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Prestholdt, Perry H.; Fisher, Jack L. – 1983
To develop and test a theoretical model, based on the Theory of Reasoned Action (Fishbein and Ajzen, 1975), for understanding and predicting the decision to stay in or drop out of school, to identify the specific beliefs that are the basis of that decision, and to evaluate the use of moderator variables (sex, race) to individualize the model,…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Beliefs, Decision Making, Dropout Characteristics
Peer reviewedLee, Valerie E.; Burkam, David T. – American Journal of Education, 1992
Investigates a hypothesized continuum of school behavior that presents school transfer as an alternative to dropping out. Data from the High School and Beyond survey base year and first followup are used to compare 792 transfers and 1,543 dropouts and to support such a continuum. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Patterns, Catholic Schools, Dropout Research
