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Veronneau, Marie-Helene; Vitaro, Frank – Educational Psychology, 2007
This article reviews theoretical and empirical work on the relations between child and adolescent peer experiences and high school graduation. First, the different developmental models that guide research in this domain will be explained. Then, descriptions of peer experiences at the group level (peer acceptance/rejection, victimisation, and crowd…
Descriptors: Correlation, Peer Acceptance, Peer Relationship, Children
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Veronneau, Marie-Helene; Vitaro, Frank; Pedersen, Sara; Tremblay, Richard E. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2008
This 17-year longitudinal study tested whether low peer-perceived acceptance and association with aggressive-disruptive friends during preadolescence predicted students' failure to graduate from secondary school. Participants were 997 Caucasian, French-speaking boys from low-socioeconomic status, urban neighborhoods. The boys were recruited in…
Descriptors: Graduation Rate, High School Graduates, Longitudinal Studies, Peer Influence