Reading Self-Concept and Reading Anxiety in Second Grade Children: The Roles of Word Reading, Emergent Literacy Skills, Working Memory and Gender

Background 3 Most studies in the field of reading have focused on the linguistic and cognitive factors. Less is 4 known about the affective aspects of reading in young readers, such as self-perceptions of 5 reading, and reading related anxiety. 6 Aims 7 This study aimed to shed light on the direct and indirect relations between reading and related 8 skills (working memory, emergent literacy skills, word reading accuracy and rate, and gender) as...