Les facteurs personnels de décrochage, de raccrochage et de réussite scolaire en formation générale des adultes
What personal factors are involved in high school dropout, hangup, and the academic perseverance in the general adult education? To answer this question, we carried out a quantitative retrospective research using a questionnaire containing demographic variables and several intrinsic variables we found to be relevant in educational literature: psychological well-being, self-esteem, academic identity, motivation, aspiration, locus of control, and self-compassion. According to the literature in the education field, these variables were linked to school dropout, hangup, and academic performance and perseverance. The aim of our research was to describe the non-linear educational path of adult learners studying in adult educational centres. In total, we have recruited 44 participants from different ethnic backgrounds studying in Francophone and Anglophone adult education centres in Montreal and Laval. In our theoretical framework, we used Deci and Ryan’s (2000) self-determination theory, the Pavot and Diener’s (1993) psychological well-being, and explained their link to school perseverance and dropout.   The data collected with our questionnaire revealed that there are indeed differences between our variables of interest at time 1 (during high school education), at time 2 (during the dropout), and at time 3 (in the adult centres). Nevertheless, there are still correlations between these stages of transition for the same variables. Moreover, we found links between the different types of motivation and the other personal factors in our study. Those results were similar to the ones found in the literature. We finally have described the influences of certain demographic variables on the personal factors that seem to be involved in the dropout, hangup and school perseverance of our participants. Subsequently, the discussion chapter of this thesis allowed us to explain or make assumptions about our results. Finally, we determined the limitations of this study and gave some direction for future research.
aspiration motivation affiliation sociale dropout hangup school perseverence school performance adult general education self-determination theory psychological well-being self-esteem aspiration school identity motivation autonomy competence relatedness self-compassion