Open AccessExpulsions, a risk factor for school dropout and failure
Author(s) -
María del Carmen Narváez,
Cruz Roja Española,
Rafael Arredondo
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
ehquidad
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2386-4915
DOI - 10.15257/ehquidad.2021.0015
Subject(s) - dropout (neural networks) , school dropout , psychology , psychological resilience , population , longitudinal study , intervention (counseling) , addiction , consumption (sociology) , developmental psychology , social psychology , demography , environmental health , medicine , psychiatry , sociology , socioeconomics , computer science , social science , pathology , machine learning
The present study tries to analyze the variables influencing school dropout and failure, focusing on a specific population with the highest risk, minors expelled from schools. For this, the data collected during five school years (2014-15 to 2018-19) has been taken, through an initial questionnaire carried out in the Civic Association for Prevention (ACP), within the Project for Attention to Minors in Expulsion (PAMEX), to a total of 523 minors. It can be observed in the results obtained the determination of a profile that characterizes these students, mostly boys of the first cycle of secondary education, with similar hobbies and enjoyment of free time, as well as the consumption of addictive substances, highlighting the importance of abuse of energy drinks. This longitudinal study has made it possible to compare these variables over time and how they have been maintained. Future lines of research and intervention are also proposed after the confinement suffered by minors due to COVID-19, focused on mitigating variables such as resilience and engagement.