Abstract
Dropout in higher education has presented significant competition rates in the last few years. Seeking to know the reasons why the phenomenon happens can help to understand and create strategies for its minimization, especially when studying its micro-context (specific higher education or course institutions). This study is a literature review about the dropout in Psychology courses in Brazil, referring to the databases SciELO, Scopus, CAPES Thesis and Dissertations Database, and Brazilian Thesis and Dissertations Digital Library, without any search period limitation. As a result, initially a lack of publications was observed, as only seven studies were found. As to the reasons for the dropout, there are general questions among the studies that investigate this phenomenon in different courses, such as the challenges of reconciling work and study, for example, but also reasons specific to the training context in Psychology, such as idealized aspects about the profession of psychologist, the pursuit of the course for therapeutic purposes, and conflicts between different views of Psychology, leading to disagreements. We hope that the data and considerations presented here will help researchers and practitioners who dedicate themselves to higher education issues, as well as those who dedicate themselves to the training of students in Psychology, since, through the knowledge of the main reasons listed for course dropouts, it is possible to plan and implement strategies of prevention to the phenomenon of dropout.
Keywords:
Dropout; Higher Education; Student; Psychology