Unraveling the Relation Between Reading Comprehension and Print Exposure. Academic Article

abstract

• The purpose of this study was to test the directionality of influence between reading comprehension (RC) and print exposure (PE), thereby estimating genetic and environmental effects of this relation. The sample consisted of 910 twins in fourth through ninth grades (Mage =12.33years, SD=1.41) from the Florida Twin Project on Reading, Behavior, and Environment. Using direction-of-causation model in a twin design, results supported a direction of influence running from RC to PE. This relation was underpinned by genetic and environmental factors of RC as well as PE. Implications for reading education are discussed.

authors

• Erbeli, Florina

published proceedings

• Child Dev

altmetric score

• 88.55

author list (cited authors)

• Erbeli, F., van Bergen, E., & Hart, S. A.

citation count

• 14

complete list of authors

• Erbeli, Florina||van Bergen, Elsje||Hart, Sara A

publication date

• September 2020

publisher

• Wiley  Publisher

published in

• Child Development  Journal

keywords

• Adolescent
• Books
• Child
• Comprehension
• Educational Status
• Female
• Florida
• Humans
• Literature
• Male
• Reading
• Social Environment
• Twins

PubMed Central ID

• 31732976

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1111/cdev.13339

start page

• 1548

end page

• 1562

volume

• 91

issue

• 5

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13339

user-defined tag

• 4 Quality Education