Conference Agenda

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Session Overview
Location: OMIKRON
Date: Tuesday, 26/Aug/2025
10:30am
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12:00pm
T606: THEMATIC SESSION: Being and Becoming in Adulthood: Emotional, Social, and Developmental Perspectives
Location: OMIKRON
Chair: Goda Gegieckaitė
 

How middle-aged women experience their aging: a qualitative study

Goda Gegieckaitė1, Gražina Rapolienė1, Milda Kukulskienė2

1: The Lithuanian Centre for Social Sciences, Lithuania; 2: Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Faculty of Public Health, Department of Health Psychology, Lithuania



A Look from Within: Autistic Adults' Experiences of Building Connections with Strangers

Indrė Muraškaitė, Kristina Žardeckaitė-Matulaitienė

Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania



The relations between Inhibitory Control and Empathy-related responses: A Daily Diary Study

Alessia Teresa Virzì1, Lucia Manfredi2, Fulvio Gregori2, Virginia Isabel Barrero Toncel1, Sivlia Caldaroni1, Giuseppe Corbelli1, Anna Marras3, Concetta Pastorelli1, Antonio Zuffianò1

1: Sapienza University of Rome, Department of Psychology, Rome, Italy; 2: Sapienza University of Rome, Department of Psychology of Developmental and Socialization Processes, Rome, Italy; 3: University of Florence, Department of Education, Languages, Interculture, Literatures and Psychology (FORLILPSI), Florence, Italy



The temporal dynamics of young adults’ personal goals: An eight-year longitudinal study

Filomena Parada1, Miikka Turkkila2, Rasmus Mannerström2, Inka Ronkainen2, Katariina Salmela-Aro2

1: Lusófona University, Portugal; 2: University of Helsinki, Finland



Meaning in Life at Midlife for Single and Childfree Filipino Women

Samantha Erika N. Mendez

University of the Philippines Diliman, Philippines

1:00pm
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2:30pm
T612: THEMATIC SESSION: Development in Later Life: Cognition, Identity, and Life Course Transitions
Location: OMIKRON
Chair: Antanas Kairys
 

The Transition to Retirement: How Retirement Intentions, Workplace Quality and Social Activity Shape Outcomes

Antanas Kairys1, Ieva Urbanavičiūtė1, Olga Zamalijeva1, Raimonda Sadauskaitė1, Ieva Reine2,3

1: Vilnius University, Institute of Psychology, Lithuania; 2: Uppsala University, Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Sweden; 3: Rīga Stradiņš University, Statistics Unit, Latvia



A Qualitative Study: Grandmothers and Mothers Are (Not) on the Same Page for Grandchildren

Aysu Alkış1, Başak Şahin-Acar1, Tuğçe Bakır-Demir2, Elaine Reese3

1: Middle East Technical University, Turkiye; 2: Auckland University of Technology; 3: University of Otago



Exploring Lifestyle as a Mediator Between Education, Personality Traits, and Cognitive Abilities in Older Adulthood

Viktorija Azuma, Antanas Kairys

Vilnius University, Lithuania



The paradox of aging: exploring the link between cognitive function and driving competence

Austėja Kiliutė, Goda Skinkytė, Auksė Endriulaitienė, Laura Šeibokaitė, Rasa Markšaitytė, Modesta Morkevičiūtė, Tadas Vadvilavičius

Vytautas Magnus university, Kaunas, Lithuania



“Complicating Factors”: Investigating occupational complexity as a measure of cognitive reserve among older Irish adults

Niall Costello1, Silvin Knight2, Flavia H Santos1, Jennifer E Symonds3

1: University College Dublin, Ireland; 2: Trinity College Dublin; 3: University College London

4:30pm
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6:00pm
T618: THEMATIC SESSION: Understanding and Supporting Learners: Anxiety, Motivation, and Equity
Location: OMIKRON
Chair: Mia Maurer
 

Teacher and Parent Beliefs about Children’s Competence: Longitudinal and Interactive Effects on Children’s Interest and Self-concept of Ability in Literacy and Math

Mia Maurer, Vilija Hiltunen, Kaisa Aunola, Gintautas Silinskas

University of Jyväskylä, Finland



Longitudinal relations between math anxiety and performance: the role of self-concept and interest

Riikka Mononen1, Pinja Tähti1, Anna Tapola2, Johan Korhonen2

1: University of Oulu, Finland; 2: Åbo Akademi University, Finland



Intervention with a serious game in children with mathematical difficulties and ADHD

Jenny Maurer1,2, Angelika Becker1,2, Leon Skoba1,2, Darius Endlich3, Wolfgang Lenhard3, Monika Daseking1,2

1: Helmut Schmidt University Hamburg, Germany; 2: IDeA Research Center for Individual Development and Adaptive Education of Children at Risk, Frankfurt am Main, Germany; 3: University of Würzburg, Germany



Reducing math anxiety by relaxation and multiplication training in primary school classrooms: An intervention study

Pinja Tähti1, Katja Sutela1, Johan Korhonen2, Riikka Mononen1

1: University of Oulu, Finland; 2: Åbo Akademi University, Finland

Date: Wednesday, 27/Aug/2025
10:30am
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12:00pm
T706: THEMATIC SESSION: Aging and Wellbeing: Psychological Resilience and Modern Challenges in Later Life
Location: OMIKRON
Chair: Rūta Sargautytė
 

The Role of Successful Aging in the Link between Chronic Pain and Depressive Symptoms in Older People

Rūta Sargautytė, Kamilė Naujalytė

Vilnius University, Lithuania



Workers in Nursing and Care Institutions are Impacted by their Attitudes toward Aging and their Empathy for Clients

Rūta Sargautytė, Gabrielė Gudynaitė

Vilnius University, Lithuania



Associations Between Internet Use and Mental Health During COVID-19 Pandemic Among Older Adults in The Nordic-Baltic Region

Gabriele Gudynaite, Olga Zamalijeva, Vilmante Pakalniskiene, Antanas Kairys

Vilnius university, Lithuania



Aging anxiety and death anxiety associations with self-perceptions of aging and life satisfaction in middle-aged women

Goda Gegieckaitė, Gražina Rapolienė

The Lithuanian Centre for Social Sciences, Lithuania, Lithuania

3:30pm
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5:00pm
T712: THEMATIC SESSION: Career Development in Complex Social Contexts
Location: OMIKRON
Chair: Olga Kirejeva
 

The Link between Moral Distress and Burnout among Social Service Providers in Lithuania

Olga Kirejeva, Aidas Perminas

Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania



Occupational and Familial Long-Term Effects of Gender Role Attitudes

Ricarda Ullrich1,2, Michael Becker2,3, Jan Scharf2

1: IPN | Leibniz Institute for Science and Mathematics Education, Kiel, Germany; 2: DIPF | Leibniz Institute für Research and Information in Education, Frankfurt, Germany; 3: Center for Research on Education and School Development (IFS), Technical University Dortmund, Germany



Balancing Love and Labor: A Meta-Analysis of the Interplay Between Marital Satisfaction and Career-Related Factors

Zeynep Görgülü1, Ecem Çiçek-Habeş2, Selen Demirtaş-Zorbaz2

1: Selçuk University, Türkiye; 2: Ankara University, Türkiye



Precarity in Academia: Graduate Student Workers' Experiences and Psychological Challenges*

Zehra YELER

TED University, Turkiye



Career development of museum workers: applying a sociocultural psychological approach of museum development to professional practice

Louis Kernahan

University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland