Differences in attitudes towards reading and other school‐related activities among boys and girls

Background Research illustrates that girls indicate more positive attitudes towards reading than boys. Gender differences are often presented in simplistic terms with ‘all boys’ represented as one homogenous group. Methods This study developed a survey to identify similarities and differences in boys' and girls' attitudes towards a range of school‐related activities, including reading, and among boys themselves. The survey of 296 (f = 137, m =...