TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - Patterns of in-migration and out-migration of middle school adolescents
JO  - Health behavior and policy review
A1  - Harpin, Scott B.
A1  - Sieving, Renee E.
A1  - Bernat, Debra H.
A1  - Bearinger, Linda H.
SP  - 351
EP  - 361
VL  - 1
IS  - 5
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 2326-4403
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.14485/HBPR.1.5.1
ID  - ref1
ER  -