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María Esteban; Ana B. Bernardo; Elena Blanco; Palmira Oserin – International Journal of Educational Psychology, 2024
Over the last 50 years, Higher Education has experienced significant development, which has been associated with challenges that have yet to be solved. In this sense, university dropout is a global phenomenon that worries universities all over the world. Many research studies describe the possible causes of this phenomenon, but the most…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Universities, Dropouts, Dropout Attitudes
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Pikkarainen, Merja Tellervo; Hakala, Juha T.; Kykyri, Virpi-Liisa – International Journal of Educational Psychology, 2021
The present study aims to provide insights into the experiences of early school leavers within the Finnish context. We conducted a narrative inquiry among eleven early school leavers who were in prison when they were interviewed. Self Determination Theory (SDT), more specifically the concept of frustration of the three basic psychological needs of…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Dropout Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Self Determination