Disentangling the Weight of School Dropout Predictors: A Test on Two Longitudinal Samples

Predictors of school dropout and their stability over time were studied in 791 white French-speaking Canadian students aged 12 to 16 years in 1974 and 791 similar students in 1985 through self-administered questionnaires. School, family, behavioral, social, and personality variables predicted droppi...

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Published in:Journal of youth and adolescence 1997-12, Vol.26 (6), p.733-762
Main Authors: Janosz, Michel, LeBlanc, Marc, Boulerice, Bernard, Tremblay, Richard E
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescents
Behavior
Behavior Patterns
Biological and medical sciences
Canada
Child psychology
Children & youth
Discriminant analysis
Dropouts
Dropping out
Educational psychology
Family Characteristics
Foreign Countries
French Speaking
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Girls
Grade repetition
High School Students
High Schools
Individual Characteristics
Institutional Characteristics
Junior High School Students
Junior High Schools
Longitudinal Studies
Minority & ethnic groups
Montreal, Quebec
Personality Traits
Potential Dropouts
Prediction
Predictor Variables
Predictors
Prevention
Psychological tests
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Psychosocial Factors
Pupil and student. Academic achievement and failure
Quebec
Questionnaires
Regression analysis
Retention
School dropouts
School Environment
Socioeconomic factors
Socioeconomic status
Students
Teenagers
Variables
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Summary:Predictors of school dropout and their stability over time were studied in 791 white French-speaking Canadian students aged 12 to 16 years in 1974 and 791 similar students in 1985 through self-administered questionnaires. School, family, behavioral, social, and personality variables predicted dropping out in both samples, and these predictors were quite stable over time. (SLD)
ISSN:0047-2891
1573-6601
DOI:10.1023/a:1022300826371