Document Type : Research Paper
Authors
1 Ph.D. of Educational Psychology, Farhangian university of Yazd, yazd, Iran.
2 Professor in Educational Psychology, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Iran.
3 Associate Professor in Educational Psychology, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Iran.
Abstract
The aim of the present study was to test the latent growth curve model of reading motivation and reading attitude by controlling the amount of reading, gender and socio-economic status in elementary school students in Yazd city. The research method was developmental and longitudinal. The statistical population of this research included all students studying in the fourth grades of elementary school in Yazd city in the academic year 2020 to 2021. A multi-stage cluster random sampling method was used to select the sample. In this research, the Reading Motivation Questionnaire (RMQ) from Sheifel and Shafner (2016), the Reading Attitude Questionnaire from McKenna and Keir (1990), the Reading Inventory from Becker et al. (2010). were used. The research results indicated that the growth curve of reading motivation and reading attitude was linear. Gender, both at the beginning and at the end of the fourth assessment, was a good predictor of reading motivation, and reading motivation was higher among girls than among boys. Although gender was a significant predictor for reading attitude at the beginning, but at the end of the measurement, it was not a significant predictor. Socio-economic status was a predictor variable for reading motivation both at the beginning of reading motivation measurement and at the end of the fourth measurement. Socio-economic status neither at the beginning nor at the end of the measurement was not a significant variable to measure reading attitude. The amount of reading both at the beginning of the assessment and at the end of the four assessment stages was a significant predictor variable for reading motivation and reading attitude. In the end, this research showed strong inter-individual differences in reading motivation and reading attitude at the beginning of university (width from the origin) and during the 4 stages of measurement (slope) in students.
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