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Direct linkVollet, Justin W.; Kindermann, Thomas A. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2020
This study examined the role that peer groups play in shaping students' academic re-engagement across their first year in middle school and whether influences are stronger from peers with whom students remained affiliated over time. Data were collected on an entire cohort of 366 sixth graders (48% female) in a small town. Students reported on…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Peer Groups, Peer Influence, Learner Engagement
Peer reviewedFrench, Doran C.; Conrad, Jody – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 2001
Assessed at eighth and tenth grades the prediction of school dropout from measures of antisocial behavior, social preference, and achievement. Found that social preference does not uniquely predict school dropout. The possibility exists, however, that youth who are both antisocial and rejected may be at heightened risk for school dropout.…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Adolescents, Antisocial Behavior, Causal Models
