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Through a New Lens: Contemporary Psychological Perspectives on School Completion and Dropping Out of High School.
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Doll, Beth; Hess, Robyn S. – School Psychology Quarterly, 2001
Introduces this special issue of the journal, describing the psychological scholarship that must underlie efforts of school psychologists to assist in drop-out prevention. Describes the complex understanding of high school completion that emerged from the Interdivisional Task Force on School Dropout Prevention, and the implications this has for…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Dropout Research, High Schools, School Psychologists
Toward a Comprehensive Model of the School Leaving Process among Latinos.
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Velez, William; Saenz, Rogelio – School Psychology Quarterly, 2001
The Latino population continues to have extremely high dropout rates compared to other racial and ethnic groups. Article provides an overview of the literature on Latino dropouts and contains a brief discussion of key policy issues that can be addressed with the development of research and data sources focusing on Latino dropouts. (Contains 97…
Descriptors: Dropout Rate, Dropout Research, Dropouts, Educational Policy
Toward a Comprehensive Model of the School Leaving Process among Latinos
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Velez, William; Saenz, Rogelio – School Psychology Quarterly, 2001
The Latino population continues to have extremely high dropout rates compared to other racial and ethnic groups. This trend is particularly disturbing given the major demographic changes currently under way in this country, with a disproportionate share of the current and future growth of the U.S. population due to the Latino population. Failure…
Descriptors: Racial Differences, Dropouts, Dropout Rate, Hispanic American Students
The Relationship of Hope in the Future and Perceived School Climate to School Completion.
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Worrell, Frank C.; Hale, Robert L. – School Psychology Quarterly, 2001
Examines the impact of hope in the future and school climate as protective factors in school dropouts and graduates. Results reveal that dropouts rated perceived school climate significantly lower than graduates, and graduates rated the importance of attending college significantly higher than dropouts. Discusses results as evidence of the utility…
Descriptors: Dropout Research, Dropouts, Educational Environment, High School Graduates
Early Prospective Studies of the High School Dropout.
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Barclay, James R.; Doll, Beth – School Psychology Quarterly, 2001
Discusses empirical studies conducted between 1950 and 1970 examining the relations between psychological characteristics of students and subsequent high school dropout. Results clarified some methodological requirements for research on school completion and suggested that social and emotional variables explain some of the variance in school…
Descriptors: Dropout Research, Dropouts, High School Students, Longitudinal Studies
Students' Stress, Coping Strategies, and School Completion: A Longitudinal Perspective.
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Hess, Robyn S.; Copeland, Ellis P. – School Psychology Quarterly, 2001
Investigates the relationship between stressful life change events and coping strategies, and high school completion status among early adolescents. Discriminant analysis was used to build a prediction model and indicated that the coping factors of Social Activities and Seeking Professional Support significantly predicted high school dropout…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Coping, Dropout Research, Dropouts