TABLE 8.

Results of the hierarchical linear regression analyses on the relation between self-perceived EFs and reading comprehension performance in study 2 (N = 173).

	B	t	R 2	ΔR2	ΔF
Model 1			0.16	0.15	11.05***
Constant	46.71	4.18***
Sex	3.70	2.58
LPE_Moderate	10.59	4.27**
LPE_High	22.90	4.50***
Model 2			0.17	0.15	8.74
Constant	34.47	10.36***
Sex	3.46	2.58
LPE_Moderate	10.76	4.27**
LPE_High	22.06	4.54***
Self-perceived EFs	0.43	0.33

Higher skill scores on the CITO Reading test indicate better performance; **p ≤ 0.01, ***p ≤ 0.001.