TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1998//
TI  - Adolescent school experiences and dropout, adolescent pregnancy, and young adult deviant behavior
JO  - Journal of adolescent research
A1  - Kasen, S.
A1  - Cohen, P.
A1  - Brook, J. S.
SP  - 49
EP  - 72
VL  - 13
IS  - 1
N2  - Outside of the family, schools are the most proximal socializing agent available to convey societal norms and prohibitions to young people. In some cases, a positive school experience can compensate for the antisocial influence of family and community. The present study investigated the predictive ability of school-related factors on later deviancy in a random sample of 452 US adolescents 12-18 years of age attending 150 junior or senior high schools in upstate New York and enrolled in a broader prospective study. A measure of conduct problems, obtained 2 years before measurement of school factors, was used to control for the predisposing effects of problematic behavior on later deviance. Academic achievement, academic aspirations, and a learning-focused school environment had deterrent effects on all deviant outcomes assessed--dropping out of school, adolescent pregnancy, engaging in criminal activities, criminal conviction, antisocial personality disorder, and alcohol abuse--independent of age, gender, intelligence quotient, socioeconomic status, childhood conduct problems, and proportion of deviance-oriented friends in adolescence. Given the persistence of deviant behavioral patterns of adolescence into adulthood, the systems-level influences identified in this study should be given careful attention.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0743-5584
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -