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Goldberg, Margaret E. – Social Work in Education, 1999
The project described in this article investigates student explanations of truancy and dropout, and associated demographic and academic variables among Cambodian students (N=23) at a comprehensive high school. Results suggest that students at high risk of truancy can be identified before they start high school on the basis of their behavior in…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Attendance, Business Correspondence, Cambodian
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Chang, Janet; Le, Thao N. – Crime & Delinquency, 2005
Past research on academic achievement has tended to overlook the diversity among Asian American groups and the educational and socioeconomic difficulties that many Asians, particularly Southeast Asians, face. The present study addressed several shortcomings of past research by contrasting parent attachment and discipline, peer delinquency, and…
Descriptors: Laotians, Cambodians, Delinquency, Grade Point Average