Lauraine Giacovazzi, Sharon Moonsamy, Munyane Mophosho
Promoting emergent literacy in under-served preschools using environmental print
The South African journal of communication disorders = Die Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir Kommunikasieafwykings
study compared adequacy 5 theories predict dropping high school 10th grade theories include full mediation academic achievement direct effects related general deviance deviant affiliation family socialization structural strains nested latent variable models used test theories prospective data ethnically diverse urban sample poor academic achievement mediated effect independent factors school dropout although general deviance bonding antisocial peers socioeconomic status also retained direct effects dropping therefore none theories tested fully adequate explain data although partial support obtained theory implications prevention early high school dropout discussed