Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11861/10298
Title: Exploring the interplay between socioeconomic status and reading achievement: An expectancy-value perspective
Authors: Yeung, Susanna S. S. 
King, Ronnel B. 
Dr. NALIPAY Ma. Jenina N. 
Cai, Yuyang 
Issue Date: 2022
Source: British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2022, vol. 92(3), pp. 1196-1214.
Journal: British Journal of Educational Psychology 
Abstract: Background Socioeconomic status (SES) and motivation are both important predictors of student achievement. However, most studies have investigated these factors separately, and very few have looked into the interplay between SES and motivation as determinants of student reading achievement. Aims We intend to bridge this gap by examining a model of SES predicting reading achievement through motivation (i.e., expectancy and value) at both student and school levels. Sample We used the data from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2018 of 26,281 students from four regions in Greater China (Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taipei). Methods We used multi-group multilevel path analysis to test whether SES would predict reading achievement mediated by expectancy and value in student and school levels across four regions, with gender as a covariate. Results Results showed that at the student level, SES significantly predicted reading achievement indirectly through both expectancy and value across four regions. At the school level, the relationship between school SES and school reading achievement was mostly direct. Conclusion The study was able to demonstrate the motivational gap as a pathway in which economic inequality can contribute to students’ reading achievement gap.
Type: Peer Reviewed Journal Article
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11861/10298
ISSN: 2044-8279
0007-0998
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/bjep.12495
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