| Summary: | The specific aim of this research study was to identify, explore, describe and
interpret the factors related to school refusal of black adolescents. An overview of
literature was used to arrive at a broader appreciation of issues pertaining to
school refusal phenomenon and also to black adolescents.
Ten subjects participated in this study. Data were gathered qualitatively using
ethnographic interviews. The following factors were found to be contributory to
the problem of school refusal: School refusers who stay with grandparents
instead of staying with biological parents; fear of something specific at school; lack
of insight into the refusal problem; lover plays a role in refusal behaviour;
protective parents; poor social relationships; fathers that play a marginal role in
the family; parents' worldview; emotional problems and weak or no attempts to
stop behaviour. The emphasis was on the understanding of the refusal
phenomenon rather than on cause and effect. === Educational Studies === M. Ed. (with specialisation in Guidance and Counselling)
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