Conference Agenda

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Session Overview
Location: THETA
Date: Tuesday, 26/Aug/2025
10:30am
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12:00pm
S606: SYMPOSIUM: From the Womb to Emerging Adulthood: Understanding the Impacts of Climate Change and Environmental Exposure on Development and Well-being
Location: THETA
Chair: Cansel Karakas Ozden
 

From the Womb to Emerging Adulthood: Understanding the Impacts of Climate Change and Environmental Exposure on Development and Well-being

Chair(s): Cansel Karakas Ozden (Interdisciplinary Social Science, Utrecht University, The Netherlands)

 

Presentations of the Symposium

 

Environmental contributions to developmental epigenome: Pollutants and greenness exposures during the first thousand days

Sarah Nazzari1, Enrico Pisoni2, Grazia Zulian3, Giacomo Cremaschi1, Silvia D’Alfonso1, Camilla De Santis1, Elise L. M. Torterolo1, Roberto Bergamaschi4, Livio Provenzi1
1University of Pavia, Italy, 2European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Ispra, Italy, 3Institute of Physical Geography and Landscape Ecology, Leibnitz University Hannover, Germany , 4IRCCS Mondino Foundation, Pavia, Italy

 

Voices from Northern Kenya Turkana adolescents experiencing climate change-triggered mental distress

Pamela Akinyi Wadende1, Tholene Sodi2
1Kisii University, Kenya, 2University of Limpopo, South Africa

 

Adolescent Development Amid Climate Change: Lived Experiences from Two Climate-Vulnerable Regions

Tooba Nadeem Akhtar1, Alina Cosma1, Matylda Sulowska2, Nambinina Rasolomalala3, Samuel Solomon4, Satry Ramaroson5, Isabelle Mareschal6, Kristin Hadfield1
1Trinity Centre for Global Health, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland; School of Psychology, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, 2School of Psychology, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, 3Centre for Research for Development, Catholic University of Madagascar, Madagascar, 4Department of Experimental Psychology, University College London, UK, 5CBM Madagascar, Madagascar, 6Centre for Brain and Behaviour, Department of Psychology, School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, UK

 

Climate Emotions in Young People: A Systematic Review on the Prevalence, Development, and Links to Mental Health and Pro-environmental Behaviors

Cansel Karakas Ozden1, Andrik Becht2, Anouk Smeekes1, Saira Wahid2, Susan Branje2, Catrin Finkenauer1
1Interdisciplinary Social Science, Utrecht University, The Netherlands, 2Youth & Family, Utrecht University, The Netherlands

1:00pm
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2:30pm
S612: SYMPOSIUM: The Faces of Online Hate Speech: Who Is Exposed, Who Stands Up, and Who Pays the Price?
Location: THETA
Chair: Benedetta Emanuela Palladino
 

The Faces of Online Hate Speech: Who Is Exposed, Who Stands Up, and Who Pays the Price?

Chair(s): Benedetta Emanuela Palladino (University of Florence)

 

Presentations of the Symposium

 

How do adolescents behave in the face of cyberhate? Implication roles, Bystander Responses, and Insights for Promoting Defensive Behaviors

Olga Jiménez-Díaz, Daniela Villa-Henao, Rosario Del Rey, Joaquín A. Mora-Merchan
Universidad de Sevilla

 

Psychological Factors Influencing Adolescents' Willingness to Counteract Online Hate Speech: The Role of Empathy, Self-Efficacy, and Meaning in Life

Noemi Di Brango1, Giuseppe Corbelli1, Alessia Teresa Virzì1, Camila Contreras1, Serena Verbena2, Yuanhang Fu1, Michela Mariotto3, Salvatore Ioverno3, Benedetta Emanuela Palladino2, Antonio Zuffianò1
1University of Rome “La Sapienza”, 2University of Florence, 3University of Rome “Roma Tre”

 

Online Hate Speech and Adolescents' Well-Being: Unraveling Its Daily Impact on Youth with Migrant Background

Serena Verbena1, Giuseppe Corbelli2, Noemi Di Brango2, Michela Mariotto3, Salvatore Ioverno3, Antonio Zuffianò2, Benedetta Emanuela Palladino1
1University of Florence, 2University of Rome “La Sapienza”, 3University of Rome “Roma Tre”

4:30pm
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6:00pm
S617: SYMPOSIUM: Modern Families: Overparenting and its linkages to adolescent and parental functioning
Location: THETA
Chair: Savannah Boele
 

Modern Families: Overparenting and its linkages to adolescent and parental functioning

Chair(s): Savannah Boele (Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands, The)

 

Presentations of the Symposium

 

Polish Mothers Navigating Work and Family Life: Maternal Guilt as a Mediator Between Intensive Parenting and Work-Family Conflict

Marta Żegleń, Katarzyna Lubiewska
University of Warsaw

 

PARADOx-Project: Can Parenting Advice Strengthen Family Functioning and Adolescent Well-Being? A Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT)

Rick van Logchem, Crystal Smith, Anne Bülow, Savannah Boele, Loes Keijsers
Erasmus University Rotterdam

 

Parent-reported and Youth’s Perceived Overprotective Parenting Features: Associations with Decision-Making and Coping Self-efficacy as Markers of Youth’s Autonomy

Melanie Zimmer-Gembeck, Katherine M. Ryan, Tanya Hawes
Griffith University

 

Moments of Overparenting Triggered by Adolescents’ Negative Affect

Savannah Boele1, Anne Bülow1, Jolene van der Kaap-Deeder2, Wendy Rote3, Loes Keijsers1
1Erasmus University Rotterdam, 2Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 3University of South Florida

Date: Wednesday, 27/Aug/2025
10:30am
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12:00pm
M701: 5 MINUTE PRESENTATIONS: Parents and Children Growing Together: Insights into Early Relationships, Development, and Intervention
Location: THETA
Chair: Willem Koops
Chair: Vilmantė Pakalniškienė
 

Attachment Theory in Practice: Observing Child-Educator Relationships in Early Childhood Education and Care

Charlotte Casey1, Karen Thorpe1, Sandy Houen1, Aisling Mulvihill1, Karen Hazell Raine2, Sally Staton1

1: University of Queensland, Australia; 2: Charles Darwin University, Australia



From jumbled sounds and sights to higher-order processes: investigating audio-visual Sensitivity to Intersensory Synchrony and its influence on Executive Functions, Self-Regulation, and Language in typical and atypical preschool development

Silvia Ampollini, Ada Cigala

University of Parma, Italy



Parents’ Mental Health Literacy for Supporting Children with Oppositional Defiant Disorder and Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder: Comparing Australian and Bangladeshi Migrant Parents

Rokshana Akhter, Karen Mattock, Renu Narchal, Craig Gonsalvez, Fran Doyle

WesternSydney University, Australia



The effectiveness of An Attachment-Based Intervention in Increasing Foster Parenting Self-efficacy and Reducing Behavioral Difficulties in Foster Children

Tess Bretesché1, Emmanuelle Toussaint2, George M. Tarabulsy3, Pauline Simon3, Anne Raynaud4, Fabien Bacro5

1: Centre de Recherche en Education de Nantes (CREN), France; 2: Pôle de pédopsychiatrie, EPSM Georges Mazurelle, La Roche-sur-Yon, France; 3: École de Psychologie, Université Laval, Québec, Canada; 4: Institut de la Parentalité, Floirac, France; 5: Laboratoire de Psychologie des Pays de la Loire (LPPL), Nantes Université, France



Randomized Controlled Trial Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Group Parent-Led CBT Intervention for Parents of Children with Anxiety

Marie Polaskova1,2, Marta Fiserova2, Anna Kagstrom2,3

1: Department of Psychology, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic; 2: Department of Public Mental Health, National Institute of Mental Health, Czech Republic; 3: WHO Collaborating Center for Public Mental Health Research and Service Development



Towards a more holistic understanding of inequalities in childhood: A multi-context approach to parental education and child development

Nil Horoz

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

3:30pm
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5:00pm
S711: SYMPOSIUM: Virtual Reality Tools as New Path for Research and Intervention with Children and Adolescents
Location: THETA
Chair: Simona Carla Silvia Caravita
 

Virtual Reality Tools as new path for research and intervention with children and adolescents

Chair(s): Simona Carla Silvia Caravita (Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Universitas Mercatorum, Italy & Norwegian Centre for Learning Environment and Behavioural Research in Education, University of Stavanger, Norway)

Discussant(s): Giulio D'Urso (“Mediterranea” University of Reggio Calabria, Italy)

 

Presentations of the Symposium

 

Virtual Reality as a Tool for Trauma Recovery and Emotional Regulation in Syrian Refugee Children

Alaa Albawab1, Muthanna Samara1, Vedad Hulusic2, Aiman El-Asam1
1Department of Psychology, Kingston University London (UK), 2Department of Creative Technology, Bournemouth University (UK)

 

“Pathway to Resilience” Developing a VR tool for bullying prevention among children: A qualitative study in UK and Norway

Johannes N. Finne1, Magdalena Bacikova2, Vedad Hulusic3, Aiman El-Asam2, Muthanna Samara2, Simona C. S. Caravita4
1Norwegian Centre for Learning Environment and Behavioural Research in Education, University of Stavanger, Norway, 2Department of Psychology, Kingston University London, UK, 3Department of Creative Technology, Bournemouth University, UK, 4Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Universitas Mercatorum, Italy & Norwegian Centre for Learning Environment and Behavioural Research in Education, University of Stavanger, Norway

 

Utilitarian choice in hostile and prosocial roles of bullying: using VR to investigate adolescents’ responses and trigger care intuition

Grazia De Angelis1, Chiara Scuotto2, Nicoló M. Iannello1, Angelo Rega1, Stefano Triberti2, Gaetana Affuso3, Pierpaolo Limone4
1School Psychology Laboratory, Department of Psychology and Health Sciences, Pegaso University, Italy, 2Laboratory for Advanced Human-Technology Interaction, Department of Psychology and Health Sciences, Pegaso University, Italy, 3Department of Psychology, University of Campania “L. Vanvitelli”, Italy, 4Department of Psychology and Health Sciences, Pegaso University, Italy

Date: Thursday, 28/Aug/2025
10:30am
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12:00pm
M801: 5 MINUTE PRESENTATIONS: Perspectives on Well-being and Social Responsibilities of Young People
Location: THETA
Chair: Beata Krzywosz-Rynkiewicz
Chair: Lauryna Rakickienė
 

Promoting Green Hearts: An Association Between Environmental Values and Civic Engagement Among Emerging Adults

Shubhangi Bhardwaj, Chiaki Konishi

McGill University, Canada



Personal and Vicarious Life Stories of Young Romantic Couples

Yağmur İlgün1, Basak Sahin-Acar2

1: Middle East Technical University, Turkiye & International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC); 2: Middle East Technical University, Turkiye



Resilience as a moderator of university students’ coping and well-being during and after the pandemic

Rong Xia, Heta Tuominen, Riikka Hirvonen, Anna Maria Rawlings, Jaana Viljaranta, Henriikka Juntunen, Markku Niemivirta​

University of Eastern Finland



Predicting Young Adult Life Satisfaction Using Machine Learning and Longitudinal Data: Insights from the Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study (FFCWS)

Elina Elize Surgunte1, Elīna Zelčāne1, Ceylan Talu Yozgatligil2

1: Riga Stradiņš University, Latvia; 2: Middle East Technical University, Turkey



Dating violence as precursor of gender violence

María Sánchez Zafra, Rosario Ortega Ruiz, Carmen Viejo Almanzor

Universidad de Córdoba, Spain



Evaluating the Implementation and Sustainability of an Evidence-Based Parenting Program in Real-World Settings

Rita Pinto

Center for Psychology at University of Porto, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Porto

3:30pm
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5:00pm
S811: SYMPOSIUM: The Intersectional Relation between Gender Identity, Gender Ideology, and Wellbeing Across the Lifespan
Location: THETA
Chair: Matthew Glade Nielson
 

The Intersectional Relation between Gender Identity, Gender Ideology, and Wellbeing Across the Lifespan

Chair(s): Matthew Glade Nielson (University of Exeter, United Kingdom)

 

Presentations of the Symposium

 

School-age resilience: Themes within a sample of gender minorities interested in self-advocacy and well-being.

Jack D Simons, Kalani Siler
Mercy University

 

Gender ideology change during university has different impacts on wellbeing depending on identity intersections

Matthew G Nielson1, PJ Henry2
1University of Exeter, 2New York University Abu Dhabi

 

Changes in gender and sexual identity among youth: Are proximal and distal minority stressors associated with identity change?

André G Real, Stephen T Russell
University of Texas at Austin

 

Violence against women in Georgia: the interplay between social norms and attitudes

Maia Mestvirishvili1, Mariam Kvitsiani2, Natia Mestvirishvil3
1Ivane Javalhishvili Tbilisi State University, Affiliated researcher at Georgian University of Public Affairs (GIPA), 2Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, 3Affiliated researcher at Georgian University of Public Affairs (GIPA)

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

Serena Maria Stagnitto

University of Pavia, Italy



Personality Functioning and Peer Relationships in Adolescence: A One-Year Longitudinal Study

Agnė Grigaitė

Vilnius University, Lithuania



Well-being of plurilingual migrant learners in France: a study on life satisfaction, language anxiety and enjoyment

Inès Maksud1,2, Delphine Guedat-Bittighoffer3, Isabelle Nocus2

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

Shira Maya

University of Haifa, Israel



One of a kind? Unraveling the complexities of parenting adolescents across time(scales) and families

Savannah Boele

Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands, The



Resilience Development under Adversity: A Longitudinal Study on the Effects of Maltreatment in Adolescence

Agniete Kairyte, Evaldas Kazlauskas, Paulina Zelviene

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

Benjamin Claréus

Kristianstad University, Sweden