Dropout among friends, romantic partners, and siblings each shows an independent association with an adolescent's own dropout¶

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Evidence · 1 study · associational r2 · q3
Currency · newest study 2021 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? Occurrences of dropout among friends were independently associated with early school leaving (OR = 1.97, 95% CI 1.25-3.41). → Dupéré 2021 q3 i? Occurrences of dropout among romantic partners were independently associated with early school leaving (OR = 3.12, 95% CI 1.23-11.01). → Dupéré 2021 q3 i? Occurrences of dropout among siblings were independently associated with early school leaving, with non-trivial ORs reported across the three intimate types. → Dupéré 2021

Evidence¶

Dupéré 2021¶

Dupéré, V., Dion, E., Cantin, S., Archambault, I., & Lacourse, E. (2021). Social contagion and high school dropout: The role of friends, romantic partners, and siblings. Journal of Educational Psychology, 113, 572-584. https://doi.org/10.1037/edu0000484

q3 · i? · associational · r2

Model 2 of the logistic regression analyses on cases and matched controls (n = 366) distinguished the three intimate types. The article reports "non-trivial ORs ranging from 1.97 (95% CI 1.25-3.41) for friends, to 3.12 (95% CI 1.23-11.01) for romantic partners", with siblings also independently associated; no standardized effect size was printed.

"Occurrences of dropout among each type of intimate were independently associated with early school leaving, with non-trivial ORs ranging from 1.97 (95% CI 1.25-3.41) for friends, to 3.12 (95% CI 1.23-11.01) for romantic partners"

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Only recent (within the past year) occurrences of dropout in an adolescent's network are associated with the adolescent's own dropout; older occurrences are not — a broader claim this one bears on
• Adolescents are at greater risk of dropping out when at least one same-age intimate (friend, romantic partner, or sibling) has recently dropped out of school — a broader claim this one bears on
• Risk of dropout is especially high when an adolescent's network includes more than one type of same-age intimate who recently dropped out — related
• The association between network dropout and adolescents' own dropout does not significantly differ by gender or by regular versus special education sector — related
• The main dropout-contagion findings remained essentially unchanged across five robustness checks including unmatched samples, IPTW, and conditional regression — related