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McDermott, Elana R.; Donlan, Alice E.; Zaff, Jonathan F. – Journal of Educational Research, 2019
Understanding the reasons that individuals drop out of high school is fundamental to improving intervention efforts to promote graduation. The authors present a mixed methods analysis of the reasons individuals drop out of high school before graduating. Using a survey methodology with young adults who left school before graduating (N = 1,047, M…
Descriptors: Dropout Attitudes, Dropouts, Young Adults, Stress Variables
McDermott, Elana R.; Anderson, Sara; Zaff, Jonathan F. – Applied Developmental Science, 2018
A large body of work has examined factors that push and pull youth to drop out. However, a relatively minimal amount of work has examined whether and how these factors cluster in individuals' lives preceding or concurrent to leaving school. This study used Latent Class Analysis with a national sample (N = 1,942) to examine how push, pull, and…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Individual Characteristics, Classification, Multivariate Analysis
Zaff, Jonathan F.; Donlan, Alice; Gunning, Aaron; Anderson, Sara E.; McDermott, Elana; Sedaca, Michelle – Educational Psychology Review, 2017
A high school education prepares young people to participate positively in the economy and in civic life, among other positive life outcomes. However, nearly one in five American high school students does not graduate from high school on time, if ever. Progress has been made on understanding why students fail to complete high school and on raising…
Descriptors: High School Students, High School Graduates, Academic Achievement, Graduation Rate
Zaff, Jonathan F.; Malanchuk, Oksana; Eccles, Jacquelynne S. – Applied Developmental Science, 2008
Researchers have theorized that programs to promote positive citizenship should begin with an opportunity for adolescents to participate in civic activities, such as community service or political volunteering. In this article we extend the theory by arguing that a more systemic approach is needed, in which a civic context is developed to promote…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Adolescents, Cultural Influences, Citizen Participation