School Refusal

Considering the problems associated with school attendance, school refusal is an adjustment problem that tends to becomeincreasingly prevalent. The present study identifies the patterns reported in the literature on school refusal and outlines thestructure and sub-components of school refusal. Therefore, the systematic review method was selected as the research methodfor this study. The data sources of this study consist of 40 research articles that fell within the purview of WoS and were eitherincluded or excluded according to predetermined inclusion and exclusion criteria. Using MAXQDA 2020, both content anddescriptive analyses were conducted in synthesizing the data sources. As a result of the analysis, the study year, method, datacollection tool, data collection procedure, data analysis, and sample were examined as descriptive characteristics. Analyzingthe content characteristics, five themes were identified: risk factors for school refusal, school refusal symptoms, schoolrefusal protective factors, approaches, and techniques for intervention in school refusal, and consequences of school refusal.The findings are provided by discussing the related literature