Reading enjoyment amongst non-leisure readers can affect achievement in secondary school

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue OCT, 2014, Pages

  Mol, Suzanne E ^a   Jolles, Jelle ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Early adolescence; Leisure reading; Mental imagery; Reading enjoyment; School achievement; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907676118     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01214     Document Type: Article

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