In a review of intervention approaches on the probability of school dropout, White and Kelly (2010) found that there was only one study that they could find that actually included dropout as a dependent variable (Wirth-Bond et al., 1991). Why are there so few studies on school dropout?

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School dropout is a complex and multifaceted problem, which makes it difficult to conduct research on. Additionally, there may be other factors, such as the focus of school counseling literature, that contribute to the lack of research in this area.

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