All Stories

  1. AI companions and adolescent social relationships: Benefits, risks, and bidirectional influences

    Article • Child Development Perspectives, January 2026, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Brandon McDaniel

  2. Crying, Cradles, and Cellphones: A Longitudinal Examination of Infant Media Emotion Regulation and Socio‐Emotional Development in Early Infancy

    Article • Infancy, January 2026, Wiley

    Brandon McDaniel

  3. Objective vs. perceived maternal smartphone use and observed mother-infant interaction quality

    Article • Frontiers in Developmental Psychology, December 2025, Frontiers

    Brandon McDaniel

  4. Artificial Intelligence in Everyday Family Life: Issues, applications, and implications

    Article • Family Relations, April 2025, Wiley

    Brandon McDaniel

  5. Emerging Ideas. A brief commentary on human–AI attachment and possible impacts on family dynamics

    Article • Family Relations, April 2025, Wiley

    Brandon McDaniel

  6. A commentary on sexting, sextortion, and generative AI: Risks, deception, and digital vulnerability

    Article • Family Relations, February 2025, Wiley

    Brandon McDaniel

  7. Objective Phone Use During Time With One’s Partner: Associations With Relationship and Individual Well‐Being

    Article • Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies, January 2025, Wiley

    Brandon McDaniel

  8. Coparenting of child media use and associations with child media limits and frequency of media use in the United States

    Article • Journal of Children and Media, September 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Brandon McDaniel

  9. Daily smartphone use predicts parent depressive symptoms, but parents' perceptions of responsiveness to their child moderate this effect

    Article • Frontiers in Developmental Psychology, August 2024, Frontiers

    Brandon McDaniel

  10. Parent social media use and gaming on mobile phones, technoference in family time, and parenting stress.

    Article • Psychology of Popular Media, April 2024, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Brandon McDaniel

  11. Toddlers’ physiological response to parent's mobile device distraction and technoference

    Article • Developmental Psychobiology, January 2024, Wiley

    Brandon McDaniel

  12. Heavy Users, Mobile Gamers, and Social Networkers: Patterns of Objective Smartphone Use in Parents of Infants and Associations With Parent Depression, Sleep, Parenting, and Problematic Phone Use

    Article • Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies, January 2024, Wiley

    Brandon McDaniel

  13. Attachment security and problematic media use in infancy: A longitudinal study in the United States

    Article • Infancy, December 2023, Wiley

    Brandon McDaniel

  14. Parents’ desire to change phone use: Associations with objective smartphone use and feelings about problematic use and distraction

    Article • Computers in Human Behavior, November 2023, Elsevier

    Brandon McDaniel

  15. School-Issued Devices for Home Use in Kindergarten through 5th Grade and Parent Perceptions of Child Learning, Behavior, and Conflict

    Article • Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies, September 2023, Wiley

    Brandon McDaniel

  16. Pilot Study of a Screen-Free Week: Exploration of Changes in Parent and Child Screen Time, Parent Well-Being and Attitudes, and Parent-Child Relationship Quality

    Article • Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies, August 2023, Wiley

    Brandon McDaniel

  17. Moment-to-Moment Observation of Parental Media Use and Parent-Child Interaction: Quality and Media Multitasking

    Article • Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies, August 2022, Wiley

    Brandon McDaniel

  18. Relational impacts of capitalization in early parenthood.

    Article • Journal of Family Psychology, February 2022, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Amy Marshall, Brandon McDaniel

  19. Digital distraction or accessible aid? Parental media use during feedings and parent-infant attachment, dysfunction, and relationship quality

    Article • Computers in Human Behavior, February 2022, Elsevier

    Brandon McDaniel

  20. Mindful Parenting and Parent Technology Use: Examining the Intersections and Outlining Future Research Directions

    Article • Social Sciences, January 2022, MDPI AG

    Brandon McDaniel

  21. Maternal nighttime phone use and impacts on daily happiness and exhaustion

    Article • Acta Paediatrica, December 2021, Wiley

    Brandon McDaniel

  22. Social media activity: its impact on career-related perceptions

    Article • Development and Learning in Organizations, October 2021, Emerald

    Brandon McDaniel

  23. Social learning in the digital age: Associations between technoference, mother-child attachment, and child social skills

    Article • Journal of School Psychology, August 2021, Elsevier

    Brandon McDaniel

  24. Work-related technoference at home and feelings of work spillover, overload, life satisfaction and job satisfaction

    Article • International Journal of Workplace Health Management, July 2021, Emerald

    Brandon McDaniel

  25. Are You Going to Delete Me? Latent Profiles of Post-Relationship Breakup Social Media Use and Emotional Distress

    Article • Cyberpsychology Behavior and Social Networking, July 2021, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Brandon McDaniel

  26. Romance and Dating in the Digital Age: Impacts of Computer-Mediated Communication and a Global Pandemic

    Article • Cyberpsychology Behavior and Social Networking, July 2021, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Brandon McDaniel

  27. The DISRUPT : A measure of parent distraction with phones and mobile devices and associations with depression, stress, and parenting quality

    Article • Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies, June 2021, Wiley

    Brandon McDaniel

  28. Is it fair to simply tell parents to use their phones less? A qualitative analysis of parent phone use

    Article • Acta Paediatrica, May 2021, Wiley

    Brandon McDaniel

  29. Examining the roles of marital status and sex on communication with backburners on social media

    Article • The Social Science Journal, April 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Brandon McDaniel

  30. The impact of parent and child media use on early parent–infant attachment

    Article • Infancy, March 2021, Wiley

    Brandon McDaniel

  31. “You phubbed me for that?” Reason given for phubbing and perceptions of interactional quality and exclusion

    Article • Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies, March 2021, Wiley

    Brandon McDaniel

  32. Technology use during couples’ bedtime routines, bedtime satisfaction, and associations with individual and relational well-being

    Article • Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, February 2021, SAGE Publications

    Brandon McDaniel

  33. Distraction In Social Relations and Use of Parent Technology

    Article • January 2021, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Brandon McDaniel

  34. How Parents and Their Children Used Social Media and Technology at the Beginning of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Associations with Anxiety

    Article • Cyberpsychology Behavior and Social Networking, November 2020, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Brandon McDaniel

  35. Daily technoference, technology use during couple leisure time, and relationship quality

    Article • Media Psychology, June 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Brandon McDaniel

  36. Longitudinal Associations Between Early Childhood Externalizing Behavior, Parenting Stress, and Child Media Use

    Article • Cyberpsychology Behavior and Social Networking, June 2020, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Brandon McDaniel

  37. Daily technology interruptions and emotional and relational well-being

    Article • Computers in Human Behavior, October 2019, Elsevier

    Brandon McDaniel

  38. Relationship Between Parent Distraction with Technology at Mealtimes and Child Eating Behavior: a Pilot Study

    Article • Journal of Technology in Behavioral Science, June 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Brandon McDaniel

  39. Passive sensing of mobile media use in children and families: a brief commentary on the promises and pitfalls

    Article • Pediatric Research, June 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Brandon McDaniel

  40. Parent distraction with phones, reasons for use, and impacts on parenting and child outcomes: A review of the emerging research

    Article • Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies, April 2019, Wiley

    Brandon McDaniel

  41. The Protective Influence of Relationship Commitment on the Effects of Facebook Addiction on Marital Disaffection

    Article • American Journal of Family Therapy, March 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Brandon McDaniel

  42. Cross-day influences between couple closeness and coparenting support among new parents.

    Article • Journal of Family Psychology, December 2018, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Brandon McDaniel

  43. Problematic phone use, depression, and technology interference among mothers.

    Article • Psychology of Popular Media Culture, December 2018, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Brandon McDaniel

  44. Predicting coparenting quality in daily life in mothers and fathers.

    Article • Journal of Family Psychology, July 2018, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Brandon McDaniel

  45. Technoference: longitudinal associations between parent technology use, parenting stress, and child behavior problems

    Article • Pediatric Research, June 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Brandon McDaniel

  46. “Technoference” and implications for mothers' and fathers' couple and coparenting relationship quality

    Article • Computers in Human Behavior, March 2018, Elsevier

    Brandon McDaniel

  47. Sexting profiles in the United States and Canada: Implications for individual and relationship well-being

    Article • Computers in Human Behavior, February 2018, Elsevier

    Brandon McDaniel

  48. Technoference: Parent Distraction With Technology and Associations With Child Behavior Problems

    Article • Child Development, May 2017, Wiley

    Brandon McDaniel

  49. Assessing Coparenting Relationships in Daily Life: The Daily Coparenting Scale (D-Cop)

    Article • Journal of Child and Family Studies, May 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Brandon McDaniel

  50. “Do you dare to compare?” Associations between maternal social comparisons on social networking sites and parenting, mental health, and romantic relationship outcomes

    Article • Computers in Human Behavior, May 2017, Elsevier

    Brandon McDaniel

  51. Volatility in daily relationship quality

    Article • Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, February 2017, SAGE Publications

    Brandon McDaniel

  52. Do you have anything to hide? Infidelity-related behaviors on social media sites and marital satisfaction

    Article • Computers in Human Behavior, January 2017, Elsevier

    Brandon McDaniel

  53. Gender, Sacrifices, and Variability in Commitment: A Daily Diary Study of Pregnant Heterosexual Cohabitors and their Partners

    Article • Sex Roles, December 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Brandon McDaniel

  54. Longitudinal associations between relationship quality and coparenting across the transition to parenthood: A dyadic perspective.

    Article • Journal of Family Psychology, December 2016, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Brandon McDaniel

  55. Technology interference in the parenting of young children: Implications for mothers’ perceptions of coparenting

    Article • The Social Science Journal, December 2016, Elsevier

    Brandon McDaniel

  56. Parenting Stress and Sexual Satisfaction Among First-Time Parents: A Dyadic Approach

    Article • Sex Roles, April 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Brandon McDaniel

  57. Young Children’s Tablet Use and Associations with Maternal Well-Being

    Article • Journal of Child and Family Studies, April 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Brandon McDaniel

  58. “Technoference”: The interference of technology in couple relationships and implications for women’s personal and relational well-being.

    Article • Psychology of Popular Media Culture, January 2016, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Brandon McDaniel

  59. Sexting Among Married Couples: Who Is Doing It, and Are They More Satisfied?

    Article • Cyberpsychology Behavior and Social Networking, November 2015, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Brandon McDaniel

  60. Division of Labor and Multiple Domains of Sexual Satisfaction Among First-Time Parents

    Article • Journal of Family Issues, September 2015, SAGE Publications

    Brandon McDaniel

  61. Gender, Emotion Work, and Relationship Quality: A Daily Diary Study

    Article • Sex Roles, June 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Brandon McDaniel

  62. X. MARITAL AND EMOTIONAL ADJUSTMENT IN MOTHERS AND INFANT SLEEP ARRANGEMENTS DURING THE FIRST SIX MONTHS

    Article • Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, February 2015, Wiley

    Professor Douglas M. Teti, Brandon McDaniel

  63. Coparenting quality during the first three months after birth: The role of infant sleep quality.

    Article • Journal of Family Psychology, January 2012, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Brandon McDaniel

  64. New Mothers and Media Use: Associations Between Blogging, Social Networking, and Maternal Well-Being

    Article • Maternal and Child Health Journal, November 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Brandon McDaniel

  65. The Implications of Fatherhood for Men

    Article • Taylor & Francis

    Brandon McDaniel