Reading Comprehension, Reading Self-Efficacy And Attitude Towards Reading In Students At A Metropolitan Lima State University

Abstract

The relationship between reading comprehension, reading self-efficacy and attitude towards reading in students at a Metropolitan Lima state university was studied. The participants were 1102 university students, obtained through a non-probabilistic sampling procedure, the proportion of students per professional area was established, maintaining the proportion of the population, finally the participants were selected. A correlational design was used. The results show the existence of a significant relationship between reading comprehension and reading self-efficacy, between reading comprehension and attitude towards reading and between reading self-efficacy and attitude towards reading, with which it can be pointed out that there is a statistically significant relationship between reading comprehension, reading self-efficacy and attitude towards reading in the participants.