Dr. M.H. (Monika) Donker

Martinus J. Langeveldgebouw
Heidelberglaan 1
Kamer E2.28
3584 CS Utrecht

Dr. M.H. (Monika) Donker

Universitair docent
Jeugd en Gezin
m.h.donker@uu.nl

Publicaties

2025

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Wartenberg, G., Donker, M. H., Aldrup, K., Klusmann, U., & Mainhard, T. (2026). Teachers’ feelings of burnout: Does it matter for interpersonal teacher behavior and students’ affective-motivational outcomes? Contemporary Educational Psychology, 84, Article 102430. Advance online publication. [DOI] [Portal]
van den Bekerom, L., Donker, M. H., Mainhard, T., & Evers, C. (2025). Everything under control? Daily dynamics of self-control and emotion regulation. Motivation and Emotion, 49(1), 15-30. [DOI] [Portal]
Hillen, M. A., Hoeben, E. M., Kok, R., McHale, C., Sexton, M. M., van der Asdonk, S., van de Bongardt, D., Bowman, B., Brown, R., Branje, S., Chorney, J., Donker, M. H., Ejbye-Ernst, P., Geeraerts, S., Van der Giessen, D., Humphris, G., Larsen, H., Philpot, R., Portell, M., ... Noordman, J. (2025). Guidelines for reporting research using systematic coding of observed human behaviour (SCOBe). Quality and Quantity, 59(Suppl 1), 587–603. [DOI] [Portal]
Donker, M. H., Mastrotheodoros, S., Yanagida, T., & Branje, S. (2025). Changes in Adolescents' COVID-19-Health-Related Stress, Parent-Adolescent Relationships, and Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Effect of Personality Traits. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 54(1), 209–224. [DOI] [Portal]
Donker, M. H., Scheepers, D., van Gog, T., van den Hove, M., McIntyre, N., & Mainhard, T. (2025). Handling Demanding Situations: Associations between Teachers’ Interpersonal Behavior, Physiological Responses, and Emotions. Journal of Experimental Education, 93(1), 91-109. [DOI] [Portal]

2023

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Donker, M., van Aken, S., & Mainhard, T. (2023). Using heart rate to tap into motivational and emotional processes during teaching and learning. In G. Hagenauer, R. Lazarides, & H. Järvenoja (Eds.), Motivation and Emotion in Learning and Teaching across Educational Contexts: Theoretical and Methodological Perspectives and Empirical Insights (1 ed., pp. 258-273). Routledge. [DOI] [Repository]
Roos, A. L., Goetz, T., Krannich, M., Donker, M., Bieleke, M., Caltabiano, A., & Mainhard, T. (2023). Control, anxiety and test performance: Self-reported and physiological indicators of anxiety as mediators. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 93(s1), 72-89. [DOI] [Repository]

Vakpublicaties

van Rijswijk, M., & Donker, M. (2023). Handvatten voor leraren en lerarenopleiders voor het omgaan met stress en twijfels in de ontwikkeling van leraren. VELON : tijdschrift voor lerarenopleiders, 2023(1).

2022

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

van Vemde, L., Donker, M. H., & Mainhard, T. (2022). Teachers, loosen up! How teachers can trigger interpersonally cooperative behavior in students at risk of academic failure. Learning and Instruction, 82, 1-14. Article 101687. [DOI] [Repository]
Mainhard, T., Donker, M. H., & van Gog, T. (2022). When closeness is effortful: Teachers’ physiological activation undermines positive effects of their closeness on student emotions. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 92(4), 1384-1402. [DOI] [Repository]

Vakpublicaties

Jonker, J., Donker, M., & de Ruiter, J. A. (2022). Wat veroorzaakt stress of onrust tijdens jouw werkdag?. Web publication/site https://www.leraar24.nl/50527/wat-veroorzaakt-stress-of-onrust-tijdens-jouw-werkdag/

2021

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Donker, M. H., Mastrotheodoros, S., & Branje, S. (2021). Development of parent-adolescent relationships during the COVID-19 pandemic: The role of stress and coping. Developmental Psychology, 57(10), 1611-1622. [DOI] [Repository]
Donker, M. H., van Vemde, L., Hessen, D. J., van Gog, T., & Mainhard, T. (2021). Observational, student, and teacher perspectives on interpersonal teacher behavior: Shared and unique associations with teacher and student emotions. Learning and Instruction, 73, 1-14. Article 101414. [DOI] [Repository]
Roos, A. L., Goetz, T., Krannich, M., Jarrell, A., Donker, M., & Mainhard, T. (2021). Test anxiety components: an intra-individual approach testing their control antecedents and effects on performance. Anxiety, Stress and Coping, 34(3), 279-298. [DOI] [Repository]

2020

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Donker, M. H. (2020). In DEPTh: Dynamics of Emotional Processes in Teachers – An Exploration of Teachers’ Interpersonal Behavior and Physiological Responses. [Doctoral thesis 1 (Research UU / Graduation UU), Universiteit Utrecht]. Utrecht University. [DOI] [Portal]
Donker, M. H., van Gog, T., Goetz, T., Roos, A. L., & Mainhard, T. (2020). Associations between teachers’ interpersonal behavior, physiological arousal, and lesson-focused emotions. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 63, Article 101906. [DOI] [Repository]
Donker, M. H., Erisman, M. C., van Gog, T., & Mainhard, T. (2020). Teachers’ Emotional Exhaustion: Associations With Their Typical Use of and Implicit Attitudes Toward Emotion Regulation Strategies. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, Article 867. [DOI] [Repository]

2018

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Donker, M. H., van Gog, T. A. J. M., & Mainhard, M. T. (2018). A Quantitative Exploration of Two Teachers with Contrasting Emotions: Intra-Individual Process Analysesof Physiologyand Interpersonal Behavior. Frontline Learning Research, 6(3), 162-185. [DOI] [Repository]

2016

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Donker, M., Kroesbergen, E., Slot, E., Van Viersen, S., & De Bree, E. (2016). Alphanumeric and non-alphanumeric Rapid Automatized Naming in children with reading and/or spelling difficulties and mathematical difficulties. Learning and Individual Differences, 47, 80-87. [DOI] [Repository]