Hadfield Kristin, Al-Hamad Mays, Dajani Rana, El Kharouf Amal, Michalek Julia, Qtaishat Lina, von Stumm Sophie, Mareschal Isabelle
Trinity Centre for Global Health, School of Psychology, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
Medair, Amman, Jordan.
Sci Rep. 2024 Aug 1;14(1):17822. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-68903-9.
Community-led, shared book reading programs may help improve refugee children's reading abilities and attitudes towards reading. We Love Reading (WLR)-a light-touch, community-led, shared book reading program-was evaluated in a pre-registered, wait-listed, randomised controlled trial (AEARCTR-0006523). 322 Syrian refugee mother-child dyads (children: 4-8-year-olds, 50.0% female) in Jordan were tested at two timepoints, 15 weeks apart. WLR did not significantly affect child literacy or child-reported child attitudes toward reading (ps > 0.05). Mothers did report improved child attitudes toward reading from WLR (p = 0.046, η = 0.013). The intervention did not lead to improvements in family relationships (ps > 0.05). WLR may have promise in improving attitudes toward reading in forcibly displaced children but did not affect literacy or child-reported attitudes toward reading; these results provide insight into what changes are needed for effective shared book reading interventions in this population.
社区主导的共享阅读项目可能有助于提高难民儿童的阅读能力以及他们对阅读的态度。“我们爱阅读”（WLR）——一个轻松的、社区主导的共享阅读项目——在一项预先注册、设等待名单的随机对照试验（AEARCTR - 0006523）中得到评估。约旦的322对叙利亚难民母子（孩子年龄为4至8岁，50.0%为女孩）在两个时间点接受测试，时间间隔为15周。WLR对儿童读写能力或儿童自我报告的对阅读的态度没有显著影响（p值>0.05）。母亲们确实报告称WLR使孩子对阅读的态度有所改善（p = 0.046，η = 0.013）。该干预措施并未使家庭关系得到改善（p值>0.05）。WLR可能有望改善被迫流离失所儿童对阅读的态度，但对读写能力或儿童自我报告的对阅读的态度没有影响；这些结果为了解针对这一人群的有效共享阅读干预需要哪些改变提供了见解。
