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Attitude Toward Reading Scale

ATREADA person's overall evaluation of reading as a beneficial, important, and worthwhile activity
5 items 2012 α alpha = .87 (Avnet, Pham, & Stephen, 2012; Study 2, n=52 students) Free Avnet, T., Pham, M.T., & Stephen, A.T.

What it measures

A five-item, seven-point semantic differential scale measuring a person's overall attitude toward reading, with an emphasis on its perceived benefits and importance. Items address the personal benefit of reading, the respondent's general opinion of reading, its character-building potential, its worth as a time investment, and its overall importance. Developed by the authors for use in Study 2 of a six-study investigation into how consumers' reliance on their feelings as information affects judgment and decision making. Reading was used as the focal activity to create a domain in which participants would have pre-existing attitudes amenable to experimental manipulation.

Citation

Avnet, T., Pham, M.T., & Stephen, A.T. (2012). Consumers' trust in feelings as information. Journal of Consumer Research, 39(4), 720-735.

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