Scientific Annals of the Psychological Society of Northern Greece VOLUME 6 INFORMATION SCIENTIFIC ANNALS  OF THE PSYCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NORTHERN GREECE ΙSBN 978-960-19-0035-3 Edited annually by the Psychological Society of Northern Greece (PSNG) Volume 6, 2008 Legally responsible: Anastasia Efklides, President of the Psychological Society of Northern Greece School of Psychology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 541 24 Thessaloniki, Greece. Tel: ++30-2310-997374. Fax: ++30-2310-997384. E-mail: efklides@psy.auth.gr  Executive Committee of PSNG: Anastasia Efklides George Grouios  Marios Goudas Anastasia Alevriadou Mary Kosmidis President Secretary Treasurer Member Member  Editors of the Scientific Annals of the Psychological Society of Northern Greece Editor-in-Chief: Anastasia Efklides Assistant Editors: Anastasia Alevriadou Associate Editors: George Grouios Filippos Vlachos   Symeon Vlachopoulos Panayiota Metallidou Fotini Bonoti George Panagis Dimitris Pnevmatikos   Editors of the 6th Volume: Andreas Brouzos Plousia Misailidi Anastasios Emvalotis Anastasia Efklides University of Ioannina, Greece University of Ioannina, Greece University of Ioannina, Greece Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Editorial Board Anastasia Efklides Shulamith Kreitler Angeliki Leontari Diomedes Markoulis Robert Neimeyer Markku Niemivirta Jose M. 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Τόμος 6, 2008                                                                                               Volume 6, 2008 ΕΠΙΣΤΗΜΟΝΙΚΗ ΕΠΕΤΗΡΙΔΑ  ΤΗΣ  ΨΥΧΟΛΟΓΙΚΗΣ ΕΤΑΙΡΕΙΑΣ ΒΟΡΕΙΟΥ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ έτος ιδρύσεως 2002 SCIENTIFIC ANNALS OF THE  PSYCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NORTHERN GREECE founded 2002 ΣΧΟΛΕΙΟ ΚΑΙ ΟΙΚΟΓΕΝΕΙΑ Επιμέλεια Σύνταξης και Έκδοσης:                   Ανδρέας Μπρούζος                   Πλουσία Μισαηλίδη                   Αναστάσιος Εμβαλωτής                   Aναστασία Ευκλείδη SCHOOL AND FAMILY Editors:          Andreas Brouzos          Plousia Misailidi          Anastasios Emvalotis          Anastasia Efklides ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΑ ΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΑ                                                                               ELLINIKA GRAMMATA Τόμος 6, 2008                                                                                                  Volume 6, 2008 CONTENTS Authors list .........................................................................................................................IX Reviewers list ......................................................................................................................XI Preface          Anastasia Efklides ......................................................................................................XIII Prologue          Andreas Brouzos.........................................................................................................XV Greek family: Structure and function - Development and prospects Ioannis E. Pyrgiotakis .............................................................................................................1 School-family relations: Alternative approaches to the content and context of the relations Elias G. Matsagouras.............................................................................................................35 Primary school teachers' perceptions of and attitude towards the factors that hinder parental involvement in school Ekaterini Bonia, Andreas Brouzos, and Fotini Kossyvaki................................................................69 Parents’ perceptions of homework: The case of the full-day school Ioannis Thoidis and Nikolaos Chaniotakis...................................................................................97 Teacher-parent relationships: Models of Cypriot teachers Loizos Symeou...................................................................................................................135 Parents’ social category and the content of their communication with teachers Nicolas Manesis .................................................................................................................173 Parental involvement in children’s education: Investigation of parents’ beliefs Dimitris Pnevmatikos, Paris Papakanakis, and Eugene Gaki..........................................................193 Evaluation of a pilot counselling program for the promotion of parents-teachers communication Ilias E. Kourkoutas and Theodoros G. Eleftherakis ....................................................................219 The relationship between Special Education School Units and families: The case of students with mental retardation Spiros Soulis .....................................................................................................................247