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The dimensions of reading attitude for inner‐city Detroit fifth graders
Author(s) -
Blaha John,
Chomin Larry
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
psychology in the schools
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1520-6807
pISSN - 0033-3085
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6807(198107)18:3<274::aid-pits2310180304>3.0.co;2-e
Subject(s) - reading (process) , psychology , comics , dimension (graph theory) , newspaper , construct validity , social psychology , developmental psychology , psychometrics , linguistics , media studies , computer science , artificial intelligence , mathematics , sociology , philosophy , pure mathematics
A principle‐factor analysis of the 88 items comprising the Survey of Reading Attitudes investigated the construct validity of the eight dimensions of reading attitude. The sample consisted of 344 inner‐city Detroit fifth graders. The factor structure showed support for the Expressed Reading as Difficulty, Reading as Enjoyment, Silent vs. Oral Reading, and Alternative Learning Modes dimensions. However, the Reading Anxiety dimension tended to merge with the Expressed Reading Difficulty dimension, and the Reading as Direct Reinforcement and Reading Group dimensions merged into a single dimension. This finding suggests these dimensions may be correlated, and an oblique rotation may be more appropriate. The Comics dimension split into two dimensions: Comic Books and Newspaper Comics. Thus, these findings generally cross‐validate the dimensions of reading attitude found in earlier studies of the Survey of Reading Attitudes .