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Exploring the relationship between adolescent's reading skills, reading motivation and reading habits

McGeown, Sarah P.; Duncan, Lynne G.; Griffiths, Yvonne M.; Stothard, Sue E.

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Sarah P. McGeown

Lynne G. Duncan

Yvonne M. Griffiths

Sue E. Stothard



Abstract

The present study examines the extent to which adolescents’ reading affect (reading motivation) and behaviour (reading habits) predict different components of reading (word reading, comprehension, summarisation and text reading speed) and also adds to the limited research examining group differences (gender, age, ability) in adolescents’ reading motivation and reading habits. A representative sample of three hundred and twelve students (aged 11–16) from the UK participated. Adolescents’ reading motivation predicted significant variance in their reading comprehension and summarisation skills, after accounting for word reading and text reading speed. Reading motivation also predicted significant variance in text reading speed after accounting for word reading. Notably, however, different dimensions of motivation predicted variance in different reading skills. Of all the reading habits, only fiction book reading emerged as a consistent predictor of variation in the different reading skills, after accounting for the other reading abilities. Group differences (gender, age and ability) were consistent with previous literature.

Citation

McGeown, S. P., Duncan, L. G., Griffiths, Y. M., & Stothard, S. E. (2015). Exploring the relationship between adolescent's reading skills, reading motivation and reading habits. Reading and Writing, 28(4), 545-569. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11145-014-9537-9

Journal Article Type Article
Online Publication Date Dec 10, 2014
Publication Date Apr 1, 2015
Deposit Date Jan 29, 2015
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Reading and writing.
Print ISSN 0922-4777
Electronic ISSN 1573-0905
Publisher Springer
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 28
Issue 4
Pages 545-569
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s11145-014-9537-9
Keywords Reading, Comprehension, Motivation, Adolescents

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