School Climate Associated with School Dropout Among Tenth Graders

Relationships among School Climate Domains and School Satisfaction

This study investigated the magnitude of the relationships between eight school climate domains and a measure of global school satisfaction among 2,049 middle and high school students. Tests of moderator effects were conducted to determine if the magnitude of the relationships between the school climate domains and school satisfaction differed as a function of students’ gender, grade, age, GPA,...

Social Factors Associated with School Phobia in Elementary School Students

The present study was carried out to identify and analyze the social factors affecting school phobia in children in three domains of personal characteristics, parental expectations for children's educational attainment, and human and physical factors related to schools. The research method was survey and the statistical population of the study was comprised of 545 parents of Tehrani elementary ...

How Insecurity Impacts on School Attendance and School Dropout among Urban Slum Children in Nairobi

Reduced school dropout rates among adolescent mothers receiving school-based prenatal care.

BACKGROUND Adolescent pregnancy is associated with increased school dropout rates. Dropping out amplifies the probability of persistent social and economic disadvantage. Whether school-based health centers might help reduce school absenteeism and dropout rates in this group has not been well studied. OBJECTIVE To examine the association of school-based prenatal services on school attendance a...

School dropout and conduct disorder in Brazilian elementary school students.

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the association between DSM-IV conduct disorder (CD) and school dropout in a sample of students from the third and fourth elementary grades at state schools in the capital of the southernmost state of Brazil. METHODS In this case-control study, students that dropped out of schools (n = 44) and a control group who continued attending schools (n = 44) were assessed for CD...