The Relationship of Hope in the Future and Perceived School Climate to School Completion.

Worrell, Frank C.; Hale, Robert L.

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Publication Date: 2001

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The Relationship of Hope in the Future and Perceived School Climate to School Completion.

Worrell, Frank C.; Hale, Robert L.

School Psychology Quarterly, v16 n4 p370-88 Win 2001

Examines the impact of hope in the future and school climate as protective factors in school dropouts and graduates. Results reveal that dropouts rated perceived school climate significantly lower than graduates, and graduates rated the importance of attending college significantly higher than dropouts. Discusses results as evidence of the utility of the risk/resilience paradigm in school completion research. (Contains 71 references and 4 tables.) (GCP)

Descriptors: Dropout Research, Dropouts, Educational Environment, High School Graduates, High School Students, High Schools, Resilience (Personality), Student Attitudes

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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