The Relationship Between ICT Perceived Competence and Adolescents’ Digital Reading Performance: A Multilevel Mediation Study

Abstract

The age of information and communication technology (ICT) has witnessed the prevalence of computer-based reading. Previous studies yielded mixed results concerning the relationship between ICT perceived competence, ICT use and digital reading performance, and the underlying mechanism was rarely explored. This study aimed to explore the relationship between ICT perceived competence and adolescents’ digital reading performance and the potential mediating roles of three types of ICT use. Multilevel mediation analyses were conducted for 199,646 15-year-old students from 29 OECD countries/regions in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2018, in which digital reading performance was assessed by multistage adaptive computer-based testing. The results revealed that a) ICT perceived competence and digital reading performance were positively correlated; b) ICT use significantly mediated the relationship; c) students with higher-level ICT perceived competence tended to use ICT for leisure at home more frequently, which led to better digital reading performance; d) the suppression effects were revealed, indicating the need to consider the interrelationship between ICT perceived competence and ICT use. These findings provided new evidence for the self-determination theory and the ICT engagement model, suggesting that appropriate ICT use driven by high-level ICT perceived competence might help improve adolescents’ digital reading performance.

PISA Türkiye Sonuçları Bağlamında Öğrencilerin Algılanan Bilgi ve İletişim Yeterliği

“…Additionally, this research examined the relationship between PERCEIVED ICT and ten variables believed to be associated with it, and it was found that the level of ICT resources, interest in ICT, and ICT use for social interaction significantly predicted PERCEIVED ICT. The highest impact was observed between PERCEIVED ICT and ICT use for social interaction, aligning with the findings of Yu et al (2023). In this study, it was also found that students with a higher perceived ICT competence tend to use ICT more in their free time at home.…”

The development and cross-national validation of the short health literacy for school-aged children (HLSAC-5) instrument

“…Furthermore, among adolescents, perceived health literacy has been shown to correlate well with measured health literacy 16 . A similar link between perceived and measured competencies has been found in several PISA studies, such as those on digital reading 17 and mathematics 18 .…”