The developmental trajectory of intrinsic reading motivation: Measurement invariance, group variations, and implications for reading proficiency.

Autor/inn/en	Miyamoto, Ai; Murayama, Kou; Lechner, Clemens M.
Titel	The developmental trajectory of intrinsic reading motivation: Measurement invariance, group variations, and implications for reading proficiency. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Der Entwicklungsverlauf der intrinsischen Lesemotivation: Messinvarianz, Gruppenvariationen und Implikationen für die Leseleistung.
Quelle	In: Contemporary educational psychology, (2020) 63, 14 S.Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0361-476X; 1090-2384
DOI	10.1016/j.cedpsych.2020.101921
Schlagwörter	Sozioökonomischer Status; Jugend; Familie; Geschlechtsspezifischer Unterschied; Schüler; Lesefertigkeit; Lesen; Lesenlernen; Invarianz; Messung; Entwicklung
Abstract	The goal of the present study is to extend previous research on the developmental trajectory of intrinsic reading motivation during early adolescence. Using large-scale panel data on secondary school students in Germany, we examined: (1) the longitudinal measurement invariance of intrinsic reading motivation, (2) the generalizability of the developmental trajectory of intrinsic reading motivation across students' gender, parental socioeconomic status (SES), and school tracks (academic vs. vocational), and (3) the associations between the developmental trajectory of intrinsic reading motivation and the developmental trajectory of reading proficiency. The scale we used to measure intrinsic reading motivation showed the (strict) measurement invariance across six occasions of measurement from Grades 5 to 10, indicating the high structural similarity (e.g., factor loadings, intercepts) of intrinsic reading motivation during early adolescence. Our analyses of latent growth curve models also confirm previous findings that students tend to experience a steady and significant linear decline in intrinsic reading motivation from Grades 5 to 10. This developmental decline also seems to be more pronounced in size (Delta = - 0.772, p ( .001) than previously reported. The developmental decline in intrinsic reading motivation was observed irrespective of students' gender, parental SES, and school tracks. Male students expressed lower mean-levels of intrinsic reading motivation across the waves and exhibited a steeper motivational decline compared to female students. Despite mean-level differences across the waves, students showed similar degrees of a motivational decline across parental SES and school tracks. Finally, the larger decline in students' intrinsic reading motivation was associated with the smaller growth of their reading proficiency from Grades 5 to 10. Our study provides further support for the high prevalence of the developmental decline in intrinsic reading motivation during early adolescence, its generalizability across students' demographic characteristics, and its implications for the development of reading proficiency. (ZPID).
Erfasst von	Leibniz-Institut für Psychologie, Trier
Update	2025/2