The pooled burnout–dropout intentions effect appears robust to outliers and minimally influenced by publication bias¶

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q3 i? Outlier removal barely changed the pooled effect and funnel-plot symmetry tests suggested minimal publication bias. → Daniel J. Madigan 2026

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Daniel J. Madigan 2026¶

Daniel J. Madigan, Hanna L. Glandorf. (2026). Student Burnout and Educational Dropout: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Dropout Behavior and Intentions. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-026-10191-y

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Sensitivity analyses of the multilevel meta-analysis: four effects flagged by Cook's distance were removed with negligible change to the pooled effect; multilevel Egger's test suggested funnel-plot symmetry (F(1,35) = 0.0001, p = .99).

"The exclusion of these effects had very little consequence on the overall pooled effect ( r+ = .46, 95% CI = .44 to .54, p < .0001, z = .49). Together, these results suggested that the overall pooled effect was largely robust to outliers and influential cases."

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