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Reliability and Validity of the Adult Reading History Questionnaire

Dianne L. Lefly

University of Denver, 900 Grant St., Denver, CO 80203

Bruce F. Pennington

University of Denver, Developmental Neuropsychology Center

The reliability and validity of a revised version of Finucci's (1982) Reading History Questionnaire was examined in two adult samples. One sample included 84 adults from an ongoing study of familial dyslexia, and a second sample was composed of parents of 107 children from a longitudinal study of reading development. Internal consistency was demonstrated by Cronbach's alphas of .94 and .92 in the two samples. Test-retest reliability was demonstrated by significant correlations (.87 and .84 in the two samples) over several years between an earlier and revised form of the questionnaire. Validity was demonstrated via (a) correlations between the questionnaire score and reading measures (rs = .57-.70), (b) the results of a discriminant function analysis that used questionnaire scores to predict reading disability diagnosis, and (c) the finding that the questionnaire had substantial incremental validity in predicting reading skill in a hierarchical regression analysis that first entered IQ and SES. These results indicated that the questionnaire is both reliable and valid.

Journal of Learning Disabilities, Vol. 33, No. 3, 286-296 (2000)
DOI: 10.1177/002221940003300306
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