Attitudes of future preschool educators about parental competencies

Figures & data

Table 1. Special features of the research sample.

	Number of respondents				Year of study						Total
	M		F		1.		2.		3.		∑
Faculty	f	f %	f	f %	f	f %	f	f %	f	f %
Faculty of Educational Sciences, Pula (HR)	0	0.0	94	100	26	27.7	39	41.5	29	30.8	94
Faculty of Education, Koper (SI)	8	5.2	146	94.8	61	39.6	52	33.8	41	26.6	154
Faculty of Education, Maribor (SI)	2	2.0	97	98.0	32	32.3	24	24.2	43	43.5	99
Total	10	2.9	337	97.1	119	34.3	115	33.1	113	32.6	347

Source: The Authors.

Table 2. Descriptive analysis for each faculty separately and for the sample as a whole.

Items	Pula		Koper		Maribor		For the total sample
	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD
Parents feel self-assured when they act as parents.	2.30	.878	2.05	.819	1.91	.671	2.07	.808
Parents believe they would know more with children if they would have been raised better.	2.70	.960	2.65	1.051	2.45	.929	2.61	.995
The child has a better relationship with others then with parents	3.88	1.076	3.71	.990	3.80	.880	3.78	.984
Parents instinctively know what the child needs	2.31	.880	2.23	.867	2.15	.705	2.23	.828
Parents do not have enough knowledge to approach their own child.	3.59	1.082	3.56	1.072	3.51	1.08	3.55	1.075
Parents think that the most important things are inherited in the genes.	3.48	1.013	3.58	.989	3.27	.855	3.46	.965
One parent shifts the problem to the other parent.	2.79	1.106	2.95	1.047	2.74	1.026	2.84	1.058
Parents treat their children well.	2.35	.786	1.68	.722	1.48	.645	1.80	.795
Parents are not sure if they can have influence on their child.	3.14	1.001	2.47	.826	2.76	.893	2.73	.934
Parents think that their child is more demanding than other children.	2.93	1.019	2.93	1.067	3.01	1.165	2.95	1.081
Parents think they could have treated the child differently.	2.71	.957	2.27	.902	2.51	.896	2.46	.931
Parents think whatever they do, the child always reacts more or less the same.	3.19	.965	3.18	.918	2.80	.915	3.07	.944
Parents are convinced that all their actions are for the benefit of their child.	1.71	.798	1.80	.993	1.79	.848	1.77	.901
Raising a child is a burden for parents.	3.65	1.02	3.84	1.019	3.52	1.101	3.69	1.045
Parents are often not sure if they raise their child properly.	2.89	.933	3.03	.885	2.96	1.019	2.97	.937
When they see that they (parents) have made a mistake towards the child, it takes them pretty hard.	2.12	.898	2.01	1.057	2.00	.926	2.03	.976
Parents need more knowledge to treat the child more correctly.	2.23	.999	2.53	.901	2.76	1.031	2.52	.983
Parents consider what could later prove to be a mistake in upbringing.	2.82	1.026	2.88	1.056	2.84	.955	2.85	1.017
Parents believe that their influence is crucial for the development of their child.	2.24	.888	1.56	.695	1.42	.608	1.71	.081
Parents believe that besides so many influences (TV, peers) their influence is small.	3.00	1.047	3.06	1.124	2.92	1.104	3.01	1.096

Source: The Authors.

Table 3. Hierarchical regression analysis with the year of study as the predicate (independent) variable and the criteria (dependent) variables from the applied questionnaire.

	Standardised Coefficients		df	F	Sig.
	β	Bootstrap (1000) Estimate of std. error
Parents feel self-assured when they act as parents.	.061	.078	2	.622	.537
Parents believe they would know more with children if they would have been raised better.	.101	.101	1	1.299	.255
The child has a better relationship with others then with parents	–.166	.085	3	3.771	.011
Parents instinctively know what the child needs.	.026	.118	1	.048	.826
Parents do not have enough knowledge to approach their own child.	–.108	.101	3	1.146	.331
Parents think that the most important things are inherited in the genes.	–.077	.126	1	.374	.541
One parent shifts the problem to the other parent.	.107	.075	2	2.050	.130
Parents treat their children well.	.055	.129	1	.180	.672
Parents are not sure if they can have influence on their child.	.033	.102	2	.105	.900
Parents think that their child is more demanding than other children.	.045	.111	1	.163	.686
Parents think they could have treated the child differently.	–.148	.129	1	1.332	.249
Parents think whatever they do, the child always reacts more or less the same.	–.035	.102	2	.119	.888
Parents are convinced that all their actions are for the benefit of their child.	.084	.127	1	.435	.510
Raising a child is a burden for parents.	–.120	.125	2	.918	.400
Parents are often not sure if they raise their child properly.	.123	.131	2	.892	.411
When they see that they (parents) have made a mistake towards the child, it takes them pretty hard.	.107	.078	2	1.867	.156
Parents need more knowledge to treat the child more correctly.	–.067	.089	3	.566	.638
Parents consider what could later prove to be a mistake in upbringing.	–.005	.112	1	.002	.963
Parents believe that their influence is crucial for the development of their child.	–.088	.119	2	.550	.578
Parents believe that besides so many influences (TV, peers) their influence is small.	.060	.100	1	.364	.547

Source: The Authors.