This systematic review and meta-analysis examined the association between morphological awareness and reading comprehension, taking into account critical factors that could affect its strength. Following NIRO guidelines, we included 44 studies involving 63 independent samples, and 126 correlations between morphological awareness and reading comprehension. Overall, we found a significant association between morphological awareness and reading comprehension (r = 0.565), but also large heterogeneity (81.37%), supporting the need for analysis of potential moderators: age, type of morphologically complex word, characteristics of morphological awareness and reading comprehension tests were examined. We found that type of morphologically complex word was the only significant moderator of this association. In sum, we have demonstrated that morphological awareness influences reading comprehension across a wide age range. Implications for educational practice, as well as recommendations that future studies report more detailed information about participants and measures, are discussed.

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儿童形态意识与阅读理解之间的关联：系统评价和荟萃分析


本系统评价和荟萃分析考察了形态意识与阅读理解之间的关联，同时考虑了可能影响其强度的关键因素。遵循 NIRO 指南，我们纳入了 44 项研究，涉及 63 个独立样本，以及形态意识和阅读理解之间的 126 个相关性。总体而言，我们发现形态意识与阅读理解之间存在显着关联 （r = 0.565），但也存在很大的异质性 （81.37%），支持对潜在调节因素进行分析的必要性：年龄、形态复杂词的类型、形态意识特征和阅读理解测试被检查。我们发现，形态复杂的词类型是这种关联的唯一重要调节因素。总之，我们已经证明形态意识会影响广泛年龄段的阅读理解。讨论了对教育实践的影响，以及未来研究报告有关参与者和措施的更详细信息的建议。