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Keeping Juvenile Delinquents in School: A Prediction Model.

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Dunham, Roger G.; Alpert, Geoffrey P. – Adolescence, 1987

Tested an empirically based prediction model of school dropout on juvenile delinquents (N=137). Identified four factors yielding a high level of prediction: misbehavior in school, disliking school, the negative influence of peers with respect to dropping out and getting into trouble, and a marginal or weak relationship with parents. (Author/ABB)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Delinquency, Dropout Prevention, Models

Locus of Control, Self-Concept, and Self-Esteem among At-Risk African-American Adolescents.

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Wood, Paula C.; And Others – Adolescence, 1996

Investigates boundaries between normal and abnormal psychological profiles among adolescents, particularly on instruments widely used in psychology research and clinical/educational practice. Participants were 117 students from a large, urban city in an outgoing intervention program, with adolescents who were at risk of dropping out of school…

Descriptors: Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Blacks, Clinical Psychology