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Steward, Robbie J.; Steward, Astin Devine; Blair, Jonathan; Jo, Hanik; Hill, Martin F. – Urban Education, 2008
Urban African American first-year high school students' absenteeism was found to be negatively related to grade point average (GPA) and avoidance as a means of coping (use of substances as a way to escape--food, alcohol, smoking, caffeine, etc.) and positively related to use of social support as a means of coping (efforts to stay emotionally…
Descriptors: African American Students, Counseling Services, Grade Point Average, Attendance Patterns
Steward, Robbie J.; Steward, Astin Devine; Blair, Jonathan – 2002
This study investigated the degree to which at-risk, urban, African American high school students' coping strategies and grade point average (GPA) would predict attendance. Data were collected from 100 high school freshmen using the Adolescent Coping Orientation for Problem Experiences. Students' GPAs were identified through school records.…
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, Black Students, Coping, High School Freshmen