Why do children read more?:The influence of reading ability on voluntary reading practices
BACKGROUND: This study investigates the causal relationships between reading and print exposure and investigates whether the amount children read outside school determines how well they read, or vice versa. Previous findings from behavioural studies suggest that reading predicts print exposure. Here, we use twin-data and apply the behaviour-genetic approach of direction of causality modelling, suggested by Heath et al. (), to investigate the causal relationships between these two traits. METHOD: Partial data were available for a large sample of twin children (N = 11,559) and 262 siblings, all... Mehr ...
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van Bergen, Elsje
Snowling, Margaret J.
de Zeeuw, Eveline L.
van Beijsterveldt, Catharina E.M.
Dolan, Conor V.
Boomsma, Dorret I. |
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Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: |
2018 |
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van Bergen , E , Snowling , M J , de Zeeuw , E L , van Beijsterveldt , C E M , Dolan , C V & Boomsma , D I 2018 , ' Why do children read more? The influence of reading ability on voluntary reading practices ' , Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry , vol. 59 , no. 11 , pp. 1205-1214 . https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.12910 |
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behaviour-genetics
/ causal modelling
/ Direction of causality models
/ print exposure
/ reading skills
/ twin studies
/ /dk/atira/pure/keywords/cohort_studies/netherlands_twin_register_ntr_
/ name=Netherlands Twin Register (NTR)
/ /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/quality_education
/ name=SDG 4 - Quality Education |
Sprache: |
Englisch |
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https://research.vu.nl/en/publications/388e6ed4-26a4-4a06-8bf0-638f6382ca42 |