Student engagement and its relationship with early high school dropout

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 651-670

  Archambault, Isabelle ^a   Janosz, Michel ^a   Fallu, Jean Sébastien ^a   Pagani, Linda S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Achievement motivation; Commitment; Involvement; Participation; School dropout; School engagement

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ACADEMIC FAILURE; ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT ATTITUDE;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; CHILD; COGNITION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUEBEC; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENT DROPOUTS; STUDENTS;

EID: 67349200764     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: 10959254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2008.06.007     Document Type: Article

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