Social Development and Family Processes

Recent Presentations

This page lists a sample of the current conference presentations by members of the Social Development and Family Processes Research Group in the Department of Psychology, University of Rochester.

Yoo, H., & Smetana, J. G. (March, 2019). Links between children's guilt and their understanding of the salience of psychological harm. Poster presented at the Biennial Meetings of the Society for Research on Child Development, Baltimore, MD.

Smetana, J. G. (September, 2018). Constructing autonomy in adolescent-parent relationships. Invited plenary talk presented at the European Association for Research on Adolescence, Ghent, Belgium.

Smetana, J. G. Robinson, J., Bourne, S., & Wainryb, C. (March, 2018). Adolescents' narratives regarding disclosure, concealment, and lying to parents: Regulating self and relationships with parents. Paper presented at a symposium at the Biennial Meetings of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Minneapolis, MN.

Rote, W., & Smetana, J. G. (March, 2018). Longitudinal associations between teen information management and relationship quality: Between- versus within-family differences. Paper presented at a symposium at the Biennial Meetings of the Society for Research and Child Development, Austin, TX.

Smetana, J. G., Ball, C. L., & Jambon, M. (April, 2017). Young children distinguish moral and conventional transgressions: Comparisons of moral preferences and judgments. Paper presented at a symposium at the Biennial Meetings of the Society for Research on Child Development, Austin, TX.

Robinson, J., Smetana, J. G., & Wainryb, C. (April, 2017). "I thought lying would be easier": Adolescents' narratives about information management. Poster presented at the Biennial Meetings of the Society for Research on Child Development, Austin, TX.

Ball, C., & Smetana, J. G. (April, 2017). Children's evaluations of retaliation in the context of different peer relationships. Paper presented at a symposium at the Biennial Meetings of the Society for Research on Child Development, Austin, TX.

Robinson, J., & Smetana, J. G. (April, 2017). Emerging adults' reasoning about social rules in relation to essentialism and religious beliefs. Poster presented at the Biennial Meetings of the Society for Research on Child Development, Austin, TX.

Noh, J., Jambon, M., Smetana, J. G., & Killen, M. (April, 2017). Children's evaluations of necessary harm: The role of authority directives and relationship status. Poster presented at the Biennial Meetings of the Society for Research on Child Development, Austin, TX.

Rote, W., Jambon, M., Ball, C. L., & Smetana, J. G. (April 2017). Helicopter (co-) parenting and perceived overcontrol by emerging adults: A family-level profile analysis. Poster presented at the Biennial Meetings of the Society for Research on Child Development, Austin, TX.

Rote, W., & Smetana, J. G. (March, 2016). Family level patterns of parental monitoring and adolescent information management. Paper presented at a symposium at the Biennial Meetings of the Society for Research on Adolesence, Baltimore, MD.

Smetana, J. G., & Rote W. (March, 2016). Within-family heterogeneity in family decision-making and associations with adolescent disclosure and concealment. Paper presented at a symposium at the Biennial Meetings of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Baltimore, MD.

Robinson, J., Smetana, J. G., & Wainryb, C. (March, 2016) In their own words: Adolescents' narratives of information management experiences. Poster presented at the Biennial Meetings of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Baltimore, MD.

Ball, C., Smetana, J. G., & Sturge-Apple, M. (March, 2015). Moral development in context: The contribution of neighborhood and maternal characteristics to preschoolers’ moral reasoning. Poster presented at the Biennial Meetings of the Society for Research in Child Development. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Jambon, M., & Smetana, J. G. (March, 2015). Developmental trajectories in preschoolers’ ability to distinguish moral and social-conventional concepts. Poster presented at the Biennial Meetings of the Society for Research in Child Development. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Smetana, J., Ahmad, I.,  & Wray-Lake, L. (March, 2015). Heterogeneity in Iraqi, Syrian, and Palestinian refugee youths’ beliefs about parental authority. Paper presented at a symposium at the Biennial Meetings of the Society for Research in Child Development. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Robinson, J., Jambon, M., Rote, W., & Smetana, J. G. (March, 2015). Profiles of parent-adolescent relatedness and adjustment: Longitudinal correlates. Poster presented at the Biennial Meetings of the Society for Research in Child Development. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Smetana, J., Ahmad, I., & Wray-Lake, L. (March, 2015). Iraqi,Syrian, and Palestinian Refugee Youths’ Beliefs about Legitimate Parental Authority. Paper presented at a symposium at the Biennial Meetings of the Society for Research in Child Development. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Ahmad, I., Smetana, J., & Gruhn, D. (March, 2015). The impact of collective war trauma and parenting practices on the adjustment of Syrian and Iraqi refugee adolescents. Paper presented at a symposium at the Biennial Meetings of the Society for Research in Child Development. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

Rote, W. M., & Smetana, J. G. (September, 2014). Teen concealment: Predicting latent change from generational differences in parents’ right to know. Poster presented at the 2014 SRCD Special Topic Meeting on Developmental Methodology, San Diego, CA.

Villalobos, M., & Smetana, J. G. (March, 2014). Puerto Rican adolescents’ decision-making autonomy and their relationships with parents. Poster presented at the Biennial Meetings of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Austin, TX.

Rote, W. M., & Smetana, J. G. (March, 2014). Children’s and adolescents’ perceptions of parental guilt induction. Poster presented at the Biennial Meetings of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Austin, TX.

Comer, J. E., Nucci, L., Smetana, J. G., Araki, N., & Nakaue, M. (March, 2014). Japanese adolescents’ justifications and strategies for nondisclosure to parents and their association with depressed mood. Poster presented at the Biennial Meetings of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Austin, TX.

Smetana, J. G., & Rote, W. M. (March, 2014). What do parents want (to know)? Correlates and change over time. Poster presented at the Biennial Meetings of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Austin, TX.

Robinson, J., Jambon, M., Smetana, J. G., & . Rote, J. M. (March, 2014). How close is too close?: Profiles of closeness in parent-adolescent relationships and links with parenting and adjustment. Poster presented at the Biennial Meetings of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Austin, TX.

Tasopoulos-Chan, M., Smetana, J. G., & Yau, J. (March, 2014). Lying to parents: Associations with adjustment in different domains in a multiethnic sample. Poster presented at the Biennial Meetings of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Austin, TX.

Song, G., & Smetana, J. G. (March, 2014). Psychological control, parent-adolescent interactions, and domain-specific disclosure. Poster presented at the Biennial Meetings of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Austin, TX.

Villalobos, M., & Smetana, J. G. (March, 2014). Puerto Rican adolescents’ reasoning about conflicts between their cultural values and autonomy desires. Poster presented at the Biennial Meetings of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Austin, TX.