Reading comprehension in undergraduates during the COVID-19 pandemic: associations with executive function difficulties, reading habits and screen times

Autores
Tabullo, Ángel Javier; Chiófalo, María Florencia; Wainselboim, Alejandro Javier
Año de publicación
2023
Idioma
inglés
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artículo
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versión aceptada
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Fil: Tabullo, Ángel Javier. Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina. Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias Económicas; Argentina
Fil: Tabullo, Ángel Javier. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Tabullo, Ángel Javier. Instituto de Ciencias Humanas, Sociales y Ambientales; Argentina
Fil: Chiófalo, María Florencia. Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina. Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias Económicas; Argentina
Fil: Wainselboim, Alejandro Javier. Instituto de Ciencias Humanas, Sociales y Ambientales; Argentina
Fil: Wainselboim, Alejandro Javier. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic and its concomitant restriction measures drastically altered the routines and learning formats of students from all levels. In addition, it has been shown that pandemic-related stress negatively impacted their mental health and cognitive functioning. Undergraduates have been signaled out as one of the populations most vulnerable to pandemic-related stressors. The following work examined the link between executive functions, perceived stress and reading comprehension among Argentinean university students during lockdown measures. In addition, potential effects of reading habits and screen exposure were considered. An executive function behavioral rating scale (ADEXI), a reading comprehension test and the PSS-10 stress questionnaire were administered to two-hundred social science students through an online survey. Executive difficulties increased with perceived stress, while lower inhibition was associated with longer TV times and being male. Stress and executive function associations can be interpreted as a detrimental effect, reverse or bidirectional causation. In turn, working memory issues led to worse comprehension (mediating the impact of perceived stress) while distal factors such as print exposure and mother education were positive predictors of reading outcomes (as expected). This finding suggests that undergraduates’ difficulties to manipulate online information interfered with expository text processing, resulting in poorer comprehension performance.
Fuente
Reading Psychology. 2023
Materia
COVID-19
COMPRENSION LECTORA
PANDEMIA
ESTUDIANTES UNIVERSITARIOS
ESTRES
TIEMPOS DE PANTALLA
FUNCIONES EJECUTIVAS
Nivel de accesibilidad
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Condiciones de uso
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Repositorio Institucional (UCA)
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Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina
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spelling Reading comprehension in undergraduates during the COVID-19 pandemic: associations with executive function difficulties, reading habits and screen timesTabullo, Ángel JavierChiófalo, María FlorenciaWainselboim, Alejandro JavierCOVID-19COMPRENSION LECTORAPANDEMIAESTUDIANTES UNIVERSITARIOSESTRESTIEMPOS DE PANTALLAFUNCIONES EJECUTIVASFil: Tabullo, Ángel Javier. Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina. Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias Económicas; ArgentinaFil: Tabullo, Ángel Javier. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Tabullo, Ángel Javier. Instituto de Ciencias Humanas, Sociales y Ambientales; ArgentinaFil: Chiófalo, María Florencia. Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina. Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias Económicas; ArgentinaFil: Wainselboim, Alejandro Javier. Instituto de Ciencias Humanas, Sociales y Ambientales; ArgentinaFil: Wainselboim, Alejandro Javier. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaAbstract: The COVID-19 pandemic and its concomitant restriction measures drastically altered the routines and learning formats of students from all levels. In addition, it has been shown that pandemic-related stress negatively impacted their mental health and cognitive functioning. Undergraduates have been signaled out as one of the populations most vulnerable to pandemic-related stressors. The following work examined the link between executive functions, perceived stress and reading comprehension among Argentinean university students during lockdown measures. In addition, potential effects of reading habits and screen exposure were considered. An executive function behavioral rating scale (ADEXI), a reading comprehension test and the PSS-10 stress questionnaire were administered to two-hundred social science students through an online survey. Executive difficulties increased with perceived stress, while lower inhibition was associated with longer TV times and being male. Stress and executive function associations can be interpreted as a detrimental effect, reverse or bidirectional causation. In turn, working memory issues led to worse comprehension (mediating the impact of perceived stress) while distal factors such as print exposure and mother education were positive predictors of reading outcomes (as expected). This finding suggests that undergraduates’ difficulties to manipulate online information interfered with expository text processing, resulting in poorer comprehension performance.Taylor & Francisinfo:eu-repo/date/embargoEnd/2025-09-182023info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfhttps://repositorio.uca.edu.ar/handle/123456789/174190270-2711 (impreso)1521-0685 (online)10.1080/02702711.2023.2246972Tabullo, Á.J., Chiófalo, M. F., Wainselboim, A. J. Reading comprehension in undergraduates during the COVID-19 pandemic: associations with executive function difficulties, reading habits and screen times [en línea]. Postprint del artículo publicado en: Reading Psychology. 2023. doi: 10.1080/02702711.2023.2246972. Disponible en: https://repositorio.uca.edu.ar/handle/123456789/17419Reading Psychology. 2023reponame:Repositorio Institucional (UCA)instname:Pontificia Universidad Católica ArgentinaengArgentinaSiglo XXIinfo:eu-repo/semantics/embargoedAccess2025-07-03T10:59:35Zoai:ucacris:123456789/17419instacron:UCAInstitucionalhttps://repositorio.uca.edu.ar/Universidad privadaNo correspondehttps://repositorio.uca.edu.ar/oaiclaudia_fernandez@uca.edu.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:25852025-07-03 10:59:36.063Repositorio Institucional (UCA) - Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentinafalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Reading comprehension in undergraduates during the COVID-19 pandemic: associations with executive function difficulties, reading habits and screen times
title Reading comprehension in undergraduates during the COVID-19 pandemic: associations with executive function difficulties, reading habits and screen times
spellingShingle Reading comprehension in undergraduates during the COVID-19 pandemic: associations with executive function difficulties, reading habits and screen times
Tabullo, Ángel Javier
COVID-19
COMPRENSION LECTORA
PANDEMIA
ESTUDIANTES UNIVERSITARIOS
ESTRES
TIEMPOS DE PANTALLA
FUNCIONES EJECUTIVAS
title_short Reading comprehension in undergraduates during the COVID-19 pandemic: associations with executive function difficulties, reading habits and screen times
title_full Reading comprehension in undergraduates during the COVID-19 pandemic: associations with executive function difficulties, reading habits and screen times
title_fullStr Reading comprehension in undergraduates during the COVID-19 pandemic: associations with executive function difficulties, reading habits and screen times
title_full_unstemmed Reading comprehension in undergraduates during the COVID-19 pandemic: associations with executive function difficulties, reading habits and screen times
title_sort Reading comprehension in undergraduates during the COVID-19 pandemic: associations with executive function difficulties, reading habits and screen times
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Tabullo, Ángel Javier
Chiófalo, María Florencia
Wainselboim, Alejandro Javier
author Tabullo, Ángel Javier
author_facet Tabullo, Ángel Javier
Chiófalo, María Florencia
Wainselboim, Alejandro Javier
author_role author
author2 Chiófalo, María Florencia
Wainselboim, Alejandro Javier
author2_role author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv COVID-19
COMPRENSION LECTORA
PANDEMIA
ESTUDIANTES UNIVERSITARIOS
ESTRES
TIEMPOS DE PANTALLA
FUNCIONES EJECUTIVAS
topic COVID-19
COMPRENSION LECTORA
PANDEMIA
ESTUDIANTES UNIVERSITARIOS
ESTRES
TIEMPOS DE PANTALLA
FUNCIONES EJECUTIVAS
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Fil: Tabullo, Ángel Javier. Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina. Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias Económicas; Argentina
Fil: Tabullo, Ángel Javier. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Tabullo, Ángel Javier. Instituto de Ciencias Humanas, Sociales y Ambientales; Argentina
Fil: Chiófalo, María Florencia. Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina. Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias Económicas; Argentina
Fil: Wainselboim, Alejandro Javier. Instituto de Ciencias Humanas, Sociales y Ambientales; Argentina
Fil: Wainselboim, Alejandro Javier. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic and its concomitant restriction measures drastically altered the routines and learning formats of students from all levels. In addition, it has been shown that pandemic-related stress negatively impacted their mental health and cognitive functioning. Undergraduates have been signaled out as one of the populations most vulnerable to pandemic-related stressors. The following work examined the link between executive functions, perceived stress and reading comprehension among Argentinean university students during lockdown measures. In addition, potential effects of reading habits and screen exposure were considered. An executive function behavioral rating scale (ADEXI), a reading comprehension test and the PSS-10 stress questionnaire were administered to two-hundred social science students through an online survey. Executive difficulties increased with perceived stress, while lower inhibition was associated with longer TV times and being male. Stress and executive function associations can be interpreted as a detrimental effect, reverse or bidirectional causation. In turn, working memory issues led to worse comprehension (mediating the impact of perceived stress) while distal factors such as print exposure and mother education were positive predictors of reading outcomes (as expected). This finding suggests that undergraduates’ difficulties to manipulate online information interfered with expository text processing, resulting in poorer comprehension performance.
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