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• FACTORS OF PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT IN RELATION TO CHILDREN’S BEHAVIORAL SYMPTOMS

  7-25

  Anita Kathyné Mogyoróssy

  Erika Beáta Nagy

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  240

  In our study, the features of contact between parents and teachers and the particular patterns they take were examined in connection with children’s behavioral symptoms. With cluster analysis, seven clearly analyzable patterns of contact were identified, the two most frequent of which (unifacial and formal) do not favor problem solving, nor provide parental satisfaction.

     Two patterns (flexible and adaptive) proved to be the most satisfying and the most effective. Children’s symptoms (social problems, anxiety, somatization, attention deficit, deviant behavior, aggressivity) are significantly related to the quality of parent-teacher contact. In the case of the less favorable and less effective contact forms, parents report more behavioral symptoms, while in the case of the flexible, adaptive, emotionally satisfying, and effective problem-solving contact forms, there are fewer symptoms. These results draw attention to important tasks on many levels: to work out operable patterns of parent-teacher contact, to better understand the role and tasks of teacher training, and the need to involve experts to assist in developing parent-teacher contact, which is also indispensable in terms of helping and developing children and their mental health.

• The Relationship Between Parental Involvement and Academic Achievement in Hungary Based on the National Competency Measurement Data

  7-20

  Katinka Bacskai

  Ádám Bencze

  Alexandra Dorogi

  Gabriella Hegedűs

  Enikő Major

  Csilla Rétháti

  Gabriella Pusztai

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  351

  The aim of our study is to review the wide-ranging network of relationships between schools and parents based on investigations carried out along various indicators in diverse social grups. By analyzing the National Competence Measurement database, we examined parental involvement, a factor known to influence academic outcomes, particularly in the 6th and 10th grades in Hungary. Principal component analysis and crosstabulation analysis were used in order to unveil correlations between the gained results and both the students' family background and age. It was found that although the level of parental involvement decreases with the child’s age, it still has an impact on parental participation. Additionally, we have demonstrated that lower-status families have a different involvement strategy, but the level of involvement is not as high as families from higher socioeconomic backgrounds, leading to misunderstandings between families and schools