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Character Strengths of Students At Risk of Dropping Out of High School

Baker, Sarah
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1412175521

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2015, Psy. D., Antioch University, Antioch New England: Clinical Psychology.
The goal of this study was to determine the participants' perceptions about what strengths at-risk students who follow through and graduate from high school have, using the conceptual framework of positive psychology, and its classification system of virtues and character strengths. To reveal the strengths of these students, this study used a qualitative methodology, interpretive phenomenological analysis (IPA). In addition, the participants were asked to fill out a Likert scale survey to rate how frequently at-risk students who graduated employed each of the 24 VIA characteristics. The purpose of this study was to add to the under-researched area of identifying the strengths and not the weaknesses of those students at risk of dropping out but made it to graduation. This study should also raise awareness in the field of positive psychology, suggesting that the strengths of this population differ from the general adolescent population.
Kathi Borden, PhD (Committee Chair)
William Slammon, PhD (Committee Member)
Michael Foot, PhD (Committee Member)
90 p.
Clinical Psychology
positive psychology; character strengths; virtues; at-risk students; at-risk adolescents; high school dropouts; high school students

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  • Baker, S. (2015). Character Strengths of Students At Risk of Dropping Out of High School [Doctoral dissertation, Antioch University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1412175521

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Baker, Sarah. Character Strengths of Students At Risk of Dropping Out of High School . 2015. Antioch University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1412175521.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Baker, Sarah. "Character Strengths of Students At Risk of Dropping Out of High School ." Doctoral dissertation, Antioch University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1412175521

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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