For additional information on findings of national data analysis, see A National Portrait of Chronic Absenteeism in the Early Grades, The Influence of Maternal and Family Risk on Chronic Absenteeism in Early Schooling, How Maternal, Family and
Cumulative Risk Affect Absenteeism in Early Schooling: Facts for Policymakers, and other publications.
This study examined a
cumulative model of
risk / protective factors at the individual level (child's sense of coherence; attachment with father) and family level as manifested by fathers» emotional resources (fathers» negative / positive
affect; attachment avoidance / anxiety), to explain socioemotional adjustment among children age 8 — 12 years with or without learning disabilities (LD).