TY - JOUR
T1 - The Genetic and Environmental Foundation of the Simple View of Reading in Chinese
AU - Ho, Connie Suk-Han
AU - Chow, Bonnie Wing-Yin
AU - Wong, Simpson Wai-Lap
AU - Waye, Mary M. Y.
AU - Bishop, Dorothy V. M.
PY - 2012/10/24
Y1 - 2012/10/24
N2 - The Simple View of Reading (SVR) in Chinese was examined in a genetically sensitive design. A total of 270 pairs of Chinese twins (190 pairs of monozygotic twins and 80 pairs of same-sex dizygotic twins) were tested on Chinese vocabulary and word reading at the mean age 7.8 years and reading comprehension of sentences and passages one year later. Results of behavior-genetic analyses showed that both vocabulary and word reading had significant independent genetic influences on reading comprehension, and the two factors together accounted for most but not all of the genetic influences on reading comprehension. In addition, sentence comprehension had a stronger genetic correlation with word reading while passage comprehension showed a trend of stronger genetic overlap with vocabulary. These findings suggest that the genetic foundation of the SVR in Chinese is largely supported in that language comprehension and decoding are two core skills for reading comprehension in nonalphabetic as well as alphabetic written languages. © 2012 Ho et al.
AB - The Simple View of Reading (SVR) in Chinese was examined in a genetically sensitive design. A total of 270 pairs of Chinese twins (190 pairs of monozygotic twins and 80 pairs of same-sex dizygotic twins) were tested on Chinese vocabulary and word reading at the mean age 7.8 years and reading comprehension of sentences and passages one year later. Results of behavior-genetic analyses showed that both vocabulary and word reading had significant independent genetic influences on reading comprehension, and the two factors together accounted for most but not all of the genetic influences on reading comprehension. In addition, sentence comprehension had a stronger genetic correlation with word reading while passage comprehension showed a trend of stronger genetic overlap with vocabulary. These findings suggest that the genetic foundation of the SVR in Chinese is largely supported in that language comprehension and decoding are two core skills for reading comprehension in nonalphabetic as well as alphabetic written languages. © 2012 Ho et al.
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U2 - 10.1371/journal.pone.0047872
DO - 10.1371/journal.pone.0047872
M3 - RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal
C2 - 23112862
SN - 1932-6203
VL - 7
JO - PLOS ONE
JF - PLOS ONE
IS - 10
M1 - e47872
ER -
