Skolefravær – slik elever opplever og erfarer det : En kvalitativ studie om fire ungdommers erfaringer med skolefravær, og deres meninger om hva som …

2020

Master's thesis in Psychosocial health (ME504) The subject of this study is school refusal. The purpose is to gain greater insight and knowledge on the topic of school refusal from the students' own experiences, based on the research question: "How do students with school refusal experience their own situation, and what do they think can contribute to increase attendance?".A qualitative method with an inductive design has been used, and data collection has been done using semi-structured interviews. The findings show that school refusal is not experienced as a choice, but as an avoidance of unpleasant situations. The findings also show that young people relate school absence both to conditi…