers in our library. Each links back to the study that raised it.

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  • Future research could examine whether similar temporally structured patterns of absenteeism emerge across different institutional, cultural, and educational contexts. Future research could examine how absenteeism patterns vary across demographic groups, educational stages, and student populations within different school contexts.

    Institutional time and collective behavior: end-of-week school absenteeism as a social pattern · 2026 · DOI

  • Abstract School suspensions are associated with adverse educational and psychosocial outcomes, yet little is known about how structural disadvantage, relational factors, health behaviours, well‐being indicators and school‐level factors jointly predict suspension risk in England.

    Breaking point: Identifying the factors that predict suspension from school · 2026 · DOI

  • KIJER 3(2) 151 Kontagora International Journal of Educational Research (KIJER) Volume 3, Issue 2, March 2026 https://fuekjournals.org/index.php/kijer The following are the recommendations of this study: 1. Automated computerized register could help to identify truant students, the lessons that are being missed or possible causes of truancy. Students may likely not to play truancy when they know that attendance is being closely monitored. 2. Parents should endeavour to visit their children and wards in their school without them being aware of such visits. This will go a long way to curb the incidence of truancy in the school. 3. School administrator, Guidance counsellors and Teacher need to use reactive and proactive approaches when dealing with truancy, whereby the parent of truant must be involve in finding a lasting solutions to this ugly act in school system.

    Locus of Control as Predictor of Truancy among Public Secondary School Students in Katsina State, Nigeria · 2026 · DOI

  • The intervention’s low cost and effort, as well as the fact that six districts with varying student demographic makeups and administrative experience levels implemented the intervention themselves rather than through a third-party vendor, suggests the results could be replicated in districts nationwide.

    Can Personalized Attendance Information Mitigate Student Absenteeism? Evidence from Six Randomized Field Trials · 2025 · DOI

  • The main finding of this research is that AP providers do not receive enough funding to cover costs, which could be exacerbated by a lack of evidence of effectiveness and clarity about rationales.

    Examining alternative provision (AP) in two local authorities in Wales: Rationale, results, and resources · 2024 · DOI

  • In particular, we ask: (1) How are student, neighborhood, and school characteristics associated with individual absenteeism? (2) How are structural and environmental conditions associated with citywide rates of absenteeism? Our study helps to fill a gap in the research on absenteeism by moving beyond a siloed focus on student, family, or school factors, instead placing them in relationship to one another and in their broader socioeconomic context.

    Advancing an Ecological Approach to Chronic Absenteeism: Evidence from Detroit · 2021 · DOI

  • Which social and educational policy serves the tracking of students and why, despite the data and the numbers that indicate a large gap, is the topic of tracking not present in the educational discussion? I seek to assert that research in the field is insufficient and thait is necessary to place the topic on the agenda and conduct an educational discussion.

    Aspects of Tracking in the Schools as a Factor of Risk and Exclusion of Students · 2020 · DOI

  • Our study aimed to narrow the gaps in the literature by providing insight about EWI identification, between-school communication, and student supports through the case study of one school district that implemented both objective and subjective EWISs.

    Early Warning Indicator Systems in Action: Considerations from Identification to Supports · 2020 · DOI

  • Many of the issues raised in the 1999 paper, in particular, conceptual confusion over this heterogeneous condition, a dearth of rigorous RCT designs, limited knowledge of underlying mechanisms and uncertainty as to the long-term effects of specific forms of intervention, are little clearer than before.

    Practitioner Review: School refusal: developments in conceptualisation and treatment since 2000 · 2017 · DOI

  • To gain a better understanding of why treatment integrity data are lacking in the school psychology research, we surveyed the authors of the 210 treatment outcome articles published in four school psychology journals from 1995 through 2008 regarding their perceptions of barriers to implementing treatment integrity procedures.

    Barriers to Implementing Treatment Integrity Procedures in School Psychology Research · 2012 · DOI

  • There is a substantial body of literature related to school absenteeism; however, there is a lack of consensus and “considerable disparity about fundamental concepts of definition and meaning, assessment, and treatment” (Kearney, 2003, p.

    PROTOCOL: Interventions Intended to Increase School Attendance in Elementary and Secondary School Students · 2009 · DOI

  • Purpose - The limited evidence of effectiveness of existing teenage pregnancy strategies which focus on sex education, together with growing evidence that factors such as poor school ethos, disaffection, truancy, poor employment prospects and low expectations are associated with teenage pregnancy, has increased interest in interventions which target these "wider" social determinants.

    Interventions addressing the social determinants of teenage pregnancy · 2007 · DOI

  • While schools and communities have a long-standing history of creating high-quality after-school programs for elementary school children, the community response to young adolescents has too often been to ignore their needs because they are not clearly understood (Kerewsky & Lefstein, 1982).

    Should Middle Grades Students Be Left Alone after School · 2003

  • Although there has been considerable interest in and research on comorbidity of diagnosed mental disorders among children and adolescents, little is known about comorbidity of the characteristics of emotional disturbance (ED) as defined by the federal definition of that category of educational disability.

    Comorbidity among Students with Emotional Disturbance · 2001 · DOI

  • Averett (1994) in a comprehensive study of North Carolina's block scheduled schools, recommended seven areas for further research on block scheduling.

    Students' Perceptions of the Effectiveness of Block Versus Traditional Scheduling. · 2000

  • If the difficulty stems from the faculty’s limited knowledge in areas such as perceptual-motor training, teaching poverty chil- 169 dren, dealing with hyper- or hypoactive children, then inservice courses should be initiated.

    The Placement of Pseudo-Retarded Children in Classes for Mentally Retarded · 1971 · DOI

  • However, as only the 10-11 year old age group has been affected by the introduction of a screening procedure, it appears that the procedure itself should be examined in order to see whether any factors in it are operating in such a way as to contribute towards the atypical bias at that level.

    Effect of a Selection Procedure on the Placement of Children in Special Schools · 1971 · DOI

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    Elementary evening schools and the evening continuation school movement in Salford from 1862 to 1903 · 1970 · DOI

  • Although a trained diag- nostician could undoubtedly define the peculiar dynamics of each child that made it possible for him to adjust to the school situa- tion, it is beyond the scope of this study to attempt such a defi- nition. They may find a feeling of stability and consistency which is lacking in their own home.

    Disturbed children who make a good school adjustment<sup>1</sup> · 1952 · DOI

  • The child's attitude toward treatment could not be determined, since the father did not want him seen. The case records gave no clear statement as to what the children's attitudes toward treatment were—in one case be- cause it could not be determined, the child being described as "inac- cessible, and in the other case because the psychiatrist kept only brief notes. Too little is known about them to make any judgment more than tentative, but it is clear that all were severely maladjusted children. The case worker felt that the problem was insufficient to produce enough pressure of discomfort in the boy.

    Why children discontinue child guidance treatment<sup>1</sup> · 1938 · DOI

  • Future research could explore students’ needs and motivations to seek help. Second, we did not account for the frequency or severity of mental health problems.

    Disparities in Adolescents’ Use of Mental Health Services and Perceived Barriers to Accessing School-Based Services · 2026 · DOI

  • However, little is known about the ways in which students miss these days—namely how missing different days of the week might link differently to test scores.

    Linking Student Absenteeism on Different Weekdays to Student Achievement · 2025 · DOI

  • By being the first known Canadian quantitative study on the topic, our research fills a gap in the literature on workplace accommodations for teachers dealing with mental health issues, offering quantitative insights into the self-reported experiences of teachers.

    Canadian teachers with mental health issues and workplace accommodations · 2025 · DOI

  • Future research is needed to understand all stakeholder experiences, including those of children with cancer and their classmates, to continue to evaluate and improve the Monkey in My Chair program.

    Teacher Perceptions of a School-Based Support Program for Children with Cancer · 2024 · DOI

  • Further investigation of teachers' absence behaviour indicates that teachers report fewer demands for absences, have fewer paid leaves, and are more likely to attend work despite needing to be absent.

    Are teachers absent more? Examining differences in absence between K-12 teachers and other college-educated workers · 2024 · DOI

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