The impact of school absence on mental health in children and young people: Analysis of an English national birth cohort
School absence above the second quartile doubled the odds of later mental health problems in both primary and secondary school children in pre-pandemic data. Our findings support there being a strong and potentially causal association between absence from school and later mental health problems, and suggest that absence from school is harmful for CYP's mental health.
Authors
- Steven Hope (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6759-6927)
- Anna Pearce
- Russell M. Viner
Institutions
- Great Ormond Street Hospital (GB)
- MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit (GB)
- University College London (GB)
- Imperial College London (GB)
- University of Glasgow (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2026-01-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0336137
- Primary Topic
- Youth Substance Use and School Attendance
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00