Wendy M. Rote

Dr. Rote’s research focuses on parent-adolescent relationships, parental socialization behaviors, and adolescent autonomy development. It includes topics such as adolescent information management (e.g., disclosure, topic avoidance, lying to parents), family decision-making, helicopter parenting, and parental guilt induction/psychological control. Her research highlights how individual, relational, and contextual factors alter family members’ perceptions of these relationship behaviors. A driving question of her research is “what contributes to family members’ perceptions of their interactions and how are these unique perceptions important for individual adjustment?”