There is good evidence for an association between poor reading and anxiety, but the mechanisms responsible for this association are currently unknown. In this study, we used structural equation modeling of four large longitudinal databases from the United Kingdom (n = 7,870), the United States (ns = 8,001 and 7,160), and Australia (n = 768) to explore relations between reading and emotional health across childhood. We found that emotional health at age 5 was not related to reading at age 7 but that reading at 7 was related to emotional health at age 9 or 11. We also found that reading, behavior, and attention may be related across development. These findings suggest a working hypothesis that poor reading may have an influence on emotional health rather than vice versa.

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跨时间追踪儿童阅读与情绪健康之间的关系：来自四项大型纵向研究的证据

有充分的证据表明阅读不佳与焦虑之间存在关联，但目前尚不清楚导致这种关联的机制。在这项研究中，我们使用了来自英国（n  = 7,870）、美国（n s = 8,001 和 7,160）和澳大利亚（n = 768) 探索阅读与整个童年时期的情绪健康之间的关系。我们发现 5 岁时的情绪健康与 7 岁时的阅读无关，但 7 岁时的阅读与 9 或 11 岁时的情绪健康有关。我们还发现阅读、行为和注意力可能与整个发展有关。这些发现提出了一个工作假设，即阅读不佳可能会影响情绪健康，而不是相反。