Research interests

• Parenting and happiness

• Issues in psychological assessment: i) situational specificity and informant discrepancies, ii) ecological momentary assessment (e.g. Day Reconstruction Method (DRM)) vs. belief-based generic judgments, iii) measurement quality estimation (classic MTMM designs and split-ballot MTMM)

Teaching

Bachelor Educational Sciences:

• Social-emotional development in childcare and school settings
• Child rearing and development in social contexts (opvoeding en ontwikkeling in sociale contexten) 
• Supervision Orientation to educational research (effective presentation of research findings, oral & written; critical evaluation of research).   Students carry out a research project in small groups and together discuss theory, research design, and data analysis (Onderzoeks-practicum; OZP)
• Basic Research Skills (Basis Onderzoeksvaardigheden (BOV)) 
• TMLS - Method and Statistics II

Master Family support, child care, and child development (Master Opvoedingsondersteuning):

• Foundations and methodology of research in educational practice ( Grondslagen en methodologie van pedagogische praktijkonderzoek)

Presentations

• Hoffenaar, P.J. Father involvement and religion: The division of family tasks within the Dutch ‘Bible Belt’. Paper presented at at the 26th Annual SRIP conference, Birmingham, GB, 2006. [Powerpoint]

• Hoffenaar, P.J. The transition to motherhood: Assessing women's subjective well-being. Paper presented at at the 27th Annual SRIP conference, Oxford, GB, 2007. [Powerpoint]

• Geen nevenwerkzaamheden