Peer group influences on fifth graders' reading motivation

Maria von Salisch; Maik Philipp; Dietmar Gölitz

doi:10.1080/00207594.2008.10108484

Peer group influences on fifth graders' reading motivation

Institute of Psychology in Education

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Abstract

Although family and school factors affecting children's reading motivation are known, little is known about the influence of their peer group's attitude towards reading. Therefore N = 501 fifth graders attending three different tracks of German schools filled in questionnaires about family reading climate, school motivation, reading motivation and behavior and answered questions on a newly constructed questionnaire about their peer group's attitude towards reading (alpha = .80). Hierarchical regressions suggest that their peer group's attitude towards reading predicted fifth graders' reading motivation above and beyond gender, school track (ability level), familiy reading climate, and school motivation, especially among girls.

Original language	English
Journal	International Journal of Psychology
Volume	43
Issue number	3-4
Pages (from-to)	214
Number of pages	1
ISSN	0020-7594
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/00207594.2008.10108484
Publication status	Published - 01.06.2008

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Peer group influences on fifth graders' reading motivation

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