Prospective Associations Between Youth Assets and Truancy Within the Context of Family Structure

摘要

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to examine the prospective associations between 17 individual, family, and community level youth assets and truancy among adolescents living in 1‐parent and 2‐parent households. METHODS Five waves of data were collected annually over a 4‐year period from a racially/ethnically diverse sample of adolescents (N?=?722, 51.5 female, mean age?=?14.1?years). Generalized linear mixed models were used to identify prospective associations between youth assets and truancy while stratifying by family structure and controlling sociodemographic characteristics. RESULTS Five of the 17 youth assets were significantly associated (p?