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Developing and validating an abbreviated adult reading history questionnaire in the Finnish and Dutch contexts (2024)
Khanolainen, D., Verwimp, C., Tijms, J., Tolvanen, A., Salminen, J., & Torppa, M. (2024). Developing and validating an abbreviated adult reading history questionnaire in the Finnish and Dutch contexts. Journal of Research in Reading, 47(2), 132-144. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9817.12445
JYU-tekijät tai -toimittajat
Julkaisun tiedot
Julkaisun kaikki tekijät tai toimittajat: Khanolainen, Daria; Verwimp, Cara; Tijms, Jurgen; Tolvanen, Asko; Salminen, Jenni; Torppa, Minna
Lehti tai sarja: Journal of Research in Reading
ISSN: 0141-0423
eISSN: 1467-9817
Julkaisuvuosi: 2024
Ilmestymispäivä: 17.01.2024
Volyymi: 47
Lehden numero: 2
Artikkelin sivunumerot: 132-144
Kustantaja: Wiley-Blackwell
Julkaisumaa: Britannia
Julkaisun kieli: englanti
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9817.12445
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Julkaisu on rinnakkaistallennettu (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/93046
Lisätietoja: Brief Report
Tiivistelmä
The adult reading history questionnaire (ARHQ) is frequently used in research on adult dyslexia and family risk for dyslexia. However, this measure is lengthy (23 items), reducing its applicability in studies with extensive assessment batteries.
Methods
We identified the best-performing ARHQ items in a sample of 396 Finnish adults using exploratory factor analysis and item response theory. Consequently, we validated the brief questionnaire in independent Finnish and Dutch samples by comparing its performance with that of the complete questionnaire. We also evaluated how the scores on the questionnaires related to the scores on direct adult reading assessments in the Finnish samples. Finally, we tested how predictive parental questionnaires were of children's skills in the Dutch and one of the Finnish samples.
Results
Five items were selected to construct the short version of ARHQ. All of them relate to childhood/adolescent reading difficulties rather than current adult skills. The scores of the complete ARHQ significantly correlated with those of the abbreviated version in all samples. Moreover, in one of the samples, direct reading assessment scores had a stronger correlation with the short ARHQ than with the full version. Additionally, across all three samples parental scores on the short ARHQ were at least as predictive of children's reading skills as the complete ARHQ.
Conclusions
The short ARHQ proved to be on a par with the complete version in its usefulness for identifying adults with dyslexia. Future research should investigate whether the five selected items can effectively serve as a brief screening measure for adults with dyslexia in languages other than Finnish and Dutch.
YSO-asiasanat: lukutaito; lukihäiriöt; dysleksia; aikuiset; kyselytutkimus; validointi
Vapaat asiasanat: adult literacy; assessment; dyslexia; adult reading history questionnaire
Liittyvät organisaatiot
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- Leppänen, Paavo
- Euroopan komissio
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- Torppa, Minna
- Euroopan komissio
- Varhaiskasvatuksen prosessilaadun ja kasvattajien pedagogisten käytäntöjen pitkittäiset yhteydet lasten varhaisten taitojen kehitykseen
- Salminen, Jenni
- Suomen Akatemia
OKM-raportointi: Kyllä
VIRTA-lähetysvuosi: 2024
Alustava JUFO-taso: 2