Sibling effects, environmental influences, and school dropout.

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Relations were examined between sibling variables, environmental influences, and the likelihood of dropping out of school. Data were collected from Australian adolescents (4,096 boys, 4,570 girls). Findings indicated that, after taking into account measures of distal contexts and proximal learning settings, sibling variables continued to have small but significant associations with adolescents' school dropout behavior.

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Author/s: Marjoribanks, Kevin (K);

Affiliation: University of Adelaide, Australia. Kevin.marjoribanks(-atsign-)adelaide.edu.au

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: Psychological reports (Psychol Rep), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2002-Dec; vol 91 (issue 3 Pt 2) : pp 1276-8

Dates: Created 2003/02/14; Completed 2003/04/07; Revised 2004/11/17;

PMID: 12585550, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)

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