School Dropout as Predicted by Peer Rejection and Antisocial Behavior

Bibliographic Data

ID12388751
AuthorsD C French (0000-0002-4997-1807, Illinois Wesleyan University, corresponding author), Jody Conrad (Portland Public Schools)
Year2001
Volume11
Issue3
Pages225-244
Publication date2001-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Research on Adolescence (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1050-8392 • E-ISSN: 1532-7795
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/1532-7795.00011
OpenAlexW2102624656
LanguageEN
Citations received49

This longitudinal study assessed the prediction of school dropout from measures of antisocial behavior, social preference, and achievement. The sample was assessed at 8th grade ( n = 516) and was expanded at 10th grade ( n = 1157). In the 8th, but not 10th grade, rejected–antisocial students had higher dropout rates than those in other groups. Seperate logistic regression analyses were then conducted using the 8th‐ and 10th‐grade data. Across both sets of analyses, aggression and achievement, but not social preference, predicted subsequent dropout. These results, in conjunction with those of others, suggests that social preference does not uniquely predict school dropout. The possibility exists, however, that youth who are both antisocial and rejected may be at heightened risk for school dropout

Aggression · Developmental psychology · Dropout (neural networks · Logistic regression · Peer group · Preference · School dropout · Statistics · Early Childhood Education and Development · Psychology · Social Psychology

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