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The aim of this study was to examine the direct and indirect relationship between student school absenteeism, personal factors (academic self- perception, attitudes towards teacher and school, goal valuation and motivation/ self-regulation), family factors (parents' educational level and income), and academic achievement in structural equation model. Four hundred and twenty three high school students participated in the study. The findings revealed that student absenteeism was negatively related to academic self-perception, attitudes towards teacher and school, goal valuation, motivation/ self-regulation, and academic performance. Results also revealed that student absenteeism differed in respect to parents' educational level and income. Results from SEM analyses noticed that personal and family factors significantly predict previous and current student absenteeism. SEM analyses also revealed that previous student absenteeism significantly predict previous academic achievement. Finally, SEM analyses noticed that previous student absenteeism and previous academic achievement can predict current student absenteeism. Contribution and implications of these findings were discussed in detail.
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School absenteeism · Personal factors · Family factors · Academic achievement · Adolescence
All students, yet for one reason or another, at one time or other time want miss to a day of school. The general tendency to engage in such unwillingness is referred to absenteeism. Student absenteeism is defined by Teasley (2004) as a period of time when a student does not attend school, has become major and continuous problem among high school students in many countries. Indeed, numerous studies conducted to answer a question that is why high school students miss classes. In this notion, Teasley have noted numerous risk factors that contribute to student absenteeism such as family health, low income, poor school climate, drug and alcohol use, transportation problems, and community attitudes towards education. Pehlivan (2006) found that the major reason given by students for non-attendance at lecture or school were bored at school, dislike of school and lessons, encouragement of friends, and lack of expectations about education. Wilkins (2008) has reported four themes, which play important role to motivate students to attend school such as school climate, academic environment, discipline, and relationships with teachers. Ingul, Klöckner, Silverman, and Nordahl (2012) found that school absenteeism associated with internalizing and externalizing behavior, family work and health, and school environment. In another study, Henry (2007) has...