European Conference on Developmental Psychology
August 25-29, 2025 | Vilnius, Lithuania
Conference Agenda
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Session Overview |
| Date: Friday, 29/Aug/2025 | |||||
| 8:00am - 4:00pm |
REGISTRATION Location: LOBBY OF THE CONFERENCE CENTER IN RADISSON BLU HOTEL LIETUVA (Konstitucijos av. 20) |
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| 9:00am - 10:30am |
S902: SYMPOSIUM: Children’s Prosocial Behaviors Toward Various Ingroup and Outgroup Members in Different Countries Location: ALPHA Chair: Laura K. Taylor Children’s Prosocial Behaviors Toward Various Ingroup and Outgroup Members in Different Countries Presentations of the Symposium Preschool Children's Sympathy, Prosocial Behavior, and Social Inclusion toward Non-Migrant and Migrant-Origin Peers in Italy Prosocial Giving of Irish Children: The Role of Empathy and Outgroup Attitudes Associations Between Self-Regulation During Ingroup Versus Outgroup Transgressions, Empathy, Parenting, and Prosocial Behaviors Across Childhood |
T902: THEMATIC SESSION: Internalizing and Externalizing Symptoms in Childhood and Adolescence: Mechanisms and Moderators Location: BETA 1 Chair: Per Helge H. Larsen Examining the Social Gradient in Offspring Mental Health: A Longitudinal Study of Socioeconomic Inequalities and Mediating Mechanisms NTNU, Norway Do Risk Factors for Anxiety Problems change from Middle Childhood to Early-to-Late Adolescence? 1: METU, Turkiye; 2: Ege University, Turkiye; 3: Boğaziçi University, Turkiye Harnessing personal and social resources in managing internalising and externalising symptoms in children living in low-resource settings 1: Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom; 2: King's College London, United Kingdom Externalizing Behavior Problems During Adolescence: An Ecological Perspective 1: Middle East Technical University, Turkiye; 2: Ege University, Turkiye; 3: Boğaziçi University, Turkiye The association between adolescent girls’ oral contraceptive use and depressive symptom development into young adulthood: The importance of adverse childhood experiences Utrecht University, the Netherlands |
T903: THEMATIC SESSION: Identity Development Across Contexts and Lifespan Location: BETA 2 Chair: Dalia Nasvytienė Who am I? Analyzing Self-Descriptions Across the Lifespan Vilnius University, Lithuania Intergenerational Transmission of Attachment and Identity Development in Adolescence: A Dynamic Systems Perspective on Developmental Trajectories and Contextual Influences National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece The Role of Narrative Processing of Self-Defining Events for Identity Development in Emerging Adults: Results from Two Randomized Controlled Trials 1: SWPS University, Poland; 2: Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland The ReSearching Identity Podcast Project: Developing a Brief and Inclusive Professional Identity Intervention for Higher Education 1: Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands; 2: Hogeschool Inholland, the Netherlands Narrative Identity Interventions: A scoping review Utrecht University, Netherlands, The |
S901: SYMPOSIUM: Beyond Snapshots: Unpacking Educational Development Through Longitudinal Research Location: ZETA 1 Chair: Saule Raiziene Chair: Lauryna Rakickienė Beyond Snapshots: Unpacking Educational Development Through Longitudinal Research Presentations of the Symposium Trajectories of Parental Positive and Negative Emotions in Homework Situations: Associations with Children’s Task Persistence and Performance Exploring the Impact of Psychologically Controlling Teaching on Students' Emotional Cost and Attainment Value in Mathematics Developmental Patterns of Internalizing Symptoms in Upper Secondary Education: Associations to Labor Market Marginalization and the Role of Social Support Prospective Differences in Academic Achievement during Adolescence: The Role of Educational Tracking |
T901: THEMATIC SESSION:Young People Navigating Modern Challenges: Digital Relationships, Social Attitudes, and Risk Behaviors Location: ZETA 2 Chair: Inga Truskauskaite Mental Health Patterns Amid Global Crises: Evidence from a Four-Wave Study of Lithuanian and German Young Adults 1: Vilnius University, Lithuania; 2: Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Geremany Defining and Designing Disinformation: A Qualitative Exploration of Dutch Youths’ Perceptions and Experiences of Disinformation University of Amsterdam, Netherlands Evolution of dating violence: latent transition analysis at two points in time. Universidad de Córdoba, Spain Dating and relationship abuse in young adults: Relational and individual correlates of mutual abuse University of Exeter, United Kingdom |
| T905: THEMATIC SESSION: Parenting in Contemporary Contexts: Impacts on Adolescent Behavior Location: GAMMA Chair: Shanu Shukla Impact of Parent-Child Conflict on Adolescents’ Alcohol Use and Offline and Online Aggression: A 4-wave Longitudinal Study 1: Interdisciplinary Research Team on Internet and Society, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic, 60200; 2: Audiovisual Communication and Advertising Department, Faculty of Communication and Social Sciences, University of the Basque Country, Leioa, Spain, 48940 The temperamental origin of procrastination in adolescence and the moderating role of parenting influences National Taipei Univerity of Education, Taiwan Parental smartphone use, instrumental use of devices in childrearing, and children’s psychosocial adjustment 1: University of Udine, Italy; 2: University of Milano-Bicoca, Milan, Italy From security in family to security in community: How does security in community affect minority adolescents' adjustment problems? 1: İstanbul Üniversity, Turkiye; 2: Mimar Sinan Güzel Sanatlar Üniversitesi, Turkey |
T904: THEMATIC SESSION: Resilience and Emotional Development in Early and Middle Childhood Location: EPSILON Chair: Katerina Romanova Cognitive and Affective Empathy Predict Young Children's Involvement in Bullying One Year Later 1: University of Oxford, United Kingdom; 2: Bangor University; 3: University of Birmingham; 4: Warwick University To feel, understand, and help: Empathy on different emotions and its relation to prosocial behaviors University of the Philippines Diliman, Philippines Family Resilience in Sibling Transition: A Longitudinal Study of Mother-Child Dyads in China University of cambridge, United Kingdom The Meaning of Home Among Bedouin Children from Unrecognized Villages in Israel 1: The Univrsity of Cambridge, United Kingdom; 2: Sakhnin College, Israel |
M901: 5 MINUTE PRESANTATIONS: Developmental Challenges and Adaptive Strengths in Adolescence and Young Adulthood Location: THETA Chair: Dagmar Strohmeier Chair: Roma Jusienė Do You See What I See (DYSWIS)? Investigating Individual Differences in Spontaneous Visuo-Spatial Perspective-Taking University of Pavia, Italy Personality Functioning and Peer Relationships in Adolescence: A One-Year Longitudinal Study Vilnius University, Lithuania Well-being of plurilingual migrant learners in France: a study on life satisfaction, language anxiety and enjoyment 1: Centre de Recherche en Education de Nantes (CREN), France; 2: Laboratoire en Psychologie des Pays de la Loire (LPPL), France; 3: Centre Interdisciplinaire de Recherche sur les Patrimoines en Lettres et Langues (CIRPaLL), France "You Never Know How Strong You Are Until Being Strong Is Your Only Choice": Adolescents in a Continuous Stressful War University of Haifa, Israel One of a kind? Unraveling the complexities of parenting adolescents across time(scales) and families Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands, The Resilience Development under Adversity: A Longitudinal Study on the Effects of Maltreatment in Adolescence Vilnius University, Faculty of Philosophy, Institute of Psychology, Center for Psychotraumatology, Lithuania More than just enduring – Mental health and well-being among Swedish young adults who ceased self-injuring since adolescence Kristianstad University, Sweden |
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| 9:30am - 12:30pm |
EADP Council meeting Location: IOTA |
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| 10:30am - 11:00am |
COFFEE BREAK Location: LOBBY OF THE CONFERENCE CENTER IN RADISSON BLU HOTEL LIETUVA (Konstitucijos av. 20) |
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| 11:00am - 12:30pm |
S904: SYMPOSIUM: Is it just important to be friends? Friendship as a protective and risk factor for well-being and the type of behavior developed during adolescence Location: ALPHA Chair: Ana Bravo Is it just important to be friends? Friendship as a protective and risk factor for well-being and the type of behavior developed during adolescence Presentations of the Symposium Can you help me friend? Measuring interactions between help-seeking and friendship networks from a developmental perspective Friends’ Influence on Adolescents’ Loss of Control Eating: The Moderating Role of Self-Esteem, Fear of Negative Evaluation, and Body Dissatisfaction Dwelling on negative affect with friends: The role of co-rumination in the effect of daily peer victimization on adolescents’ mood |
T909: THEMATIC SESSION: Parenting and Neurodevelopmental Challenges: Support, Identity, and Intervention Location: BETA 1 Chair: Ellen Hedstrom “Keeping People in Limbo” - Parents’ experiences of waiting for an ADHD assessment with CAMHS in England. 1: University of Southampton, United Kingdom; 2: Kings College London; 3: Queen Mary University of London; 4: Nottingham University Caregiver-reported Support and Service Receipt among Children with Developmental Disabilities in Kenya and Ethiopia. 1: King's College London, United Kingdom; 2: Aga Khan University, Nairobi-Kenya; 3: Addis Ababa University; 4: Kenya Medical Research Institute; 5: University of Edinburgh; 6: Oxford University Can participation in a positive parenting program be significant for parents who raise a child with autism spectrum disorder? Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Lithuania Adaptation and Evaluation of the PEERS Program for Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Turkey 1: Ege University, Turkiye; 2: Haliç Üniversitesi; 3: Tekirdağ Namık Kemal Üniversitesi |
T910: THEMATIC SESSION: Understanding Children’s Adjustment in Complex Contexts Location: BETA 2 Chair: Goda Gegieckaitė Longitudinal Associations Between Emotion Regulation Strategies and Life Satisfaction in Early Adolescence 1: Ivo Pilar Institute of Social Sciences, Zagreb, Croatia; 2: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia The psychological impact of ability grouping in primary school: How does it impact children’s thinking about learning? Utrecht University, Netherlands, The The importance of parental involvement in the relationship between children's leisure time and socioemotional well-being in middle childhood 1: Ivo Pilar Institute of Social Sciences, Croatia; 2: Catholic University of Croatia Awareness of Institutional Discrimination and its Psychological Consequences for Young Arab-Palestinian Citizens of Israel 1: The Max Stern College; 2: Reichman University, Israel |
S905: SYMPOSIUM: The Role of Individual and Contextual Factors in the Promotion of Adolescents' and Young Adults' Civic Engagement: Insights from Europe Location: ZETA 1 Chair: Nicolò Maria Iannello The Role of Individual and Contextual Factors in the Promotion of Adolescents' and Young Adults' Civic Engagement: Insights from Europe Presentations of the Symposium What predicts Young People’s Civic and Political Engagement? Self-Connection and Resilience as Drivers of Civic Engagement: Attitudinal, Altruistic, and Contextual Influences in Uncertain Times A Positive Youth Development Perspective on the Role of Individual and Familial Resources in Adolescents’ Civic Engagement and Well-Being |
S903: SYMPOSIUM: Virtual Reality and online games to assess and prevent risk behaviors during childhood and adolescence Location: ZETA 2 Chair: ANNALAURA NOCENTINI Virtual Reality and online games to assess and prevent risk behaviors during childhood and adolescence Presentations of the Symposium Virtual Reality as a Tool for Understanding Psychopathic Traits and Behavioral Patterns in Children TArgeting Bullying behaviors using Virtual Reality (TAB-VR): an Italian selective intervention GoByst!-VR for preventing adolescent sexual harassment: Key findings from the second edition What Do Adolescents Think? Insights from a Thematic Analysis of (Cyber)Bullying Narratives |
| T906: THEMATIC SESSION: Transitions in Emerging Adulthood and Parenthood: Identity, Well-being, and Life Stressors Location: GAMMA Chair: Liselotte den Boer Longitudinal associations between well-being and narrative identity: A mixed-method approach on identity process and content 1: Utrecht University, The Netherlands; 2: Tilburg University, The Netherlands Longitudinal trajectories of COVID-related stress and their associations with identity processes Department of Psychology, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Italy Quarter Life Crisis among Turkish Emerging Adults 1: Ankara University; 2: Baskent University; 3: TED University; 4: University of Greenwich; 5: Cambridge University The Relation between Parents’ Personality and Parenting Stress: a Meta-Analysis 1: Utrecht University, the Netherlands; 2: University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA Changes in relationship dynamics of unmarried African American coparents across the transition to parenthood: Effects of a prenatal coparenting intervention 1: Bilkent University, Turkiye; 2: Yale University Child Study Center, New Haven, CT, USA; 3: University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, USA |
T907: THEMATIC SESSION: Mental Health in Adolescents: Cognitive and Contextual Risks Location: ETA Chair: Katarzyna Kostyrka-Allchorne Moving beyond screen time: A new approach to researching the link between adolescent digital experiences, mental health, and psychological wellbeing 1: Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom; 2: King's College London; 3: University of Edinburgh; 4: London School of Economics and Political Science Daily Associations Between Depressive Rumination and Symptoms in Adolescents: The Role of Self-Efficacy about Sadness Regulation 1: Sapienza, Univerisity of Rome, Italy; 2: Temple University, Department of Psychology, Philadelphia, PA Internalizing problems and excessive ICT use: A preliminary investigation in Italian Adolescents 1: Department of Human Sciences, Guglielmo Marconi University, Rome, Italy; 2: Department of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy; 3: Clinic for Substance and Behavioral Addiction, Academic Foundation Policlinico Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy; 4: Department of Humanities, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy; 5: Department of Social Sciences, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy The underlying psychopathological factors in early adolescence: developmental trend and related factors Shandong Normal University, China Conduct Disorder Amongst Bangladeshi Delinquent Youths: Role of Parenting Style. 1: Western Sydney University, Australia; 2: Murdoch University, Australia; 3: International University of Business Agriculture and Technology (IUBAT), Bangladesh. |
T908: THEMATIC SESSION: Navigating Transitions: Health, Social Roles, and Relationships in Emerging Adulthood Location: EPSILON Chair: Miranda Kit-Yi Wong Fertility of adults born very preterm or very low birth weight 1: Department of Psychology, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom; 2: Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany; 3: School of Psychological Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia; 4: Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom; 5: Department of Neonatology and Paediatric Intensive Care, University Hospital Bonn, Germany; 6: Division of Health Sciences, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom Longitudinal Analysis of Substance Use Across Emerging Adulthood 1: Universidad de Sevilla, Spain; 2: Universidad de Sevilla, Spain; 3: Universidad de Sevilla, Spain; 4: UPV/EHU, Spain; 5: Universidad de Sevilla, Spain The mediating role of authenticity in the relationship between identity processes and psychological well-being Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw, Poland Antenatal Predictors of Parental Gatekeeping Among First-Time Mothers and Fathers. SWPS University, Poland |
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| 12:30pm - 12:45pm |
CLOSING CEREMONY Location: ALPHA |
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| 12:45pm - 1:45pm |
LUNCH BREAK Location: RESTAURANT "RIVERSIDE" IN RADISSON BLU HOTEL LIETUVA |
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| 2:00pm - 7:00pm |
Suggested social program for those who are not leaving https://www.ecdp2025vilnius.eu/tours-and-activities/ |
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