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Reading comprehension predictors in European Portuguese adults

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dc.contributor.authorGonçalves, Fábio
dc.contributor.authorReis, Alexandra
dc.contributor.authorInácio, Filomena
dc.contributor.authorMorais, Inês Salomé
dc.contributor.authorFaisca, Luis
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-03T15:22:01Z
dc.date.available2022-01-03T15:22:01Z
dc.date.issued2021-12
dc.description.abstractResearch on the predictors of reading comprehension has been largely focused on school-aged children and mainly in opaque orthographies, hindering the generalization of the results to adult populations and more transparent orthographies. In the present study, we aim to test two versions of the Simple View of Reading (SVR): the original model and an extended version, including reading fluency and vocabulary. Additional mediation models were analyzed to verify if other reading comprehension predictors (rapid automatized naming, phonological decoding, phonological awareness, morphological awareness, and working memory) have direct effects or if they are mediated through word reading and reading fluency. A sample of 67 typical adult Portuguese readers participated in this study. The SVR model accounted for 27% of the variance in reading comprehension, with oral language comprehension displaying a larger contribution than word reading. In the extended SVR model, reading fluency and vocabulary provided an additional and significant contribution of 7% to the explained variance. Moreover, vocabulary influenced reading comprehension directly and indirectly, via oral language comprehension. In the final mediation model, the total mediation hypothesis was rejected, and only morphological awareness showed a direct effect on reading comprehension. These results provide preliminary evidence that the SVR (with the possible addition of vocabulary) might be a reliable model to explain reading comprehension in adult typical readers in a semitransparent orthography. Furthermore, oral language comprehension and vocabulary were the best predictors in the study, suggesting that remediation programs addressing reading comprehension in adults should promote these abilities.pt_PT
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionpt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.3389/fpsyg.2021.789413pt_PT
dc.identifier.issn1664-1078
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/17408
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherFrontiers Media SApt_PT
dc.relationCenter for Health Technology and Services Research
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectReading comprehensionpt_PT
dc.subjectSimple view of readingpt_PT
dc.subjectPath-analysispt_PT
dc.subjectAdult typical readerspt_PT
dc.subjectEuropean Portuguesept_PT
dc.titleReading comprehension predictors in European Portuguese adultspt_PT
dc.title.alternativePreditores de compreensão de leitura em adultos Europeuspt_PT
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oaire.citation.titleFrontiers in Psychologypt_PT
oaire.citation.volume12pt_PT
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