Relationship between Motives for Participation in and Dropout from Adult Education
- 1 August 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychological Reports
- Vol. 43 (1) , 23-26
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1978.43.1.23
Abstract
The relationship between motives for participation in and dropout from adult education courses was examined by relating factorially derived motivation scores to an index of dropout-persistence. Of the eight motivation factors identified only one was significantly associated with dropout. It was argued that dropout from adult education stems from a complex interaction of psychological and environmental variables and that single-variable correlations yield little of value to the educator.Keywords
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