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Dinsentangling the weight of school dropout predictors: a test on two longitudinal samples (1997)
Auteur(s) :
JANOSZ, M. ;
LE BLANC, M. ;
BOULERICE B. ;
TREMBLAY, R. E.
Année
1997
Page(s) :
733-762
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Domaine :
Hors addiction / No addiction
Thésaurus mots-clés
ABANDON SCOLAIRE
;
ETUDE LONGITUDINALE
;
FACTEUR PREDICTIF
;
MILIEU SCOLAIRE
;
ABSENTEISME
;
ADOLESCENT
;
FAMILLE
;
COMPORTEMENT
Thésaurus géographique
CANADA
;
QUEBEC
Résumé :
The aims of this study are to identify the most powerful predictors of school dropout and to determine how stable they are over time. Two generations of White French-speaking boys and girls from 12 to 16 years old (n = 791 in 1974, n = 791 in 1985) completed a self-administered questionnaire on their psychosocial adjustment at least one year before leaving school. As expected, the analyses showed that school, family, behavioral, social, and personality variables could all predict dropping out of school in the two samples. Furthermore, these predictors were quite stable over time. However, statistical improvement measures in logistic regression analyses indicated that school experience variables (i.e., grade retention, school achievement, school commitment) were the best screening variables for potential dropouts. The contribution of other psychosocial variables, even though significant, did not improve very much the capacity to identify who will drop out of school. The discussion highlights the implications of the findings for secondary prevention and screening practices.
Affiliation :
Canada
Cote :
A02535