Stressors and Turning Points in High School and Dropout: A Stress Process, Life Course Framework

Review of Educational Research

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 591-629

  Dupéré, Véronique ^a   Leventhal, Tama ^b   Dion, Eric ^c   Crosnoe, Robert ^d   Archambault, Isabelle ^a   Janosz, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

contextual influences; high school dropout; life course; precipitating factors; stress process; theoretical framework

Indexed keywords

EID: 84947295667     PISSN: 00346543     EISSN: 19351046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0034654314559845     Document Type: Review

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