caa a22 4500 388043857 CHVBK 20180307125030.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e199811 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S1037291100003721 doi S1037291100003721 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S1037291100003721 Characteristics of students ‘at risk' of leaving school early [Elektronische Daten] Students who leave school early face long-term unemployment and a future possibly dependent on social welfare. This study reports characteristics of students at risk of leaving the education system. On the basis of teacher judgment, a group of students was selected to participate in an alternative Year 10 program at a rural school. Measures of scholastic achievement were administered at the beginning of the academic year, and personality measures at mid-year. Compared with their peers, these students were low academic achievers. They adopted coping styles which were more consultative and externalised than those adopted by the mainstream group. Self-esteem indicators did not discriminate strongly between the groups. Results support research which identifies achievement as a predictor of early school leaving, but lends an optimistic view of the potential of alternative programs to offer students strategies and resources which may optimise their chances of remaining in the school system longer than would otherwise have been predicted. Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1998 Lew Gloria University of Melbourne Care Esther University of Melbourne Australian Journal of Guidance and Counselling Cambridge University Press 8(1998-11), 25-38 1037-2911 8<25 1998 8 JGC https://doi.org/10.1017/S1037291100003721 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S1037291100003721 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lew Gloria University of Melbourne NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Care Esther University of Melbourne NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Australian Journal of Guidance and Counselling Cambridge University Press 8(1998-11), 25-38 1037-2911 8<25 1998 8 JGC CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge