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

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105 Health and Human Development
University Park, PA - dmt16@psu.edu
- 814-863-9570
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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
Household chaos, sociodemographic risk, coparenting, and parent-infant relations during infants' first year
Corey J. Whitesell, Douglas M. Teti, Brian Crosby, Bo Ram Kim, 2015, Journal of Family Psychology on p. 211-220
Household chaos and family sleep during infants' first year
Corey J. Whitesell, Brian Crosby, Thomas F. Anders, Douglas M. Teti, 2018, Journal of Family Psychology on p. 622-631
X. marital and emotional adjustment in mothers and infant sleep arrangements during the first six months
Douglas M. Teti, Brian Crosby, Brandon T. Mcdaniel, Mina Shimizu, Corey J. Whitesell, 2015, Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development on p. 160-176
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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