Douglas Teti

Professor of Human Development and Family Studies, Psychology, and Pediatrics

105 Health and Human Development
University Park, PA
dmt16@psu.edu
814-863-9570

Huck Affiliations

Center for Brain, Behavior, and Cognition

Most Recent Publications

The cosleeping question: What do sleep arrangements mean for families?

Douglas Teti, Kaitlin Trexberg, Child and Family Blog

Sleep, Coparenting, and Parenting Among Mothers and Fathers Prior to Kindergarten Transition

Ekjyot K. Saini, Ulziimaa Chimed-Ochir, Liu Bai, Kaitlin M. Trexberg, Corey J. Whitesell, Brian Crosby, Douglas M. Teti, 2025, Journal of Family Psychology on p. 263-276

Maternal and infant health during the COVID-19 pandemic - A Pennsylvania Study Protocol

Kristin Sznajder, R. Legro, Douglas Teti, A. Mackeen, W. Mulla, H. Simhan, W. Hwang, 2025, PLoS One

Cross-sectional, longitudinal, and retrospective designs: General utility and threats to validity

Ekjyot Saini, Douglas Teti, 2025,

The link between nonstandard work and parental distress among new parents: Coparenting as a moderator

Ruiqi Feng, Douglas M. Teti, 2025, Family Relations on p. 916-930

Associations between infant nighttime distress and coparenting across the first year.

Christine Kim, Douglas Teti, 2025, Social Development

Assessing parenting in context: Naturalistic assessment, domain specificity, and early development.

Douglas Teti, 2025,

Maternal sleep, coparenting quality, and parenting across the first 2 years postpartum

Liu Bai, Brian Crosby, Douglas M. Teti, 2025, Journal of Marriage and Family

Maternal cortisol and parenting in infants' first 6 months: The moderating role of family stress

Liu Bai, Ekjyot Saini, Douglas Teti, 2025, Developmental Psychology

"Ultimately We're Together": Understanding New Parents' Experiences of Co-parenting

Ya Fang Lin, Na Li, Wan Hsuan Huang, Karen Ecsedy, Mark E. Feinberg, Douglas Michael Teti, John M. Carroll, 2024, Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction

Most-Cited Papers

Sleep arrangements, parent-infant sleep during the first year, and family functioning

Douglas M. Teti, Mina Shimizu, Brian Crosby, Bo Ram Kim, 2016, Developmental Psychology on p. 1169-1181

Bidirectional associations between bedtime parenting and infant sleep: Parenting quality, parenting practices, and their interaction

Lauren E. Philbrook, Douglas M. Teti, 2016, Journal of Family Psychology on p. 431-441

Examining Ecological Constraints on the Intergenerational Transmission of Attachment Via Individual Participant Data Meta-analysis

Marije L. Verhage, R. M.Pasco Fearon, Carlo Schuengel, Marinus H. van IJzendoorn, Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg, Sheri Madigan, Glenn I. Roisman, Mirjam Oosterman, Kazuko Y. Behrens, Maria S. Wong, Sarah Mangelsdorf, Lynn E. Priddis, Karl Heinz Brisch, Bronia Arnott, Ora Aviezer, Heidi Bailey, Johanna Behringer, Annie Bernier, Rosalinda Cassibba, Jude Cassidy, Gabrielle Coppola, Alessandro Costantini, Chantal Cyr, Mary Dozier, Karin Ensink, Brent Finger, Sonia Gojman, Susanne Harder, Airi Hautamaki, Nancy L. Hazen, Elena Ierardi, Mi Kyoung Jin, Inês Jongenelen, Esther M. Leerkes, Francesca Lionetti, Karlen Lyons-Ruth, Catherine McMahon, Elizabeth Meins, Cecilia S. Pace, Lynn Priddis, K. Lee Raby, Cristina Riva Crugnola, Avi Sagi-Schwartz, Sarah J. Schoppe-Sullivan, Howard Steele, Miriam Steele, George M. Tarabulsy, Mette S. Væver, Patrick J. Brice, Doug M. Teti, 2018, Child Development on p. 2023-2037

Maternal Sleep in Pregnancy and Postpartum Part I: Mental, Physical, and Interpersonal Consequences

Lisa M. Christian, Judith E. Carroll, Douglas M. Teti, Martica H. Hall, 2019, Current Psychiatry Reports

Mercy Pregnancy and Emotional Well-being Study (MPEWS): Understanding maternal mental health, fetal programming and child development. Study design and cohort profile

Megan Galbally, Marinus van IJzendoorn, Michael Permezel, Richard Saffery, Martha Lappas, Joanne Ryan, Elisabeth van Rossum, Andrew R. Johnson, Douglas Teti, Andrew J. Lewis, 2017, International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research

Predicting coparenting quality in daily life in mothers and fathers

Brandon T. McDaniel, Douglas M. Teti, Mark E. Feinberg, 2018, Journal of Family Psychology on p. 904-914

Intrinsic and extrinsic factors predicting infant sleep: Moving beyond main effects

M. Camerota, Cathi B. Propper, Douglas M. Teti, 2019, Developmental Review

News Articles Featuring Douglas Teti

Feb 05, 2025

Supportive co-parenting may help secure infant attachment development

Researchers found breastfeeding is linked to positive parenting and secure infant attachment and, when unable to or choosing not to breastfeed, supportive co-parenting can achieve the same outcomes.

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