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September 21, 2025

Children’s Emotional and Behavioral Reactions to Reading: A Latent Profile Analysis

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RJRachelle Margaret JohnsonFlorida State UniversitySCSally L. ColeFlorida State UniversitySEStephanie EstreraFlorida State University

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Implication

Latent profile analysis reveals diverse emotional and behavioral reactions to reading in children, suggesting tailored interventions.

Key Points

  • About half of children exhibit high positive and low negative emotional reactions towards reading, showing optimism.
  • Twenty percent of children are disengaged from reading, while another twenty percent struggle with high anxiety related to reading.
  • A small percentage, seven percent, experience global distress towards reading marked by low interest and high anxiety.
  • Using a national sample, the study identified distinct profiles for interventions addressing varied emotional and behavioral challenges in reading.

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Johnson et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68d43a06713b0b5dfea7a4f2https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/kxjh3_v1
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