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Stephens, Nicole M.; Markus, Hazel Rose; Fryberg, Stephanie A. – Psychological Review, 2012
The literature on social class disparities in health and education contains 2 underlying, yet often opposed, models of behavior: the individual model and the structural model. These models refer to largely unacknowledged assumptions about the sources of human behavior that are foundational to research and interventions. Our review and theoretical…
Descriptors: Prevention, Behavior Patterns, Individual Characteristics, Behavior Change
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Blondal, Kristjana S.; Adalbjarnardottir, Sigrun – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2012
Students' different educational pathways were examined in relation to their disengagement during adolescence. The participants were Icelandic youth (N = 832) who were followed from age 14 to 22. Based on their academic achievement at age 15 and educational attainment at age 22 they were classified into groups that took expected versus unexpected…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Adolescents, Student Characteristics, Academic Achievement