School Disengagement as a Predictor of Dropout, Delinquency, and Problem Substance Use during Adolescence and Early Adulthood

Autor/inn/en	Henry, Kimberly L.; Knight, Kelly E.; Thornberry, Terence P.
Titel	School Disengagement as a Predictor of Dropout, Delinquency, and Problem Substance Use during Adolescence and Early Adulthood
Quelle	In: Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 41 (2012) 2, S.156-166 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0047-2891
DOI	10.1007/s10964-011-9665-3
Schlagwörter	Delinquency; Dropout Prevention; Adolescents; Developmental Stages; Learner Engagement; Student Participation; Dropouts; At Risk Students; African American Students; Hispanic American Students; Grade 8; Grade 9; Substance Abuse; Age Differences; Young Adults + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kriminalität; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; African Americans; Student; Students; Afroamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Hispanic; Hispanic Americans; Hispanoamerikaner; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; School year 09; 9. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 09; Drug use; Drug consomption; Drogenkonsum; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener
Abstract	Over the past 5 years, a great deal of attention has been paid to the development of early warning systems for dropout prevention. These warning systems use a set of indicators based on official school records to identify youth at risk for dropout and then appropriately target intervention. The current study builds on this work by assessing the extent to which a school disengagement warning index predicts not only dropout but also other problem behaviors during middle adolescence, late adolescence, and early adulthood. Data from the Rochester Youth Development Study (N = 911, 73% male, 68% African American, and 17% Latino) were used to examine the effects of a school disengagement warning index based on official 8th and 9th grade school records on subsequent dropout, as well as serious delinquency, official offending, and problem substance use during middle adolescence, late adolescence, and early adulthood. Results indicate that the school disengagement warning index is robustly related to dropout as well as serious problem behaviors across the three developmental stages, even after controlling for important potential confounders. High school dropout mediates the effect of the warning index on serious problem behaviors in early adulthood. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10