Research Interests
developmental psychopathology; depression; stress and emotion; adolescent development; family and peer relationships
Research Description
The overall goal of Dr. Rudolph’s research is to identify risk and protective processes that amplify or attenuate vulnerability to psychopathology across development, with a focus on adolescence as a stage of particular sensitivity. Her research uses a multi-level, multi-method approach that considers how personal attributes of youth (e.g., gender, temperament, emotion regulation, social motivation, coping, neuroendocrine profiles, neural processing), development (e.g., pubertal timing, social transitions), and contexts (e.g., early adversity, stressors, family and peer relationships) intersect to contribute to the development of psychopathology, particularly depression and suicide. This research aims to understand both the origins and consequences of individual differences in risk. A variety of methodological approaches are used, including longitudinal survey-based research, interviews, behavior observations, experimental tasks, hormone assessments, and fMRI. Recent work also involves the development of a prevention program for adolescent depression.
Education
Ph.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles
Additional Campus Affiliations
Professor, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
External Links
Recent Publications
Rudolph, K. D., Skymba, H. V., Modi, H. H., Davis, M. M., Yan Sze, W., Rosswurm, C. P., & Telzer, E. H. (2021). How does peer adversity “Get inside the Brain?” Adolescent girls’ differential susceptibility to neural dysregulation of emotion following victimization. Developmental psychobiology, 63(3), 481-495. https://doi.org/10.1002/dev.22022
Rudolph, K. D., Davis, M. M., Skymba, H. V., Modi, H. H., & Telzer, E. H. (2021). Social experience calibrates neural sensitivity to social feedback during adolescence: A functional connectivity approach. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 47, [100903]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcn.2020.100903
Modi, H. H., Davis, M. M., Miernicki, M. E., Telzer, E. H., & Rudolph, K. D. (2020). Maternal Antecedents to Adolescent Girls’ Neural Regulation of Emotion. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 30(3), 581-598. https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.12545
Rudolph, K. D., Davis, M. M., Modi, H. H., Fowler, C., Kim, Y., & Telzer, E. H. (2020). Differential Susceptibility to Parenting in Adolescent Girls: Moderation by Neural Sensitivity to Social Cues. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 30(S1), 177-191. https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.12458
Rudolph, K. D., Monti, J. D., Flynn, M., & Goodwin, G. J. (2020). Maladaptive Social Consequences of Emotional Clarity Deficits in Early Adolescence. Journal of Early Adolescence, 40(8), 1226-1243. https://doi.org/10.1177/0272431620912490
