Reading Anxiety: An Early Affective Impediment to Children's Success in Reading

• Published in: Journal of cognition and development Vol. 20; no. 1; pp. 15 - 34
• Main Authors: Ramirez, Gerardo, Fries, Laura, Gunderson, Elizabeth, Schaeffer, Marjorie W, Maloney, Erin A., Beilock, Sian L., Levine, Susan C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Philadelphia Psychology Press 01.01.2019; Routledge; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Anxiety; Children; Children & youth; Elementary School Students; Grade 1; Grade 2; Mathematics Achievement; Negative Attitudes; Positive Attitudes; Reading; Reading Achievement; Reading Attitudes; Reading Strategies; Young Children; Indiana; Illinois (Chicago); Wisconsin

Learning to read is a critical but often challenging academic task for young children. In the current study, we explore the relation between children's reading affect--particularly anxiety--and reading achievement in the early years of reading acquisition. We hypothesized that reading anxiety w...