Warner Myntti

Warner Myntti is a first-year Ph.D. student in the Human Development and Family Sciences (HDFS) program at the University of Delaware. He is a member of the Queer Development Lab, where his research focuses on better understanding biopsychosocial mechanisms that undermine and promote LGBTQ+ mental health. He currently assists with the Queer Joy Project and the Healthy Young Men and Trans Youth Cohort Study. He is mentored by Dr. Eric Layland.

Prior to joining the HDFS program, Warner completed his master of science in clinical psychology at Eastern Michigan University, following which he worked as a limited license psychologist within a community health clinic for individuals with developmental disabilities.

Publications

• Stanton, K., Gillikin, L., Willis, L., Woods-Gonzalez, R., Myntti, W., Paige, C., Levin-Aspenson, H. F., McDonnell, C. G., & Emery, N. N. (2025). Understanding broader community perspectives on the scientific accuracy and stigma of personality trait labels. Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment, 16(1), 91-102.
• Sokol, E., Myntti, W., Seale, M., Walters, J., & Chow, C. M. (2024). Emotion dysregulation and eating disorder symptoms in mother-daughter dyads: an actor-partner interdependence modeling approach. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 43(6), 583-604.
• Myntti, W., Parnell, L., Valledor, V., & Chow, C. M. (2024). Adolescent-perceived parent-child negative body talk and disordered eating: Evidence for behavior-specific affective mediators. Journal of Adolescence. 96(5), 1126-1136.
• Myntti, W., & Muehlenkamp, J. J. (2023). Body regard disrupts emotional cascade processes in nonsuicidal self-injury. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 79, 1957–1967.

Presentations

• Myntti, W., McCarthy, K., Muehlenkamp, J. J., & Arble, E. (2023, April 20-22). Trauma disclosure and self-injury in sexual and gender minority students. [Paper Presentation]. Midwestern Psychological Association Conference, Chicago, Illinois.
• Myntti, W., McCarthy, K., Muehlenkamp, J. J., & Arble, E., (2022, November 17-20). Through the good times and bad: Positive and negative interpersonal emotion regulation and self-injurious thoughts and behaviors. [Poster Presentation]. Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Annual Conference, New York, New York.
• Valledor, V., Myntti, W., & Chow, C. M. (2022, May 26-29). Moderating role of neuroticism on body dissatisfaction and disordered eating behavior. [Poster Presentation]. Association for Psychological Science Annual Conference, Chicago, Illinois.

Education

• M.S., Clinical Psychology, Eastern Michigan University
• B.S., Psychology, Ferris State U