The role of parents' educational level and centre type in parent satisfaction with early childhood care centres: a study in Greece
The role of parents' educational level and centre type in parent satisfaction with early childhood care centres: a study in Greece
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DOI：
10.1080/1350293x.2016.1203570
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发表时间：
2017-01-01
影响因子：
2.3
通讯作者：
Tseliou, Eleftheria
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作者：
Kelesidou, Sofia;Chatzikou, Maria;Tseliou, Eleftheria
本研究考察了家长对托儿中心满意度的具体方面，即对家长与托儿中心的沟通和他们提供的教育服务的满意度，以及各自的家长信念。这些调查与中心类型（私立与公立）和家长教育有关。不同教育程度的家长参与了这项研究，他们的孩子在私立或公立日托中心就读。中心类型只对父母与中心的沟通满意度起作用，而父母的教育水平始终与父母的信念和父母的满意度相关：与受教育程度较低的父母相比，受教育程度较高的父母对日托中心的评价较差。此外，父母信念在父母受教育程度与父母满意度之间起中介作用。我们的研究结果在现有证据的背景下进行了讨论，并与该问题与实践含义的理论整合的必要性有关。
This research examines specific facets of parent satisfaction with childcare centres, namely satisfaction with parent-centre communication and the educational services they provide, as well as respective parent beliefs. These were investigated in relation to centre type (private vs public) and parents' education. Parents of different educational levels and with children in private or public day-care centres participated in the study. Whereas centre type played a role only concerning the satisfaction with parent-centre communication, the educational level of parents was consistently associated with parent beliefs and parent satisfaction: higher educated parents rated day-care centres less favourably as compared to lower educated parents. Furthermore, parent beliefs mediated the relationship between the educational level of parents and parent satisfaction. Our findings are discussed in the context of existing evidence and in relation to the necessity for a theoretical integration of this issue with implications for practice.