Department of Child Development and Family Studies, Seoul National University, Seoul 03080, Korea.
Department of Psychology, University of California, San Diego, CA 92039, USA.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Nov 3;19(21):14423. doi: 10.3390/ijerph192114423.
The present study aims to observe the patterns of newspaper subscription and reading and further explore the structural relationship between parent-child interactions, children's reading motivation, and academic achievement in families with school-age children. Online surveys were administered to 1361 parents of elementary students from grade 1 to 6 across South Korea. Collected data were analyzed using SPSS and AMOS to conduct frequency analysis, correlation analysis, structural equation modeling, and bootstrapping analysis. Results showed the following. First, 17.0% of households subscribed to a newspaper, 28.5% of parents read paper newspapers, and 97.1% of parents read online newspapers. Second, parent-child interaction using newspapers had an indirect effect on children's academic achievement through the mediating effect of reading motivation. Overall results revealed the functions of newspaper as part of home literacy environment and the newspaper's positive contribution to a child's reading motivation and academic achievement.
本研究旨在观察报纸订阅和阅读的模式，并进一步探讨有学龄儿童的家庭中亲子互动、儿童阅读动机和学业成绩之间的结构关系。本研究对韩国 1 至 6 年级的 1361 名小学生家长进行了在线调查。收集的数据使用 SPSS 和 AMOS 进行了频率分析、相关分析、结构方程建模和自举分析。结果表明：第一，有 17.0%的家庭订阅报纸，28.5%的家长阅读纸质报纸，97.1%的家长阅读网络报纸。第二，使用报纸的亲子互动通过阅读动机的中介作用对儿童的学业成绩产生间接影响。总体结果表明，报纸作为家庭读写环境的一部分具有一定的功能，报纸对儿童的阅读动机和学业成绩有积极贡献。
