SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE REVIEW ABOUT SCHOOL REFUSAL THROUGH THE SSCI

The school refusal is a phenomenon that adversely affects educational performance, developing social skills, may even end up in dropout. The volume of scientific production published annually about a topic is one indicator of the level of interest in this field of knowledge. The aim of this study is to analyze the temporal evolution of the scientific production about school refusal from 2004 to 2012 in relation to the journals. The sample consists of 106 studies published in the Social Science Citation Index (SSCI), of the Web of Science, from 2004 to 2012. The results show that the number of publications increases with time ranging from 6 (2005) to 16 (2012) studies with an average of 11.8 published research. Among 77 journals identified, three stand out as more productive: Educational Review, Cognitive and Behavioral Practice and Psychology in the Schools. Notably the year of publication of the studies in these journals because 77% of the publications are dated after 2007. From the results obtained it is concluded that school refusal is a topic of current interest because scientific productivity is increasing temporarily and the specialized journals in this phenomenon concentrate their publications in recent years.