Abstract
High school dropout is a major risk factor for students' well-being, and has many negative consequences throughout life. Many governments and schools worldwide are therefore making extensive efforts to prevent student dropout and to better engage students who are at risk of dropping out. Familial support, and specifically positive relationships with parents during adolescence and early adulthood, is seen as a major protective factor for high school dropouts' well-being. This chapter examines the possible implications of school dropout among a relatively overlooked population in the scientific literature that is high school dropouts who belong to closed religious communities. It analyzes the unique situation that adolescent dropouts from the Jewish ultra-Orthodox community face. The chapter focuses on exploration of the parents' role in these youths' well-being, by examining two aspects of parent-youth relationships that is parental support and parental conditional regard. While parents are usually seen as an ally for welfare services when dealing with adolescent dropouts, the findings of the current study show that when it comes to ultra-Orthodox adolescent dropouts, this should come with the necessary understanding of the unique cultural and social aspects of the ultra-Orthodox family in order to avoid violation of communal norms. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Youth without family to lean on |
Subtitle of host publication | Global challenges and local interventions |
Editors | Shula Mozes, Moshe Israelashvili |
Place of Publication | New York, NY, US |
Publisher | Routledge |
Chapter | 16 |
Pages | 242-255 |
Number of pages | 14 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781003124849 |
ISBN (Print) | 9780367645076, 9780367645038 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2023 |
Keywords
- *Parent Child Relations
- *Parental Attitudes
- *Religious Beliefs
- *School Dropout
- *Welfare Services (Government)
- Early Adolescence