Sarah McGeown|Lynne G. Duncan|Yvonne Griffiths|Sue E. Stothard
Exploring the relationship between adolescent’s reading skills, reading motivation and reading habits
University of Edinburgh|University of Dundee|University of London|Durham University
present study examines extent adolescents reading affect reading motivation behaviour reading habits predict different components reading word reading comprehension summarisation text reading speed also adds limited research examining group differences gender age ability adolescents reading motivation reading habits representative sample three hundred twelve students aged 1116 uk participated adolescents reading motivation predicted significant variance reading comprehension summarisation skills accounting word reading text reading speed reading motivation also predicted significant variance text reading speed accounting word reading notably however different dimensions motivation predicted variance different reading skills reading habits fiction book reading emerged consistent predictor variation different reading skills accounting reading abilities group differences gender age ability consistent previous literature