Editorial: School achievement and failure: Prevention and intervention strategies

Frontiers in Psychology

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Edgar Galindo¹  Adelinda Araújo Candeias¹  Małgorzata Lipowska²  Oscar Conceição de Sousa³  Marcus Stueck⁴ 

[1] Comprehensive Health Research Center ,(CHRC), University of Evora;University of Gdansk;Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias;Academy of Work and Health

关键词: school achievement;    School failure;    Academic Achievement;    educational psychology;    applied psychology;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2022.838057

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

School achievement is probably dependent on a set of social, psychological, family and environmental factors acting jointly in a complex way to foster learning (Christenson et al., 2001); more recent studies devoted to school refusal and academic achievement emphasize once again the complex relationship of individual and contextual factors in these matters (Filippello et al., 2019). At the same time, school failure seems to be a long process of disengagement from learning, often beginning in elementary school, in which the same set of factors plays a central role. So, attending school and classes, completing schoolwork, and participating in school activities are correlated with a positive school performance. Whereas, missing classes, not completing schoolwork, and getting low grades are correlated with school failure, as well as with problems like engaging in disruptive behavior, disinterest in school and low expectations of success. Educational agencies worldwide are increasingly concerned about school failure and, in turn, about the factors determining school achievement. Generally, school failure refers to children, adolescents or adults who have dropped out of school before acquiring basic education, or have completed basic education without going further, or who have dropped out of school before acquiring lower secondary education, or even those who have completed lower secondary education but dropped out before graduating at a higher level. The consequences of school failure seem to be severe and long lasting. These students are more likely to have mental health problems, to abuse of drugs, to commit crimes, to be unemployed, and to earn lower salaries (Lagana-Riordan et al., 2011).

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