3/2010-8/2012: Postdoc researcher (0,6 FTE)
Child and Family studies, Leiden University
Projects: Gender-differentiated parenting, quality of childcare, and long-term stressors during school transitions
8/2006-10/2010: PhD student (0,8 FTE)
Child and Family studies, Leiden University
Dissertation: Quality of Home-based Childcare: Impact and improvements. Under the supervision of Prof. Dr. M. H. Van IJzendoorn, Dr. H. J. Vermeer, and Dr. M. Linting.
8/2006-8/2010: Teacher (0,2 FTE)
Child and Family studies, Leiden University
Main teaching subjects: introduction in the pedagogics, professional childcare, and Fathers
Grants and awards
2018 Research grant (co-applicant) €300.000,-
ZonMW Childcare studies
2017 Research grant €25.000,-
Gratama Stichting, Leids Universitair Fonds, Leiden University
2016 Research grant €49.000,-
Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek Seksualiteit
2016 Grant Innovative education €1.000,-
Grassroots, Faculty of Social ad Behavioral Sciences, Leiden University
2011 Award for the most excellent dissertation in the field of educational science €2000,-
Institute for the Study of Education and Human Development, The Netherlands
2006 Spinoza stipendium €1.500,-
Child and Family studies, Leiden University
Publications
De Vries, E.E., Van der Pol, L. D., Vermeer, H.J., & Groeneveld, M.G., Fiers, T., & Mesman, J. (2019).
Testosterone and fathers’ parenting unraveled: Links with the quantity and quality of father-child interactions. Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology, 5, 297-316.
Endendijk, J.J., Groeneveld, M. G., Bakermans-Kranenburg, M.J., Mesman, J. (2016). Gender
differentiated parenting revisited: Meta-analysis reveals very few differences in parental control of boys and girls. PLoS ONE 11(7): e0159193.DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0159193
Endendijk, J. J., Groeneveld, M. G., Dekovic, M., & Van de Boom, C. (2019). Short-term test-retest
reliability and continuity of emotional availability in parent-child dyads. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 43, 271-277. DOI: 10.1177/0165025419830256
Endendijk, J. J., Groeneveld, M. G., Mesman, J., Van der Pol, L. D., Van Berkel, S. R., Hallers-
Haalboom, E. T., & Bakermans-Kranenburg, M. J. (2017). Gender differences in child aggression: Relations with gender-differentiated parenting and parents’ gender stereotypes. Child Development, 88, 299-316. DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12589.
Endendijk, J. J., Groeneveld, M.G., Van Berkel, S. R., Hallers-Haalboom, E. T., Mesman, J., &
Bakermans-Kranenburg, M. J. (2013). Gender stereotypes in the family context: Mothers, fathers, and siblings. Sex Roles, 68, 577-590.
Endendijk, J. J., Groeneveld, M. G., Van der Pol, L. D., Van Berkel, S. R., Hallers-Haalboom, E. T.,
Mesman, J., & Bakermans-Kranenburg, M. J. (2014). Boys don’t play with dolls: Mothers’ and fathers’ gender talk during picture book reading. Parenting: Science and Practice, 14, 141-161.
Endendijk, J. J., Hallers-Haalboom, E. T., Groeneveld, M. G., Van Berkel, S. R., Van der Pol, L. D.,
Bakermans-Kranenburg, M. J., & Mesman, J. (2016). Diurnal testosterone variability is differentially associated with parenting quality in fathers and mothers. Hormones and Behavior.
Assistant professor
Societal Challenges Lab
Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs
Leiden University
071-5271847
mgroeneveld@fsw.leidenuniv.nl
Summary
After I finished my master ‘Child and Family Studies’ cum laude at Leiden University in 2006, I started my PhD project, in which I conducted two studies concerning (1) quality of center-based and home-based childcare, and associations with cortisol and wellbeing of children, and (2) a randomized controlled trial directed at enhancing childcare quality. This project resulted in five published international journal articles and a dissertation award from the Institute for the Study of Education and Human Development because of the dissertation’s originality, the scientific significance of the work, and the impact on the public debate about childcare. In 2010, during the last period of my PhD project, I started working as a Post Doc researcher on a project focusing on early childhood gender-driven parenting. My work involved coordinating the project as a whole, supervising four PhD students and three research assistants and about fifteen students per year, observing and coding parental behavior, and processing and reporting on data. All PhD students received their PhD in 2015. In addition, I taught several courses about fathers, introduction in child psychology, observing caregiver-child interactions, and professional childcare. Currently, I coordinate two projects about gender socialization in the family, childcare, and school context. I supervise six PhD students and about ten bachelor and master students a year. In addition to gender-socialization in the school and home setting, I am involved in research in childcare (focusing on health, language development, and leadership), in schools (focusing on stress during transitions, and music introduction to young children), and university (focusing on diversity).
Education
2010: Certificate: Basiskwalificatie Onderwijs (BKO)
Faculty of Social Sciences, Leiden University
2006-2010: Doctorate “Quality of home-based childcare: Impact and improvements”
Child and Family studies Leiden University,
Promotor: Prof. Dr. M. H. Van IJzendoorn
Co-promotores: Dr. H. J. Vermeer and Dr. M. Linting
2008: Certificate: Video-feedback Intervention to Promote Positive Parenting and Sensitive Discipline (VIPP-SD)
Child and Family studies, Leiden University
2002-2006: Master’s Child and Family studies, Leiden University (cum laude)
Master thesis: Child maltreatment, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. M. H. van IJzendoorn and Dr. S. N. Brilleslijper.
Employment
12/2018-current: Assistant professor (0,4 FTE)
Societal Challenges Lab, Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs,
Leiden University
Research projects: Gender socialization in the school setting and the family setting, leadership and language development in childcare
Teaching: Gender socialization in families, supervision of Ba and Ma theses.
10/2019-11/2020: Assistant professor (0,2 FTE)
Leiden University College, Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs,
Leiden University
Research project Students for students: From international to diverse
8/2012-11/2018: Assistant professor (0,6 FTE)
Child and Family studies, Leiden University
Research projects: Gender-differentiated parenting, quality of childcare, and long-term stressors during school transitions
Teaching: Fathers, professional childcare, conducting research, observational methods, supervision of Ba and Ma theses.
based childcare quality through video-feedback intervention: A randomized controlled trial. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Institute for the Study of Education and Human Development, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Groeneveld, M. G., Vermeer, H. J., Van IJzendoorn, M. H., & Linting, M. (2008). The effects of
noise on children’s wellbeing in childcare. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development, Wurzburg, Germany.
Groeneveld, M. G., Vermeer, H. J., Van IJzendoorn, M. H., & Linting, M. (2008). Wellbeing and stress
levels of children in childcare. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Institute for the
Study of Education and Human Development, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Presentations (as first author)
Groeneveld, M. G. (2020). Gender neutraal opvoeden in de kinderopvang. Invited presentation
Childcare International, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Groeneveld, M. G. (2019). Caregiver sensitivity and involvement of boys and girls in home-based
childcare. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the International Step by Step Association, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Groeneveld, M. G. (2017). Babyopvang. Invited presentation Babycongress, Wageningen-Eden, The
Netherlands.
Groeneveld, M. G. (2016). Lieve meisjes, stoute jongens. Invited presentation childcare organization
‘Small Steps’, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Groeneveld, M. G., Mesman, J., van der Pol, L. D., van Berkel, S. R., Hallers-Haalboom, E. T.,
Endendijk, J. J., & Bakermans-Kranenburg, M. J. (2014). Boys will be boys? Gender differences in the socialization of social-emotional behavior in early childhood. Invited presentation Center for Mental Health, Imperial College, London, UK.
Groeneveld, M. G. (2014). Voorlezen: Meisjes luisteren lief, jongens rennen rond. Invited presentation
“Vaders voor Lezen” van Stichting “Lezen Centraal”, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Groeneveld, M. G. (2013). Kwaliteit in kinderopvang: Verschillen tussen kinderdagverblijven en
gastouderopvang, hoe verbeteren we de kwaliteit? Invited presentation at conference ‘Management Kinderopvang’, Ede-Wageningen, The Netherlands.
Groeneveld, M. G. (2012). Kwaliteit in gastouderopvang: Verschillen met kinderdagverblijven en het
verbeteren van kwaliteit. Invited presentations at Childcare agency ‘Bureau Kwaliteit
Kinderopvang’ at five different locations/ meetings: Zwolle, Eindhoven, Rotterdam, Arnhem, and Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Groeneveld, M. G., & Vermeer, H. J. (2012). Kwaliteit van gastouderopvang in Nederland.
Presentation at Ministerie voor Sociale Zaken en Werkgelegenheid, Den Haag, The Netherlands.
Groeneveld, M. G., Vermeer, H. J., Van IJzendoorn, M. H., & Linting, M., (2012). Enhancing home-
based childcare quality through video-feedback intervention: A randomized controlled trial. Paper presented at the meeting of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Groeneveld, M. G., Vermeer, H. J., Van IJzendoorn, M. H., & Linting, M. (2011). Quality in Home-
based childcare: Impact and improvement. Invited presentation at the annual meeting of the Institute for the Study of Education and Human Development, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Groeneveld, M. G., Vermeer, H. J., Van IJzendoorn, M. H., & Linting, M. (2011). Cortisol of
caregivers and children in home-based childcare. Paper presented at the meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Montreal.
Groeneveld, M. G. (2011). Kwaliteit in kinderopvang. Invited presentation at childcare organization
‘Bureau STERK’, Culemborg, the Netherland.
Groeneveld, M. G., Vermeer, H. J., Van IJzendoorn, M. H., & Linting, M. (2010). Enhancing home-
Groeneveld, M. G., Savas, M., van Rossum, E.F.C., Vermeer, H. J. (2020). Children’s hair cortisol as a
biomarker of stress at school: a follow-up study. Stress, 23, 711-715.
Groeneveld, M. G., & Mesman, J. (2017). Attachment. In J.E. Lochman, & W. Matthys (Eds.). The
Wiley Handbook of disruptive and impulse-control disorders. Wiley: New York, NY, USA.
Groeneveld, M. G., Vermeer, H. J., Van IJzendoorn, M. H., & Linting, M. (2016). Randomized video
feedback intervention in home-based childcare: Improvement of children’s wellbeing dependent on time spent with trusted caregiver. Child Youth Care Forum, 45, 587-606.
Groeneveld, M. G., Vermeer, H.J., Linting, M., Noppe, G., van Rossum, E.F.C., van IJzendoorn, M.H.
(2013). Children’s hair cortisol as a biomarker of stress at school entry. Stress, 16, 711-715.
Groeneveld, M. G., Vermeer, H. J., Van IJzendoorn, M. H., & Linting, M. (2011). Enhancing home-
based child care quality through video-feedback intervention: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of Family Psychology, 25, 86-96.
Groeneveld, M. G., Vermeer, H. J., Van IJzendoorn, M. H., & Linting, M. (2011). Caregivers’ cortisol
levels and perceived stress in home-based and centre-based childcare. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 27, 166-175.
Groeneveld, M. G., Vermeer, H. J., Van IJzendoorn, M. H., & Linting, M. (2010). Stress, cortisol, and
well-being of caregivers and children in home-based child care: a case for differential susceptibility. Child: Care, Health & Development, 38, 251-260.
Groeneveld, M. G., Vermeer, H. J., Van IJzendoorn, M. H., & Linting, M. (2010). Children’s wellbeing
and cortisol levels in home-based and centre-based childcare. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 25, 502-514.
Hallers-Haalboom, E. T., Groeneveld, M. G., Van Berkel, S. R., Endendijk, J. J., Van der
Pol, L. D., Linting, M., & Bakermans-Kranenburg, & Mesman, J. (2017). Mothers' and fathers' sensitivity with their two children: A longitudinal study from infancy to early childhood., Developmental Psychology 53(5): 860-872.
Hallers-Haalboom, E. T., Mesman, J., Groeneveld, M. G., Endendijk, J. J., Van Berkel, S. R., Van der
Pol, L. D., & Bakermans-Kranenburg, M. J. (2014). Mothers, fathers, sons, and daughters: Parental sensitivity in families with two children. Journal of Family Psychology, 28, 138-147.
Hallers-Haalboom, E. T., Mesman, J., Groeneveld, M. G., Van Berkel, S. R., Endendijk, J. J., Van der
Pol, L. D., & Bakermans-Kranenburg, M. J. (2016). Wait until your mother gets home! Mothers’ and fathers’ discipline strategies. Social Development, 25, 82-98.
Linting, M, Groeneveld, M. G., Vermeer, H. J, & van IJzendoorn, M. H. (2013). Threshold for noise
in daycare: Noise level and noise variability are associated with child wellbeing in home-based childcare. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 28, 960-971.
Mesman, J. & Groeneveld, M. G. (in press). Gendered parenting in early childhood: Sublte but
unmistakable if you know where to look. Child Development Perspectives.
Van Berkel, S. R., Groeneveld, M. G., Van der Pol, L. D., Endendijk, J. J., Hallers-Haalboom, E. T.,
Bakermans-Kranenburg, M. J., &, Mesman, J., (2017). No! Don’t touch the toys: Preschoolers’ discipline towards their younger siblings, Infant and Child Development 26(6): e2031