Understanding East Asian Adolescents' Motivation for Reading: The Self-Determination Perspective

• In Event: Poster Session 9
  In Poster Session: Motivation, Engagement, and Identity

Abstract

This study explored Chinese and Japanese adolescents’ motivation for reading from the Self-Determination perspective in the context of collectivistic Eastern Culture. Measures include scales that measure autonomous reading for academic and recreational purposes; controlled reading for academic and recreational purposes; reading self-efficacy, self-regulation, Grit, and reading perseverance. Similar to their western counterpart, it is found that autonomous reading in and out school of Japanese and Chinese adolescents significantly correlate with higher reading self-efficacy, more time spent in reading, stronger perseverance in reading, and higher reading achievement.

Authors

• Qiuying Wang, Oklahoma State University

• Stephen M. Tonks, Northern Illinois University

• Qinghong Zhao, No.6 Middle School

• Bo Yu, Hong An Middle School