Perceived Prevalence of Teasing and Bullying Predicts High School Dropout Rates

Autor/inn/en	Cornell, Dewey; Gregory, Anne; Huang, Francis; Fan, Xitao
Titel	Perceived Prevalence of Teasing and Bullying Predicts High School Dropout Rates
Quelle	In: Journal of Educational Psychology, 105 (2013) 1, S.138-149 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-0663
DOI	10.1037/a0030416
Schlagwörter	Academic Achievement; Dropouts; Bullying; Crime; School Size; Dropout Rate; Incidence; High School Students; Public Schools; Prediction; Regression (Statistics); Community Characteristics; Correlation; Predictor Variables; Minority Groups; Student Attitudes; Teacher Attitudes; Virginia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulleistung; Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; Mobbing; Crimes; Delict; Delicts; Delikt; Vorkommen; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Vorhersage; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Korrelation; Prädiktor; Ethnische Minderheit; Schülerverhalten; Lehrerverhalten
Abstract	This prospective study of 276 Virginia public high schools found that the prevalence of teasing and bullying (PTB) as perceived by both 9th-grade students and teachers was predictive of dropout rates for this cohort 4 years later. Negative binomial regression indicated that one standard deviation increases in student- and teacher-reported PTB were associated with 16.5% and 10.8% increases in the number of dropouts, respectively, after controlling for the effects of other predictors, including school size, student body poverty and minority composition, community crime rates, and performance on standardized achievement testing. The predictive values of student and teacher perceptions of PTB were comparable in magnitude to the predictive values for other commonly recognized correlates of dropout rates. These results provide new evidence that the prevalence of peer victimization in high school is an important factor in high school academic performance. (Contains 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10