December 5, 2025 – 1:00 p.m. On-site and online session (Room M204, Faculty of Psychology and Speech Therapy). Language: English.
EXPLORING NEW READING HABITS AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH READING COMPREHENSION
Lidia Altamura
Universitat de València
The present dissertation has explored new reading habits and their relationship with reading comprehension, with a particular interest on digital reading habits. It consists of studies: Study 1 presents a meta-analysis that examined the relationship between digital reading habits and reading comprehension. Study 2, which was motivated by the considerable heterogeneity observed in the measurement of digital reading habits in Study 1, presents the development of an instrument designed to capture children’s reading habits differentiating between reading media (print and digital) and reading purpose (leisure and academic). After having validated this instrument, we employed it in a longitudinal study, representing Study 3 in which we examined the dynamic relationships between digital reading habits (leisure and academic), reading comprehension and intrinsic reading motivation over time.
Bio
Lidia Altamura holds a degree in psychology and is a doctoral candidate in the Reading and Comprehension PhD Program at ERI-Lectura (University of Valencia). Her research focuses on digital reading habits and their relationship to reading comprehension and motivation. She has worked on meta-analytic and longitudinal studies within this area, which she intends to continue in her postdoctoral research.
