Dé spijbelaar bestaat niet | Amsterdam University Press Journals Online
2004
Volume 90, Issue 2
  • ISSN: 0025-9454
  • E-ISSN: 1876-2816

Abstract

Summary

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This study provides insight into the conceptual understanding of truant behavior by exploring different types of occasional truants among 4189 youngsters in secondary education in Flanders (the Dutch-speaking part of Belgium). Occasional truancy can be interpreted as the most accessible form of truant behavior, a category that is often not reflected in published figures of unauthorized absence and differs from problematic truant behavior. Six key indicators were employed to identify three types of occasional truants: ‘homestayers’, ‘traditional truants’ and ‘condoned social truants’. First, our findings suggest that the three types of truants each shape their truant behavior in a unique way. Second, specific social characteristics can be related to each type of truant. In the discussion we demonstrate how studying different types of truants can be important for understanding how truant behavior can be identified and prevented.

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