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Risk and Protective Factors for Educational Achievement Among Serious Offending Girls
Author(s) -
Oudekerk Barbara A.,
Chauhan Preeti,
Reppucci N. Dickon
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of research on adolescence
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.342
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1532-7795
pISSN - 1050-8392
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-7795.2011.00771.x
Subject(s) - psychology , academic achievement , developmental psychology , educational attainment , intervention (counseling) , longitudinal study , population , clinical psychology , demography , medicine , psychiatry , pathology , sociology , economics , economic growth
Using longitudinal data, this analysis: (1) documented educational outcomes for serious offending girls, and (2) identified risk and protective factors associated with academic achievement in mid‐adolescence and degree attainment by early adulthood. In mid‐adolescence, girls performed nearly one standard deviation below the population mean on academic achievement tests. Low IQ and special education needs were strong correlates of poor academic achievement, but living in a highly educated neighborhood was associated with higher academic achievement scores. By early adulthood, 62.7% of girls had received a General Educational Development ( GED ) or high school degree, and mid‐adolescent academic achievement was the strongest predictor of degree attainment. Results suggest a need for early academic intervention targeting individual and neighborhood factors among offending girls.