Mothers' causal attributions concerning the reading achievement of their children with and without familial risk for dyslexia.

Full Abstract

The present study analyzed data from the Jyväskylä Longitudinal Study of Dyslexia to investigate the factors to which mothers of children with and without familial risk for dyslexia attribute the causes of their first-grade children's reading achievement. Mothers' causal attributions were assessed three times during their children's first school year. Children's verbal intelligence was assessed at 5 years and their word and nonword reading skills at 6.5 years. The results showed that the higher the word reading skills the children had, the more their mothers attributed their success to ability than to effort. However, if children had familial risk for dyslexia, their mothers' attribution of success to ability decreased during the first grade as compared with the ability attributions of mothers whose children were in the control group.

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Author information

Author/s: Natale, Katja (K); Aunola, Kaisa (K); Nurmi, Jari-Erik (JE); Poikkeus, Anna-Maija (AM); Lyytinen, Paula (P); Lyytinen, Heikki (H);

Affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland. natale@psyka.jyu.fi

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: Journal of learning disabilities (J Learn Disabil), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: -2008 May-Jun; vol 41 (issue 3) : pp 274-85

Dates: Created 2008/04/24; Completed 2008/06/24;

PMID: 18434293, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)

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MeSH headings (categories)

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Achievement
Attitude
Child
Dyslexia - genetics
Female

Humans
Male
Mothers
Reading
Verbal Behavior

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