1. Effectiveness of a community-led shared book reading intervention in Syrian refugee children: a randomised controlled trial.
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Hadfield K, Al-Hamad M, Dajani R, El Kharouf A, Michalek J, Qtaishat L, von Stumm S, and Mareschal I
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- Humans, Female, Child, Male, Syria, Child, Preschool, Jordan, Literacy, Adult, Books, Mothers psychology, Refugees psychology, Reading
- Abstract
Community-led, shared book reading programs may help improve refugee children's reading abilities and attitudes towards reading. We Love Reading (WLR)-a light-touch, community-led, shared book reading program-was evaluated in a pre-registered, wait-listed, randomised controlled trial (AEARCTR-0006523). 322 Syrian refugee mother-child dyads (children: 4-8-year-olds, 50.0% female) in Jordan were tested at two timepoints, 15 weeks apart. WLR did not significantly affect child literacy or child-reported child attitudes toward reading (ps > 0.05). Mothers did report improved child attitudes toward reading from WLR (p = 0.046, η
2 = 0.013). The intervention did not lead to improvements in family relationships (ps > 0.05). WLR may have promise in improving attitudes toward reading in forcibly displaced children but did not affect literacy or child-reported attitudes toward reading; these results provide insight into what changes are needed for effective shared book reading interventions in this population., (© 2024. The Author(s).)- Published
- 2024
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