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Unraveling the Relation Between Reading Comprehension and Print Exposure

Author(s) -

Erbeli Florina,

Bergen Elsje,

Hart Sara A.

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

child development

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.103

H-Index - 257

eISSN - 1467-8624

pISSN - 0009-3920

DOI - 10.1111/cdev.13339

Subject(s) - psychology , reading (process) , reading comprehension , ninth , relation (database) , developmental psychology , twin study , comprehension , causation , test (biology) , social psychology , cognitive psychology , linguistics , genetics , heritability , computer science , paleontology , philosophy , physics , database , biology , acoustics , political science , law

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 ( M age = 12.33 years, 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.

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