Conference Agenda

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Session Overview
Location: ZETA 1
Date: Tuesday, 26/Aug/2025
10:30am
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12:00pm
S604: SYMPOSIUM: Expanding the Horizon in Mentalization
Location: ZETA 1
Chair: Ruben Fukkink
 

Expanding the Horizon in Mentalization

Chair(s): Jenny Marttila (Univeristy of Turku)

 

Presentations of the Symposium

 

Maternal Mind-Mindedness and Children's Expressions of Shyness during a Performance Task

Oana Benga1, Georgiana Susa-Erdogan1, Cristina Colonnesi2, Flavia Medrea1, Gabriela Urian1
1Babeș-Bolyai University, 2University of Amsterdam

 

Evolving Mind-Mindedness: Parental Interactional Mind-Mindedness with Older Children in Pleasant and Stressful Interactions

Cristina Colonnesi, Moniek Zeegers, Daniëlle van der Giessen
University of Amsterdam

 

The First Goodbye: Parent-Child Interaction during Separation Situation in the Light of Parental Mentalization

Nina Mellenius1, Riikka Korja1, Suvi Puolakka2, Katja Tervahartiala1, Hetti Lahtela1, Saara Salo2, Mirjam Kalland2, Eero Laakkonen1, Niina Junttila1
1Univeristy of Turku, 2University of Helsinki

 

The Role of Mentalization in Enhancing Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) Professionals’ Interaction and Relationships with Children

Jenny Marttila1, Ruben Fukkink2, Maarit Silvén1
1University of Turku, 2University of Amsterdam

1:00pm
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2:30pm
S610: SYMPOSIUM: Development of children's emotion knowledge - results from 3 countries in Europe
Location: ZETA 1
Chair: Maria von Salisch
 

Development of children's emotion knowledge - results from 3 countries in Europe

Chair(s): Maria von Salisch (Leuphana University, Germany Lueneburg, Germany)

 

Presentations of the Symposium

 

Contributions of the Adaptive Test of Emotion Knowledge (ATEM 3-9) in outlining the socio-emotional profile of a Portuguese sample

Patricia Moreira1, Andreia Pinho2, Carla Silva2, Mafalda Moreira2, Raphael Almeida Gil2, Diana Alves1
1University of Porto, Portugal, 2FAPFEIRA, Portugal

 

Longitudinal associations between emotion knowledge and positive peer relationships in Swiss preschool classrooms

Tatiana Diebold1, Pablo Nischak2, Sonja Lorusso2, Ori Harel2, Carine Burkhardt Bossi1, Sonja Perren2
1Thurgau University of Teacher Education, Switzerland, 2University of Konstanz, Germany

 

What predicts growth in primary school children’s emotion knowledge?

Maria von Salisch, Katharina Voltmer
Leuphana University, Germany

 

What comes first: children’s language skills or their emotion knowledge?

Maria von Salisch, Katharina Voltmer
Leuphana University, Germany

4:30pm
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6:00pm
S615: SYMPOSIUM: Individual, Contextual, and Temporal Antecedents and Consequences of Ethnic-Racial Discrimination among Children and Youth
Location: ZETA 1
Chair: Savaş Karataş
 

Individual, Contextual, and Temporal Antecedents and Consequences of Ethnic-Racial Discrimination among Children and Youth / EADP Collaboration Grant Symposium

Chair(s): Savaş Karataş (Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany)

 

Presentations of the Symposium

 

How Do Children Distribute Different Types of Help? The Role of Task Difficulty and Recipient’s Ethnicity

Jellie Sierksma, Astrid Poorthuis
Utrecht University

 

The Cost of Peer Ethnic Discrimination: Interrelations with Ethnic Identity and Identity Coherence among Ethnic Minority Adolescents

Savaş Karataş1, Jana Vietze2, Chiara Ceccon3, Ughetta Moscardino3
1Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, 2Erasmus University Rotterdam, 3University of Padova

 

Ethnic-Racial Identity Exploration Instills Early Adolescents of Color with Resilience Against Racial/Ethnic Discrimination: A Co-Sibling Control Study

Juan Del Toro1, Warren C. Aguilar2, Junqiang Dai3, Charissa Cheah2
1University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, 2University of Maryland-Baltimore County, 3Georgia State University

 

Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis: Racial-Ethnic Discrimination and Young People’s Mental Health in Intensive Longitudinal Studies

Yijie Wang1, Qi Huang1, Daeun Kim1, Jiayi Liu1, Sylvia Lin1, Youchuan Zhang1, Juan Del Toro2, Sauro Civitillo3
1Michighan State University, 2University of Minnesota Twin Cities, 3Utrecht University

Date: Wednesday, 27/Aug/2025
10:30am
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12:00pm
S704: SYMPOSIUM: Screen-Based Media Use and Cognitive Development in Preschool Age
Location: ZETA 1
Chair: Roma Jusienė
 

Screen-Based Media Use and Cognitive Development in Preschool Age

Chair(s): Roma Jusienė (Vilnius University, Lithuania)

 

Presentations of the Symposium

 

Associations Between Preschoolers‘ Language Skills and Screen Media Time, Type, and Content

Roma Jusienė, Edita Baukienė, Rima Breidokienė, Lauryna Rakickienė
Vilnius University, Lithuania, Faculty of Philosophy, Institute of Psychology

 

Screen Time vs. Parent-Child Conversations in Toddlers' Language Development

Tiia Tulviste, Jaan Tulviste
University of Tartu, Estonia

 

Screen Time and Executive Function in Preschoolers: Interactions with Sleep, Content Type and Degree of Interaction

Emma L. Axelsson, Alyssa Quinn, Isabelle Robbins, Madeleine Gale, Samantha Playford
University of Newcastle, Australia, School of Psychological Sciences

 

Preschoolers' Use of Different Screen-Based Devices and Its Relation to Their Executive Functioning: Insights Based on EF Tasks and Reports from Parents and Teachers

Lauryna Rakickienė, Rugilė Vaitkūnaitė, Roma Jusienė, Ramunė Dirvanskienė, Rima Breidokienė
Vilnius University, Lithuania, Faculty of Philosophy, Institute of Psychology

3:30pm
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5:00pm
S709: SYMPOSIUM: Aspects of Parenting Linked to Youths’ Social-Emotional Development
Location: ZETA 1
Chair: Yentl Koopmans
 

Aspects of Parenting Linked to Youths’ Social-Emotional Development

Chair(s): Yentl Koopmans (KU Leuven, Belgium)

 

Presentations of the Symposium

 

Socialization of adolescents’ sense of entitlement: A preregistered study

Hannah Armstrong1, Stefanie A. Nelemans2, Eddie Brummelman1
1Research Institute of Child Development and Education, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2Department of Youth and Family, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

 

Mother-Adolescent Discrepancies in Reports of Maternal Parenting and Early Adolescent Internalizing Symptoms

Yentl Koopmans1, Stefanie A. Nelemans2, Luc Goossens1
1School Psychology and Development in Context, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, 2Department of Youth and Family, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

 

Parent-child Relationship Quality and Subjective Well-being of Children and Adolescents: A Multilevel Meta-Analysis

Xinyuan Guo1, Sanne Geeraerts1, Bertus Jeronimus2, Susan Branje1
1Department of Youth and Family, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 2Department of Developmental Psychology, University of Groningen

 

To Parent Too Much: Parental Overinvolvement and Child Psychological Development

Sabina Kapetanovic1, Maria Bacikova-Sleskova2
1University West, Trollhättan, Sweden, 2University of Pavel Jozef Safarik, Kosice, Slovakia

Date: Thursday, 28/Aug/2025
10:30am
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12:00pm
S804: SYMPOSIUM: Gene-environment interplay in children’s learning development
Location: ZETA 1
Chair: Alexandra Starr
 

Gene-environment interplay in children’s learning development

Chair(s): Alexandra Starr (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands, The)

 

Presentations of the Symposium

 

Newborn brain responses are associated with their parents’ math skills

Kaisa Lohvansuu1, Tuire Koponen2, Jarmo Hämäläinen3, Tiina Parviainen3, Hanna-Maija Lapinkero4, Annina Riihinen5, Minna Torppa6
11 Department of Teacher Education, University of Jyväskylä; 2 Centre for Interdisciplinary Brain Research, University of Jyväskylä, 23 Department of Education, University of Jyväskylä, 32 Centre for Interdisciplinary Brain Research, University of Jyväskylä; 4 Department of Psychology, University of Jyväskylä, 41 Department of Teacher Education, University of Jyväskylä; ; 2 Centre for Interdisciplinary Brain Research, University of Jyväskylä;, 51 Department of Teacher Education, University of Jyväskylä; ; 2 Centre for Interdisciplinary Brain Research, University of Jyväskylä, 6Department of Teacher Education, University of Jyväskylä

 

How similar are language skills among family members in early childhood? A systematic review of nuclear family associations

Magda Matetovici1, Hans-Fredrik Sunde2, Sergio Miguel Pereira Soares1, Selim Sametoglu1, Elsje van Bergen3, Caroline Rowland4
1Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, 2Centre for Fertility and Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway, 3Department of Biological Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Research Institute LEARN!, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; PROMENTA Resea, 4Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; Donders Institute, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

 

Predicting literacy and numeracy from inherited DNA differences

Alexandra Starr1, René Pool2, Hailey Davis3, Iorana Fey3, Ana L. Henriques Fürst3, Eugenia Kis4, Yola Sol3, Lannie Ligthart5, Bruno Sauce6, Elsje van Bergen7
11 Department of Biological Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands; 2 Research Institute LEARN!, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands; 3 Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 21 Department of Biological Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands; 3 Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands;, 31 Department of Biological Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands;, 41 Department of Biological Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 51 Department of Biological Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands; 3 Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 61 Department of Biological Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands; 2 Research Institute LEARN!, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands; 3 Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands;, 71 Department of Biological Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands; 2 Research Institute LEARN!, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands; 3 Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; 4 PROMENTA Resea

 

Associations of DNA-methylation profile scores of cognition with cognitive development, academic performance, and socioeconomic attainments

Deniz Fraemke1, J.H. Walter1, K. Paige Harden2, Margherita Malanchini3, Elliot M. Tucker-Drob4, Laurel Raffington1
1Max Planck Research Group Biosocial – Biology, Social Disparities, and Development; Max Planck Institute for Human Development; Berlin, 2Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, 3School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, 4Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin; Population Research Center, University of Texas at Austin

3:30pm
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5:00pm
S809: SYMPOSIUM: Novel Approaches to Studying Diversity: Expanding Perspectives Across Contexts
Location: ZETA 1
Chair: Sauro Civitillo
 

Novel Approaches to Studying Diversity: Expanding Perspectives Across Contexts

Chair(s): Sauro Civitillo (Utrecht University, Netherlands, The)

 

Presentations of the Symposium

 

Is gender truly stable? Longitudinal changes in gender identity in a Dutch community sample

Jessie Hillekens1, Fernando Salinas-Quiroz2, Lysanne te Brinke3
1Tilburg University, 2Tufts University, 3Erasmus University Rotterdam

 

Can I converse with you? Results of multilingual diversity indices on students and teachers in German schools

Peter Titzmann1, Mădălina Paizan2, Lara Aumann1, Anja Gampe3
1Leibniz University Hannover, 2University of Mannheim, 3University of Duisburg-Essen

 

Assessing Young Children’s Knowledge of Religious Outgroups: Cognitive and Social Influences

Isabelle Zammit, Laura Taylor
University College Dublin

 

Capturing ‘Wear’ in ‘Wear and Tear’: The psychological impact of discrimination is associated with epigenetic age acceleration across two national samples of adults

Sauro Civitillo1, Juan Del Toro2, Connor Martz3, Katerina Marcoulides2
1Utrecht University, 2University of Minnesota, 3University of Texas

Date: Friday, 29/Aug/2025
9:00am
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10:30am
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

Chair(s): Saule Raiziene (Vilnius University, Lithuania)

 

Presentations of the Symposium

 

Trajectories of Parental Positive and Negative Emotions in Homework Situations: Associations with Children’s Task Persistence and Performance

Justina Davolyte1, Saule Raiziene2, Gintautas Silinskas1
1Department of Psychology, University of Jyväskylä, Finland, 2Institute of Psychology, Vilnius University

 

Exploring the Impact of Psychologically Controlling Teaching on Students' Emotional Cost and Attainment Value in Mathematics

Saule Raiziene, Lauryna Rakickiene, Dovile Butkiene
Institute of Psychology, Vilnius University, Lithuania

 

Developmental Patterns of Internalizing Symptoms in Upper Secondary Education: Associations to Labor Market Marginalization and the Role of Social Support

Vilija Hiltunen1, Noona Kiuru2, Daria Khanolainen1, Kaisa Aunola2, Karoliina Koskenvuo3, Minna Torppa4, Eija Pakarinen4, Kati Vasalampi5
1Faculty of Education and Psychology, University of Jyväskylä, 2Department of Psychology, University of Jyväskylä, 3The Social Insurance Institution of Finland, Helsinki, Finland; University of Helsinki, Faculty of Medicine, 4Department of Teacher Education, University of Jyväskylä, 5Department of Education, Special Education, University of Jyväskylä

 

Prospective Differences in Academic Achievement during Adolescence: The Role of Educational Tracking

Daria Dodan1, Oana Negru-Subtirica1, Raluca Szekely-Copandean2
1Department of Psychology, Babes-Bolyai University, Romania; Self and Identity Development Lab, Department of Psychology, Babes-Bolyai University, Romania, 2Department of Psychology, Babes-Bolyai University, Romania

11:00am
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12:30pm
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

Chair(s): Nicolò Maria Iannello (Department of Psychology and Health Sciences, Faculty of Human Sciences, Education and Sport, Pegaso Telematic University, Naples, Italy)

Discussant(s): Dagmar Strohmeier (University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria, Linz, Austria; University of Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway)

 

Presentations of the Symposium

 

What predicts Young People’s Civic and Political Engagement?

Harriet Tenenbaum1, Martyn Barrett1, Nikolina Tsvetkova2, Maria Stoicheva2, Kaloyan Haralampiev3, Antoaneta Getova3, Edyta Widawska4, Sabina Pawlik5, Saulė Milčiuvienė6, Irina Sikorska7, Melina Porto8
1School of Psychology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, UK, 2European Studies Department, Faculty of Philosophy, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Bulgaria, 3Sociology Department, Faculty of Philosophy, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Bulgaria, 4Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland, 5Institute of Education, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland, 6Department of Public Law, Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania, 7Department of Cultural Studies, Mariupol State University, Ukraine, 8Institute of Research in Humanities and Social Sciences, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina

 

Self-Connection and Resilience as Drivers of Civic Engagement: Attitudinal, Altruistic, and Contextual Influences in Uncertain Times

Pasquale Musso1, Cristian Stifano1, Rosalinda Cassibba1, Diana Miconi2, Radosveta Dimitrova3
1Department of Education, Psychology, Communication, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italy, 2University of Montreal, Canada, 3Stockholm University

 

A Positive Youth Development Perspective on the Role of Individual and Familial Resources in Adolescents’ Civic Engagement and Well-Being

Nicolò Maria Iannello1, Costanza Baviera2, Nicla Cucinella3, Sonia Ingoglia3, Cristiano Inguglia3, Maria Grazia Lo Cricchio4, Alida Lo Coco3
1Department of Psychology and Health Sciences, Faculty of Human Sciences, Education and Sport, Pegaso Telematic University, Naples, Italy, 2Department of Research and Innovation in Humanities, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italy, 3Department of Psychology, Educational Science and Human Movement, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy, 4Department of Humanistic, Scientific and Social Innovation, University of Basilicata, Potenza, Italy