European Conference on Developmental Psychology
August 25-29, 2025 | Vilnius, Lithuania
Conference Agenda
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Session Overview | |
| Location: GAMMA |
| Date: Tuesday, 26/Aug/2025 | |
| 10:30am - 12:00pm |
T601: THEMATIC SESSION: What They See and What They Do Online: Digital Content and Youth Behavior Location: GAMMA Chair: Lowie Bradt Assessing the Impact of Smartphone Bans in Schools: A Longitudinal and Multi-Informant Approach Ghent University, Belgium Identify High-Risk Messages of Adolescents in Social Media by Machine Learning 1: Institute of Educational Psychology and Counseling, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, 30013, Taiwan; 2: Department of Physics, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, 30013, Taiwan; 3: Department of Computer Science, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, 30013, Taiwan; 4: Institute of Learning Sciences and Technologies, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, 30013, Taiwan; 5: Center for Application and Development of AI in Humanity and Social Sciences, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, 30013, Taiwan; 6: Counseling Center, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, 30013, Taiwan Content Matters: A Mixed-Methods Study of the Relations Between the Content Adolescents Consume on TikTok and the Activities They Perform 1: Babes-Bolyai University, Romania; 2: Self and Identity Development Lab, Department of Psychology, Babes-Bolyai University, Romania Adolescents’ Social Networks and Attitudes: A Longitudinal Study of Face-to-Face and Electronic Contact with Syrian Peers 1: Batman University, Turkiye; 2: Bursa Uludag University, Turkiye |
| 1:00pm - 2:30pm |
T607: THEMATIC SESSION: Digital Risks and Adolescent Vulnerabilities Location: GAMMA Chair: Hamide Avci Social Media Engagement in Early Adolescence and Perceived Problematic Use in Late Adolescence: The Moderating Role of Parents and Peers Groningen University, Netherlands, The The Role of Social Media Activity in the Link Between Problematic Use and Loneliness in Adolescence University of Padua, Italy Young people’s awareness of, and attempts to manage, the negative impact of digital activity on their mental health: The Managing My Life Online questionnaire. 1: Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom; 2: Department of Psychology, School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom; 3: School of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom; 4: Department of Media and Communications, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, United Kingdom Preliminary findings of the project “Smartphone Use, Sleep, and Mood: A cross-cultural study on the role of emotion regulation” / EADP Collaboration Grant Paper 1: University Department of Psychology, Catholic University of Croatia, Croatia; 2: Department of Psychology, University of Crete, Greece; 3: Department of Youth and Family, Utrecht University, the Netherlands; 4: Research Institute of Child Development and Education, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands Children’s Smartphone Use and Parent-Child Conflicts: The Moderating Role of Hyperactivity Catholic University of Croatia, Croatia |
| 4:30pm - 6:00pm |
T613: THEMATIC SESSION: Growing Up in a Social World: Norms, Identity, and Belonging Location: GAMMA Chair: Lipaz Shamoa-Nir Children’s Intergroup Perceptions and Prosocial Behaviors in a Divided Society: Insights from Israel Zefat Academic College, Israel Associations Between Felt Pressure to Conform to Gender Norms and Dutch Children’s Gender-Typical Views on Future Career and Family Life 1: Beijing Normal University, China, People's Republic of; 2: Utrecht University, Netherlands; 3: Sapienza University of Rome, Italy Do preschoolers from three countries prefer their ingroup for altruistic sharing and helping? 1: TU Dortmund University, Germany; 2: Tel Aviv University, Israel; 3: Istanbul 29 Mayis University, Turkey The effectiveness of the Dutch Meaningful Roles program in children: A cluster randomized controlled trial. Utrecht University, Netherlands, the |
| Date: Wednesday, 27/Aug/2025 | |
| 10:30am - 12:00pm |
T701: THEMATIC SESSION: Biological foundations of cognitive and socio-emotional development Location: GAMMA Chair: Vera Mateus Association between brain activation and behaviour during joint attention interactions in 10-month-old infants using high-density fNIRS 1: Center for Research in Neuropsychology and Cognitive Behavioral Intervention, Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal; 2: Human Developmental Sciences Graduate Program and Mackenzie Center for Research in Childhood and Adolescence, Center for Biological and Health Sciences, Mackenzie Presbyterian University, São Paulo, Brazil; 3: The Psychology for Development Research Center, Lusíada University of Porto, Portugal Developmental Changes in Oscillatory Measures and Language Skills: An infant EEG study 1: Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics; 2: Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition, and Behaviour; 3: Tilburg University ASSOCIATION BETWEEN PRETERM BREASTMILK MELATONIN CONCENTRATION AND PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS AT BIRTH (ProMote) 1: Department of Psychology, University of Crete, Greece; 2: Department of Neonatology/Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, University General Hospital of Heraklion; School of Medicine, University of Crete; 3: Department of Preschool Education, University of Crete; 4: Department of Social Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Crete; 5: Laboratory of Toxicology, School of Medicine, University of Crete; 6: Laboratory of Toxicology, School of Medicine, University of Crete; 7: Computer Science Department, University of Crete; Computational Biomedicine Laboratory, FORTH-ICS; 8: Laboratory of Toxicology, School of Medicine, University of Crete; 9: Department of Neonatology/Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, University General Hospital of Heraklion; School of Medicine, University of Crete |
| 3:30pm - 5:00pm |
T707: THEMATIC SESSION: Childhood Adversity and Intervention: Pathways to Health and Wellbeing Location: GAMMA Chair: Tjeerd Rudmer de Vries Dynamic associations between high childhood adversity and poor physical and mental health throughout childhood in 12,446 children from the DANLIFE cohort Copenhagen Health Complexity Center, Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Disruptive Child Behaviors, Parent-Training, and Income Inequality: A Quasi-Experimental Design Combining Survey and Registry Data for Long-Term Insights Aarhus University, Denmark Can we predict which components of behavioral parent training for children with ADHD work for whom? A two-stage individual participant data meta-analysis. 1: University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Groningen, the Netherlands; 2: Accare Child Study Center, Groningen, the Netherlands; 3: The Research School of Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Groningen, the Netherlands; 4: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Department of Clinical, Neuro- and Developmental Psychology, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; 5: Levvel, Academic Center for Child- and Adolescent Psychiatry and Specialized Youthcare, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; 6: Amsterdam University Medical Centers (AUMC), Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; 7: University of Amsterdam, Department of Psychology, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; 8: KU Leuven, Clinical Psychology, Leuven, Belgium; 9: University of Amsterdam, Research Institute of Child Development and Education, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; 10: Other organizations; 11: University of Groningen, Department of Clinical Psychology and Experimental Psychopathology, Groningen, the Netherlands The psychological effects of Covid-19 pandemic on children: An investigation from bioecological perspective 1: Hacettepe University, Turkiye; 2: Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University The Traces of Grief: Psychoanalytic Reflections on Early Childhood Loss Middle East Technical University, Turkiye |
| Date: Thursday, 28/Aug/2025 | |
| 10:30am - 12:00pm |
T801: THEMATIC SESSION: Parenting Across Contexts: Practices, Challenges, and Support Needs Location: GAMMA Chair: Jolita Jonynienė When parents’ needs are met: the future perspectives for positive parenting programs STEP in Lithuania Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Lithuania Mothers and Fathers: Do They Differ in the Advice They Give Their Children About Bullying? University of Turku, Finland Immigrant Parents’ Perceptions and Experiences of Their Children's Participation in Organized After-School Activities in Sweden 1: Örebro University, Sweden; 2: Karlstads University, Sweden; 3: Umeå University; Sweden; 4: Swansea University, United Kingdom Parenting Styles and Self-Esteem in Emerging Adulthood: A Cross-cultural Comparison Ariel University, Israel Sensory Processing and Wellbeing in Parents with Prenatal Substance Use Disorder University of Helsinki, Finland |
| 3:30pm - 5:00pm |
T806: THEMATIC SESSION: Parenting Influences on Self-Esteem, Adjustment, and Digital Behavior Location: GAMMA Chair: Vera Skalicka The Development of Self-esteem in Early Adolescence—The role of Family Functioning Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway Not Just a Screen: Understanding Students' Digital Engagement Profiles 1: University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy; 2: University of Palermo; 3: University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”; 4: University of Messina The link between spontaneous movements of preterm-born infants and children’s social competence and self-esteem: the mediating role of children's motor skills and maternal emotional availability in childhood. 1: University of Haifa, Israel; 2: Maccabi Helth Care services, Israel; 3: Sheba medical center, Israel; 4: Shamir medical center, Israel; 5: Tel-Aviv University, Israel THE EFFECT OF PARENTING ON CHILDREN’S AND ADOLESCENTS’ COMPULSIVE INTERNET USE: A LONGITUDINAL STUDY 1: Tekirdag Namik Kemal University, Turkiye; 2: Ege University, Türkiye; 3: Middle East Technical University, Türkiye; 4: Bogazici University, Türkiye Perceived Childhood Emotional Abuse and Tendency to Risky Behaviors in Adolescents: The Partial Mediating Role of Self-Esteem 1: Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Turkiye; 2: Beykoz University, Turkiye |
| Date: Friday, 29/Aug/2025 | |
| 9:00am - 10:30am |
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 |
| 11:00am - 12:30pm |
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 |
