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School belonging predicts whether an emerging adult will be not in education, employment, or training (NEET) after school
Parker, Philip Allen, Kelly-Ann Parker, Rhiannon Guo, Jiesi Marsh, Herbert W. Basarkod, Geetanjali Dicke, Theresa
Parker, Philip
Allen, Kelly-Ann
Parker, Rhiannon
Guo, Jiesi
Marsh, Herbert W.
Basarkod, Geetanjali
Dicke, Theresa
Abstract
Children who are excluded from school may end up being excluded from other social institutions. Yet little research has considered whether low school belonging is a risk factor for not being in education, employment, or training after graduation. Using two longitudinal cohorts from Australia (N = 14,082; 51% Boys), we explored this relationship. Controlling for a range of individual and school-level covariates, we found that low school belonging at age 15 is a consistent and practically significant predictor of not in education, employment, or training (NEET) status at ages 16 to 20. We conclude that this relationship is unlikely to be the product of low school belonging lowering the chances of students graduating high school. Rather, low school belonging had a unique association with NEET beyond graduation. Given that NEET represents a range of vulnerabilities, educational policy and practice must find ways for schools to create opportunities for all students to feel included, valued, and accepted. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)
Keywords
school belonging, NEET, emerging adults, longitudinal
Date
2022
Type
Journal article
Journal
Journal of Educational Psychology
Book
Volume
114
Issue
8
Page Range
1881-1894
Article Number
ACU Department
Faculty of Education and Arts
Institute for Positive Psychology and Education
Institute for Positive Psychology and Education
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Published as green open access
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Open
Open