eprintid: 10069798 rev_number: 16 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/10/06/97/98 datestamp: 2019-03-08 09:01:34 lastmod: 2021-11-16 00:41:35 status_changed: 2019-03-08 09:01:34 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Levy, R creators_name: Hall, M creators_name: Preece, J title: Examining the Links between Parents’ Relationships with Reading and Shared Reading with their Pre-School Children ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B16 divisions: B14 divisions: J82 keywords: Reading relationships; shared reading; family; parents note: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ abstract: While much is known about the benefits of shared reading activity for children, and the role of the home in cultivating shared reading practices far less is known about the factors that can influence parents’ shared reading practices with their children. Given that many young people leave school with poor relationships with reading, this study explores the links between parents’ own relationships with reading and the shared reading they practice with their own children in the home. Drawing on deep-level interview data, this paper presents data from six parents of pre-school children, who reported that they have had a poor personal relationship with reading. These parents all developed positive shared reading relationships with their children, however the importance of this study lies in understanding the interplay between these reading relationships. The data strongly suggested that the construct of ‘reading’ was very different from the ways in which reading had previously been defined for these participants. Reading, within a shared reading context, was seen as a very flexible construct which included activities such as talking and telling stories. In some cases, parents’ own relationships with reading seemed to improve. Implications for intervention with other families are discussed. date: 2018-06-24 date_type: published official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.17583/ijep.2018.3480 oa_status: green full_text_type: pub language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green article_type_text: Article verified: verified_manual elements_id: 1637895 doi: 10.17583/ijep.2018.3480 lyricists_name: Levy, Rachael lyricists_id: RALEV07 actors_name: Levy, Rachael actors_id: RALEV07 actors_role: owner full_text_status: public publication: International Journal of Educational Psychology volume: 7 number: 2 pagerange: 123-123 issn: 2014-3591 citation: Levy, R; Hall, M; Preece, J; (2018) Examining the Links between Parents’ Relationships with Reading and Shared Reading with their Pre-School Children. International Journal of Educational Psychology , 7 (2) p. 123. 10.17583/ijep.2018.3480 <https://doi.org/10.17583/ijep.2018.3480>. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10069798/1/Examining%20the%20links.pdf