@article{ref1,
title="Patterns of in-migration and out-migration of middle school adolescents",
journal="Health behavior and policy review",
year="2014",
author="Harpin, Scott B. and Sieving, Renee E. and Bernat, Debra H. and Bearinger, Linda H.",
volume="1",
number="5",
pages="351-361",
abstract="OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this investigation was to delineate patterns of attrition among urban middle school students participating in a longitudinal study. <br><br>METHODS: We examined differences in demographic, psychosocial and behavioral characteristics across 3 waves of children attending 4 urban public schools. <br><br>RESULTS: Students who left after T1 were similar to those completing all surveys; those leaving after 2 surveys were similar to those completing all surveys except for reporting greater violence involvement. Students who in-migrated at T2 trended towards greater violence involvement at T2 which mitigated at T3. T3-entering students exhibited multiple differences from those completing all surveys. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Within such settings, out-migrating students may be similar to non-attriting students, whereas in-migrating students may have short-term differences.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2326-4403",
doi="10.14485/HBPR.1.5.1",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.14485/HBPR.1.5.1"
}