The Meaning of Truant Behavior for Junior and Senior High School Students in Indonesia
- DOI
- 10.2991/assehr.k.200529.239How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- truant behavior, school psychology, truancy
- Abstract
Truant behavior has become a national concern that requires attention. In general, truant behavior is often explored mainly from the perspective of parents, teachers, and society who views students as being at fault. Very few have observed this phenomenon from the students’ perspective. This study aimed to understand what truant behavior means to junior and senior high school students. This research is a qualitative study using a phenomenological approach. The data were analyzed following Miles and Huberman’s model. The data were collected through an interview. The inclusion criteria for participant selection include: (1) active junior and senior high school student, (2) performed a form of truant behavior for more than six months. In total, there are three participants involved in this study. The findings reveal that junior and senior high school students interpret the meaning of truant behavior into at least one of three categories: troublesome value, a solution to helplessness, and a form of peer conformity. This study suggests that parents, as well as guidance and counseling teachers, need to understand the reasons why students conduct truant behavior and how to handle such occurrences among junior and senior high school students.
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- © 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Siti Atiyyatul Fahiroh PY - 2020 DA - 2020/05/04 TI - The Meaning of Truant Behavior for Junior and Senior High School Students in Indonesia BT - Proceedings of the 1st Borobudur International Symposium on Humanities, Economics and Social Sciences (BIS-HESS 2019) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 1140 EP - 1143 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200529.239 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.200529.239 ID - Fahiroh2020 ER -