ERIC Number: EJ1189784
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018-Oct
Pages: 33
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ISSN: ISSN-0272-4316
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Patterns of Multisystem Service Use and School Dropout among Seventh-, Eighth-, and Ninth-Grade Students
Garcia, Antonio R.; Metraux, Stephen; Chen, Chin-Chih; Park, Jung Min; Culhane, Dennis P.; Furstenberg, Frank F.
Journal of Early Adolescence, v38 n8 p1041-1073 Oct 2018
Youth who receive services from public mental health, child welfare and delinquency, and homeless systems are often exposed to a number of overlapping child, family, school, and community risk factors. Minimal research, however, has focused on the extent to which single- or multiple-system involvement influences school dropout. Relying on an integrated data set, the associations between single- and multiple-system utilization and risk for dropping out, or actually dropping out of school, among youth in Grades 7 through 9 were examined. Results showed dropout rates more than doubled among public youth system users compared with those in the overall sample. With a few exceptions, use of combinations of services systems translated into somewhat higher likelihoods of dropping out of school when compared with single-system use. Future research is warranted to identify the underlying processes by which single- and multiple-system involvement influences school dropout rates.
Descriptors: Dropouts, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Dropout Rate, At Risk Students, Delinquency, Truancy, Mental Health, Dropout Prevention, Behavior Problems, School Districts, Emotional Disturbances, Child Welfare, Homeless People, Youth, Attendance, Predictor Variables, Special Education
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Grade 7
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Pennsylvania (Philadelphia)
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