Attributes of the Nonresilient: Interviews of Suburban, Middle Class Dropouts with Previous Academic Success

Autor/in	Collins, Julie A.
Titel	Attributes of the Nonresilient: Interviews of Suburban, Middle Class Dropouts with Previous Academic Success
Quelle	In: International Journal on School Disaffection, 1 (2003) 1, S.13-22 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1478-8497
Schlagwörter	Academic Achievement; At Risk Students; Dropouts; Resilience (Psychology); Middle Class; Socioeconomic Background; Advantaged; Suburban Schools; Attribution Theory; Interviews; Coping; Goal Orientation; Psychological Patterns; Expectation; Adults; Interpersonal Relationship + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulleistung; Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; Mittelschicht; Sozioökonomische Lage; Suburban area; Outskirts; Suburb; School; Schools; Vorort; Vorstadt; Schule; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Bewältigung; Zielorientierung; Zielvorstellung; Expectancy; Erwartung; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung
Abstract	An examination of the literature on the characteristics of at-risk students largely cites demographics, socio-economic factors and minority status as identifying factors (DeRidder, 1988; Green and Scott, 1995; Peng, Lee, and Walberg, 1992; Rodriguez, 1997). According to the National Center for Education Statistics (1994), minority students of low socio-economic backgrounds are, in fact, the largest at-risk group. While many at-risk students succeed because of their resilience, there is a growing population of non-minority, suburban, middle or upper income level students who are dropping out of school. Many of these seemingly "advantaged" students may lack resilience as described by Catterall (1998) in his examination of the factors predicting dropout behavior. A limited number of research studies directly address non-minority, suburban dropouts, their characteristics, and their reasons for dropping out. Based upon Westfall and Pisapia's (1994) framework of resiliency, this study focused upon those students who could be considered "nonresilient." Specifically, this research examines the attributes of non-minority, suburban, middle class dropouts who had achieved no failing grades in core academic courses through the eighth grade. (Contains 1 table and 2 figures.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10