Boyask, RuthMilne, JohnJackson, JayneMay, RobynBlokker, Sabine2025-04-102025-04-102024-11-01Boyask, R., Milne, J., Jackson, J., May, R., Blokker, S. (2024) Relationships between reading for pleasure and children’s wellbeing in Aotearoa New Zealand. LitPlus Research and Professional Learning AUT, Auckland.http://hdl.handle.net/10292/19033This study considers how experiences of reading for pleasure and wellbeing may affect one another, especially whether experiences of reading throughout the life course enhance wellbeing. Associations are examined between reading affect, or how children felt about and engaged with reading prior to, during and after the COVID-19 pandemic, with how they experienced wellbeing in their COVID-19 bubbles and since. The study draws upon GUiNZ data and focus groups with children at a similar age to the GUiNZ cohort. Positive wellbeing outcomes associated with affective experiences of reading are identified.Crown copyright ©. Copyright material on this website is protected by copyright owned by the Ministry of Social Development on behalf of the Crown. Unless indicated otherwise for specific items or collections of content (either below or within specific items or collections), this copyright material is licensed for re-use under Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 International Licence.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Commissioned ReportOpenAccess