Research Interests

 

I'm interested in parent-adolescent relationships across the teen years and parents' and adolescents' different goals and perspectives on parenting and relationship processes. I look at these issues from within a social-domain theory perspective, examining how these processes and attributions systematically vary both between parents and teens and within each person depending on types of behaviors considered.

 

My current research focuses on interconnections between parenting, parent-adolescent relationship quality, teens' developmental autonomy needs, and adolescents' strategic management of information from parents. In particular, I'm interested in the different meanings and motives parents and adolescents ascribe to parenting practices (such as psychological control) and communication behaviors (such as parental solicitation or adolescent avoidance) across a variety of issues and how these divergent perspectives influence adolescent adjustment and parent-adolescent relationships.

 

 

Publications/Manuscripts

Rote, W.M., Smetana, J.G., Campione-Barr, N, Villalobos, M., & Tasopoulos-Chan, M. (in press). Associations between observed mother-adolescent interactions and adolescent information management. Journal of Research on Adolescence.

Smetana, J.G., Rote, W.M., Jambon, M., Tasopoulos-Chan, M., Villalobos, M., & Comer, J. (in press). Developmental changes and individual differences in young children's moral judgment. Child Development.

Rote, W.M., & Smetana, J.G. (2011). Social cognition. In B.B. Brown and M.J. Prinstein (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Adolescence (Vol. 1, pp, 333-341). San Diego: Academic Press.

 

Papers Under Review/In Preparation

Smetana, J.G., & Rote, W.M. (in preparation). What do parents (want to) know, and how do they know it? Parents' domain-differentiated knowledge sources, knowledge, and associations with adjustment. University of Rochester.

Rote, W.M., & Smetana, J.G. (in preparation). Acceptability of nondisclosure within parent-adolescent relationships: parent-adolescent differences and links with adolescent adjustment and relationship quality. University of Rochester.

 

Presentations

 

Rote, W.M., & Smetana, J.G. (March, 2011). Parents' and teens' evaluations of information management strategies. Poster presented at the meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Rote, W.M., & Smetana, J.G. (March, 2010). Associations between observed parent-child relationships and adolescent information management. Poster presented at the meeting of the Society for Research in Adolescence, Philadelphia, PA.

Rote, W.M. (March 2007). Contextual variance in childhood and adolescent moral reasoning. Presented at the Whitman Undergraduate Conference, Walla Walla, WA.

Teaching Experience

Courses Taught

University of Rochester

Social and Emotional Development, Summer 2009, 2010

Research in Adolescent Development, Spring 2011 (co-taught)

Teaching Assistantships

University of Rochester

Social Psychology, Spring 2008

Introduction to Psychology, Spring 2010

Research in Adolescent Development, Fall 2008, 2009

 

Professional Honors and Awards

 

2010, 2011 - Departmental Travel Award, University of Rochester

2007-2010 - Sproull Fellowship, University of Rochester

2007 - Magna Cum Laude with Honore in Psychology, Whitman College

2003-2007 - Robert O. Douglass Scholarship, Whitman College

2003-2007 - National Merit Scholarship, Whitman College

Additional Information

 

I live in Rochester, New York with my husband and our two adorable (if slightly overweight) cats. In my free time I enjoy cooking, gardening, and singing with the Eastman-Rochester Chorus.