TY  - JOUR
A1  - Stutz, Franziska
A1  - Schaffner, Ellen
A1  - Schiefele, Ulrich
T1  - Measurement invariance and validity of a brief questionnaire on reading motivation in elementary students
JF  - Journal of research in reading : a journal of the United Kingdom Reading Association
N2  - In order to initiate more research on the role of reading motivation during the initial stages of learning to comprehend texts, we developed the Reading Motivation Questionnaire for Elementary Students (RMQ-E). The sample comprised 1497 elementary students in Grades 1-3. By means of exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses, three factors were determined: Curiosity, involvement and competition. The three-factor structure of the RMQ-E was found to be invariant across grade levels (scalar invariance) and across female and male students (strict invariance). As was anticipated, students in higher grades and male students were lower in curiosity and involvement than students in lower grades and female students. Whereas competitive reading motivation did not differ across grade levels, it was higher for boys than for girls. Moreover, the contributions of involvement and competition to reading amount and reading competence were in accordance with the hypotheses. The predictive validity of curiosity, however, was not confirmed.
KW  - reading motivation
KW  - assessment
KW  - reading comprehension
KW  - reading amount
KW  - measurement invariance
Y1  - 2017
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9817.12085
SN  - 0141-0423
SN  - 1467-9817
VL  - 40
SP  - 439
EP  - 461
PB  - Wiley
CY  - Hoboken
ER  -