Risk of dropout is especially high when an adolescent's network includes more than one type of same-age intimate who recently dropped out¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · associational r2 · q2–q3 · i3 large
Currency · newest study 2021 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i3 Dropout among two or more types of same-age intimates carried a particularly large adjusted OR (4.88, 95% CI 2.54-12.5), almost twice the OR for dropout among only one type (2.53). → 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 · i3 · associational · r2

Model 3 of the logistic regressions on cases and matched controls (n = 366) tested cumulative exposure. The OR for two or more intimate types "was particularly large — almost twice the OR estimated for the occurrence of dropout in only one type of intimate (4.88/2.53 = 1.93)"; the abstract reports OR = 4.88, 95% CI 2.54-12.5.

"the OR for the occurrences of dropout among two types of intimates or more was particularly large — almost twice the OR estimated for the occurrence of dropout in only one type of intimate (4.88/2.53 = 1.93) — although both were significantly associated with dropout"

Dupéré 2021 (2)¶

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

q2 · i? · associational · r2

Bivariate comparisons (Table 2) without confounder control showed the same pattern descriptively: "dropout cases were 2.6 times (19.7% / 7.7%) more likely than matched controls to report occurrences of dropout for two or more types of same-age intimates".

"dropout cases were 2.6 times (19.7% / 7.7%) more likely than matched controls to report occurrences of dropout for two or more types of same-age intimates"

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