Self-Perception, Attitude and Reading in Elementary School Students

Abstract

The aim of this study was to assess the relationship among self-perception, attitude and reading ability in elementary school students in Ilam, Iran. The relationship among self-perception, attitude and reading ability has been examined in an enormous number of studies. The large numbers of these studies have discovered confirmation for a mutual effects model. In this study 380 elementary school students participated. The researcher employed self-perception, attitude and reading scales. All instruments were back translated from English to Persian and Persian to English. The structural equation modeling was used to examine the relationship between feeling to read (self-perception and attitude) and reading ability in elementary school student. The results showed that goodness of fit in all variables and domain variables.