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A Chance Lost in the Prevention of School Dropout? Teacher-Student Relationships Mediate the Effect of Mental Health Problems on Noncompletion of Upper-Secondary School
- Source :
- Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research. 62:737-753
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- Informa UK Limited, 2017.
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Abstract
- There is increasing awareness of the challenges that young people who do not complete upper-secondary school may encounter. The aim of the current study was to investigate teacher-student relationship as a possible mechanism to reduce the associations between mental health problems, grades, and subsequent noncompletion. Mental health problems and teacher-student relationships were assessed through students’ self-reports in 10th grade, and linked with Norwegian registries of education and sociodemography (n = 10,931). A dual-factor serial mediator model was specified, allowing the effect of mental health problems on school dropout to be mediated by the teacher-student relationship via school grades. Results indicated that teacher-student relationship is a potential mechanism to reduce the negative associations between mental health problems and later noncompletion. However, students with mental health problems seemed to experience less supportive teachers; therefore, interventions targeting teacher...
- Subjects :
- Secondary level
education
05 social sciences
Psychological intervention
050301 education
Norwegian
Mental health
language.human_language
Educational attainment
Education
School dropout
mental disorders
language
medicine
Anxiety
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
medicine.symptom
Psychology
0503 education
At-risk students
050104 developmental & child psychology
Clinical psychology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14701170 and 00313831
- Volume :
- 62
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........2c836a448302b0f3294ce106ad512a73