TY - JOUR
AU - Hawkins, J. David
AB - This study compared the adequacy of 5 theories to predict dropping out of high school before the 10th grade. These theories include full mediation by academic achievement and direct effects related to general deviance, deviant affiliation, family socialization, and structural strains. Nested latent variable models were used to test these theories on prospective data from an ethnically diverse urban sample. Poor academic achievement mediated the effect of all independent factors on school dropout, although general deviance, bonding to antisocial peers, and socioeconomic status also retained direct effects on dropping out. Therefore, none of the theories tested was fully adequate to explain the data, although partial support was obtained for each theory. Implications for prevention of early high school dropout are discussed.
TI - Predictors of Early High School Dropout: A Test of Five Theories
JF - Journal of Educational Psychology
DO - 10.1037/0022-0663.92.3.568
DA - 2000-09-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/american-psychological-association/predictors-of-early-high-school-dropout-a-test-of-five-theories-484jusHd6F
SP - 568
EP - 582
VL - 92
IS - 3
DP - DeepDyve
ER -