Beyond the Educational Context: Relevance of Intrinsic Reading Motivation During COVID-19 Confinement in Spain

Frontiers in Psychology

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Raquel De Sixte¹  Inmaculada Fajardo²  Amelia Mañá²  Álvaro Jáñez¹  Marta Ramos¹  María García-Serrano¹  Federica Natalizi³  Barbara Arfé³  Javier Rosales¹ 

[1] Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology, Universidad de Salamanca;Universitat de València;Department of Developmental Psychology and Socialization, Università degli Studi di Padova

关键词: intrinsic reading motivation;    reading behavior;    gender;    distress;    COVID-19;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2021.703251

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

What role could have intrinsic motivation toward reading in an extraordinary situation like the recent confinement? This research examines the relationship between intrinsic reading motivation (IRM) and reading habits in an adult population considering types of reading (for leisure, work/study, social networks, and news), gender, and distress generated by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Participants were 3,849 adults from Spain who were surveyed about their reading practices: before, during the first weeks, and after several weeks of confinement. Linear mixed effects models (LMMs) were used to analyze data. Results showed a three-way interaction between reading frequency, IRM, and type of reading. Also, distress seems to pose a differential impact depending on the type of reading. The higher the IRM, the lesser the time devoted to study/work reading and the more to social and news reading (at the beginning of confinement). In this sense, IRM can function as a protective factor of reading behavior but only for leisure reading. Results support previous findings of the importance of consciously promoting this type of motivation in all individuals beyond educational contexts, since it seems to be positively related to well-being. Other results and implications are discussed.

【 授权许可】

CC BY