Research

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I currently work on these projects at Penn State:
I have data collection that has focused on:
  • Mothers' Blogging and Social Networking Use
  • Technology Interference in Family Relationships
Current data collection focused on:
  • Examining Coparenting Quality in Daily Life
Peer-Reviewed Publications:

McDaniel, B. T., & Teti, D. M. (2012). Coparenting During the First Three Months After Birth: The Role of Infant Sleep Quality. Journal of Family Psychology, 26, 886-895. DOI: 10.1037/a0030707

McDaniel, B. T., Coyne, S. M., & Holmes, E. K. (2012). New mothers and media use: Associations between blogging, social networking, and maternal well-being. Maternal and Child Health Journal, 16, 1509-1517. DOI: 10.1007/s10995-011-0918-2

Book Chapters:

Eggebeen, D. J., Knoester, C., & McDaniel, B. T. (2012). The implications of fatherhood for men. In N. Cabrera and C. S. Tamis-LeMonda (Eds.), Handbook of father involvement: Multidisciplinary perspectives (2nd Edition). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Manuscripts Accepted for Publication:

McDaniel, B. T. (accepted). “Technoference”: Everyday intrusions and interruptions of technology in couple and family relationships. In C. J. Bruess (Ed.), Family communication in the age of digital and social media. New York: Peter Lang Publishing.

Teti, D. M., Crosby, B., McDaniel, B. T., Shimizu, M., & Whitesell, C. (accepted). Marital and emotional adjustment in mothers and infant sleep arrangements during the first six months. SRCD Monographs.  

Manuscripts Under Review:
 
McDaniel, B. T., & Coyne, S. M. (revise and resubmit). “Technoference”: The interference of technology in couple relationships and implications for women’s personal and relational well-being.

Maas, M., McDaniel, B. T., Feinberg, M. E., & Jones, D. E. (under review). Predictors of sexual and romantic satisfaction among first-time parents.

Curran, M. A., McDaniel, B. T., Pollitt, A. M., & Totenhagen, C. J. (under review). The power of daily emotion work and sex in explaining daily relationship quality.

McDaniel, B. T., Philbrook, L., Hozella, A., Rhee, H.-Y., Jian, N., & Teti, D. M. (under review). Coparenting Quality and mutual involvement at bedtime predict parents’ salivary cortisol at bedtime during the early months of parenthood.

McDaniel, B. T., & Coyne, S. M. (under review). The interference of technology in coparenting relationships: Implications for mothers’ perceptions of coparenting.

Pempek, T. A., & McDaniel, B. T. (under review). Young children’s tablet use and associations with maternal well-being.

Scholarship in Progress:

McDaniel, B. T., & Teti, D. M. (manuscript in progress). "I always have to get up!": Relations between perceived sleep quality and coparenting support over the first year of parenthood.

McDaniel, B. T., & Feinberg, M. E. (manuscript in progress). Infant sleep quality, temperament, and parents’ perceptions of coparenting.

 Holmes, E. K. & McDaniel, B. T. (manuscript in progress). Contextualizing the Effects of Child Sleep Problems on Depression: Mothers’ Marital Status, Employment, and Life Stress as Moderators.

McDaniel, B. T., & Feinberg, M. E. (manuscript in progress). Prenatal volatility in daily couple closeness is linked with postnatal coparenting quality.

McDaniel, B. T., & Teti, D. M. (manuscript in progress). The effects of infant sleep on parents’ depression, sleep quality, and coparenting quality across the first year of parenthood.

Loving, A., Totenhagen, C., McDaniel, B. T., & Curran, M. A. (manuscript in progress). Attachment in couple relationships and volatility in daily relationship feelings: Actor and partner effects.

Le, Y., McDaniel, B. T., & Feinberg, M. E. (manuscript in progress). Coparenting quality as a predictor of changes in marital love in first-time parents.

McDaniel, B. T., & Walker, S. (manuscript in progress). The influence of blogging and social networking on maternal well-being.

Coyne, S. M., & McDaniel, B. T. (manuscript in progress). Social comparisons on social networking sites predict maternal well-being.