Adolescents’ Reading Motivation: Which Dimensions?

Abstract

What lies behind reading behaviors? What dimensions form the construct of adolescent reading motivation, and how can these dimensions be measured? What is the role of the school library in recognizing, describing, and acting on these drives? A recent survey of 1,500 Italian students led to the emergence of interesting perspectives from which to approach the topic, including the availability of a new psychometric scale for measuring reading motivation.