Thouin Éliane, Dupéré Véronique, Dion Eric, McCabe Julie, Denault Anne-Sophie, Archambault Isabelle, Brière Frédéric N, Leventhal Tama, Crosnoe Robert
Université de Montréal.
Université du Québec à Montréal.
Appl Dev Sci. 2022;26(2):303-316. doi: 10.1080/10888691.2020.1796665. Epub 2020 Jul 28.
Encouraging involvement in school-based extracurricular activities (ECA) may be important for preventing high school dropout. However, the potential of these activities remains underexploited, perhaps because studies linking ECA involvement and dropout are rare and based on decades-old data. Previous studies also ignore key parameters of student involvement. The present study expands and updates this limited literature by using recent data from a high-risk Canadian sample ( = 545) and by considering a range of involvement parameters. Results showed that consistent involvement in the past year was associated with lower odds of dropout (OR = 0.32; 95% CI = 0.17-0.61). However, adolescents who interrupted their involvement during this period (e.g., because of cancelations or exclusions) were as much at risk of dropout as those who were not involved at all. Findings notably imply that excluding students from ECA (e.g., because of No Pass/No Play policies) may heighten their dropout risk.
鼓励学生参与校内课外活动可能对预防高中辍学至关重要。然而，这些活动的潜力仍未得到充分开发，这可能是因为将参与课外活动与辍学联系起来的研究很少，且基于数十年前的数据。以往的研究还忽略了学生参与的关键参数。本研究通过使用来自加拿大一个高风险样本（n = 545）的最新数据，并考虑一系列参与参数，对这一有限的文献进行了扩展和更新。结果显示，在过去一年中持续参与课外活动与较低的辍学几率相关（比值比 = 0.32；95%置信区间 = 0.17 - 0.61）。然而，在此期间中断参与的青少年（例如，由于活动取消或被排除在外）与完全不参与的青少年面临的辍学风险一样高。研究结果尤其表明，将学生排除在课外活动之外（例如，由于“无及格/无参赛”政策）可能会增加他们的辍学风险。
