Cultural influences on the relationship between self-concept, interest, task-focused behavior, and reading skills
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Inoue, Tomohiro, Georgiou, George K., Maekawa, Hisao and Parrila, Rauno. (2021). Cultural influences on the relationship between self-concept, interest, task-focused behavior, and reading skills. Journal of Cultural Cognitive Science. 5(2), pp. 311-323. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41809-020-00071-4
Authors | Inoue, Tomohiro, Georgiou, George K., Maekawa, Hisao and Parrila, Rauno |
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Abstract | We examined the relations between reading self-concept, reading interest, task-focused behavior, and reading skills, and whether culture moderates their relations in a longitudinal study across Western (Canadian) and East Asian (Japanese) cultural contexts. Three hundred six children were assessed on reading self-concept and reading interest at the beginning of Grade 2, and on reading skills at the beginning and end of Grade 2. Teachers rated the children’s task-focused behavior at the beginning of Grade 2. Results showed that whereas task-focused behavior was uniquely associated with reading skills in both samples, the association between reading self-concept and reading skills was stronger in the Canadian sample than in the Japanese sample. Moreover, reading self-concept had an indirect effect on later reading skills via the effects of task-focused behavior and reading skills only in the Canadian sample. These findings suggest that while it is likely that there is a positive association between motivation and reading skills, the developmental dynamics between them may not be the same across the two cultures. |
Keywords | cross-cultural; interest; motivation; reading; self-concept; task-focused behavior |
Year | 2021 |
Journal | Journal of Cultural Cognitive Science |
Journal citation | 5 (2), pp. 311-323 |
Publisher | Springer |
ISSN | 2520-1018 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1007/s41809-020-00071-4 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-85103193767 |
Page range | 311-323 |
Funder | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) |
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) | |
Publisher's version | License All rights reserved File Access Level Controlled |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 02 Jan 2021 |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 26 Nov 2020 |
Deposited | 05 Jul 2023 |
Grant ID | 18K13223 |
RES0002344 |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/8z3q0/cultural-influences-on-the-relationship-between-self-concept-interest-task-focused-behavior-and-reading-skills
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