Conference Agenda

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Session Overview
Date: Monday, 25/Aug/2025
11:00am - 7:30pmCONFERENCE REGISTRATION
Location: LOBBY OF THE CONFERENCE CENTER IN RADISSON BLU HOTEL LIETUVA (Konstitucijos av. 20)
12:00pm - 3:00pmREGISTRATION FOR WORKSHOPS
Location: FACULTY OF PHILOSOPHY, VILNIUS UNIVERSITY (Universiteto str. 9/1)
1:00pm - 2:30pmWORKSHOP (1st part): Structural Equation Modeling in Developmental Psychology: Longitudinal and Experimental Data Analysis Techniques
Location: Auditorium 207, FACULTY OF PHILOSOPHY, VILNIUS UNIVERSITY (Universiteto str. 9/1)

Lecturer:
Dr. Inga Truskauskaitė
1:00pm - 2:30pmWORKSHOP (1st part): Preventing Anxiety and Depression in Children and Adolescents
Location: Auditorium 204, FACULTY OF PHILOSOPHY, VILNIUS UNIVERSITY (Universiteto str. 9/1)

Lecturer:
Prof. Cecilia A. Essau
1:00pm - 2:30pmWORKSHOP (1st part): From Developmental Science to Societal Impact
Location: Auditorium 209, FACULTY OF PHILOSOPHY, VILNIUS UNIVERSITY (Universiteto str. 9/1)

Lecturers:
Lysanne te Brinke and Maria Chiara Basilici on behalf of ERU board
2:30pm - 3:00pmCOFFEE BREAK
Location: FACULTY OF PHILOSOPHY, VILNIUS UNIVERSITY (Universiteto str. 9/1)
2:30pm - 5:30pmEADP Council meeting
Location: OMEGA
3:00pm - 4:30pmWORKSHOP (2nd part): Structural Equation Modeling in Developmental Psychology: Longitudinal and Experimental Data Analysis Techniques
Location: Auditorium 207, FACULTY OF PHILOSOPHY, VILNIUS UNIVERSITY (Universiteto str. 9/1)

Lecturer:
Dr. Inga Truskauskaitė
3:00pm - 4:30pmWORKSHOP (2nd part): Preventing Anxiety and Depression in Children and Adolescents
Location: Auditorium 204, FACULTY OF PHILOSOPHY, VILNIUS UNIVERSITY (Universiteto str. 9/1)

Lecturer:
Prof. Cecilia A. Essau
3:00pm - 4:30pmWORKSHOP (2nd part): From Developmental Science to Societal Impact
Location: Auditorium 209, FACULTY OF PHILOSOPHY, VILNIUS UNIVERSITY (Universiteto str. 9/1)

Lecturers:
Lysanne te Brinke and Maria Chiara Basilici on behalf of ERU board
6:00pm - 7:45pmOPENING CEREMONY, PREYER AWARD
Location: ALPHA

Welcome by Prof. Vilmantė Pakalniškienė and EADP president, Prof. Spyridon Tantaros
Greetings of the Vilnius University – Rector prof. Rimvydas Petrauskas
William Thierry Preyer Award presented by Prof. Willem Koops
William Thierry Preyer Awardee laudatio by Prof. Spyridon Tantaros
William Thierry Preyer Award Keynote by Prof. Luc Goosens
8:00pm - 10:00pmWELCOME RECEPTION
Location: NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART (Konstitucijos av. 22)
Date: Tuesday, 26/Aug/2025
8:00am - 6:00pmREGISTRATION
Location: LOBBY OF THE CONFERENCE CENTER IN RADISSON BLU HOTEL LIETUVA (Konstitucijos av. 20)
9:00am - 10:00amPLENARY SESSION. KEYNOTE: Livio Provenzi "Into the Translational Parentome: From Developmental Psychobiology to Family-centered Care"
Location: ALPHA
Session Chair: Spyridon Tantaros
10:00am - 10:30amCOFFEE BREAK
Location: LOBBY OF THE CONFERENCE CENTER IN RADISSON BLU HOTEL LIETUVA (Konstitucijos av. 20)
10:30am - 12:00pmS601: INVITED SYMPOSIUM: Centering Majority World in Developmental Science
Location: ALPHA
Session Chair: Peter F. Titzmann
10:30am - 12:00pmS602: SYMPOSIUM: Unravelling trauma and stress: Developmental and multilevel insights into risk and resilience
Location: BETA 1
Session Chair: Fabiola Silletti
10:30am - 12:00pmS603: SYMPOSIUM: Voices, Behaviors, and Interventions: Comprehensive Insights into Bullying, Cyberbullying and Students’ Well-Being
Location: BETA 2
Session Chair: Laura Menabò
10:30am - 12:00pmS604: SYMPOSIUM: Expanding the Horizon in Mentalization
Location: ZETA 1
Session Chair: Ruben Fukkink
10:30am - 12:00pmS605: SYMPOSIUM: Self-Regulation in Preschoolers: Embodied Approaches to Early Development
Location: ZETA 2
Session Chair: Silvia Ampollini
10:30am - 12:00pmT601: THEMATIC SESSION: What They See and What They Do Online: Digital Content and Youth Behavior
Location: GAMMA
Session Chair: Lowie Bradt
10:30am - 12:00pmT602: THEMATIC SESSION: Emotion Regulation, Peer Experiences, and Self-Development in Middle Childhood and Adolescence
Location: ETA
Session Chair: Fatma Betul Abut
10:30am - 12:00pmT603: THEMATIC SESSION: Foundations of Social and Emotional Adjustment in Early Childhood
Location: EPSILON
Session Chair: Katja Maarit Tervahartiala
10:30am - 12:00pmS606: SYMPOSIUM: From the Womb to Emerging Adulthood: Understanding the Impacts of Climate Change and Environmental Exposure on Development and Well-being
Location: THETA
Session Chair: Cansel Karakas Ozden
10:30am - 12:00pmT604: THEMATIC SESSION: Advancing Measurement in Developmental Psychology: Tools Across the Lifespan
Location: IOTA
Session Chair: Daiva Daukantaite
10:30am - 12:00pmT605: THEMATIC SESSION: Young Minds, Bright Futures: Promoting Mental Health and Life Satisfaction in Emerging Adults
Location: OMEGA
Session Chair: Josimar Antônio de Alcântara Mendes
10:30am - 12:00pmT606: THEMATIC SESSION: Being and Becoming in Adulthood: Emotional, Social, and Developmental Perspectives
Location: OMIKRON
Session Chair: Goda Gegieckaitė
12:00pm - 1:00pmLUNCH BREAK
Location: RESTAURANT "RIVERSIDE" IN RADISSON BLU HOTEL LIETUVA
1:00pm - 2:30pmS607: INVITED SYMPOSIUM: LGBTQ+ Youth and Families: Growing up in the Context of Stigma
Location: ALPHA
Session Chair: Susie Bower-Brown
1:00pm - 2:30pmS608: SYMPOSIUM: Environmental Sensitivity and Temperament: Associations and Patterns of Differential Susceptibility from Infancy to Middle Childhood
Location: BETA 1
Session Chair: Francesca Lionetti
1:00pm - 2:30pmS609: SYMPOSIUM: Peer Status as Predictor of Social Functioning in Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood
Location: BETA 2
Session Chair: Nathalie Hoekstra
1:00pm - 2:30pmS610: SYMPOSIUM: Development of children's emotion knowledge - results from 3 countries in Europe
Location: ZETA 1
Session Chair: Maria von Salisch
1:00pm - 2:30pmS611: SYMPOSIUM: Biobehavioral dynamics of family interactions: socioemotional development in children taking into account synchrony, attachment and family resilience
Location: ZETA 2
Session Chair: Michel Sfeir
1:00pm - 2:30pmT607: THEMATIC SESSION: Digital Risks and Adolescent Vulnerabilities
Location: GAMMA
Session Chair: Hamide Avci
1:00pm - 2:30pmT608: THEMATIC SESSION: Moral Development and Prosocial Behavior in Youth
Location: ETA
Session Chair: Yentl Koopmans
1:00pm - 2:30pmT609: THEMATIC SESSION: Relational Foundations of Early Development: Parenting, Stress, and Support Systems
Location: EPSILON
Session Chair: Ramona Sandnes
1:00pm - 2:30pmS612: SYMPOSIUM: The Faces of Online Hate Speech: Who Is Exposed, Who Stands Up, and Who Pays the Price?
Location: THETA
Session Chair: Benedetta Emanuela Palladino
1:00pm - 2:30pmT610: THEMATIC SESSION: Rethinking How We Study Development: Methods, Measures, and Marginalized Voices
Location: IOTA
Session Chair: Jallu Lindblom
1:00pm - 2:30pmT612: THEMATIC SESSION: Development in Later Life: Cognition, Identity, and Life Course Transitions
Location: OMIKRON
Session Chair: Antanas Kairys
1:00pm - 2:30pmR602: ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: Sustainable Developmental Science
Location: TAU
Session Chair: Spyridon Tantaros
2:30pm - 3:30pmCOFFEE BREAK
Location: LOBBY OF THE CONFERENCE CENTER IN RADISSON BLU HOTEL LIETUVA (Konstitucijos av. 20)
2:30pm - 3:30pmPOSTER SESSION 1
Location: LOBBY OF THE CONFERENCE CENTER IN RADISSON BLU HOTEL LIETUVA (Konstitucijos av. 20)
3:30pm - 4:30pmPLENARY SESSION. KEYNOTE: Michael Pluess "The Effects of War and Displacement on Syrian Refugee Children: Risk and Resilience"
Location: ALPHA
Session Chair: Dagmar Strohmeier
4:30pm - 6:00pmT611: THEMATIC SESSION: Sexual Identity Development and LGBTQ+: Diversity, Stigma, and Social Safety
Location: ALPHA
Session Chair: Rasa Katinaitė
4:30pm - 6:00pmS613: SYMPOSIUM: Escaping War is only Half the Journey: Correlates and Antecedents of Psychosocial Functioning in Children and Adolescents from a Refugee Background
Location: BETA 1
Session Chair: Saira Wahid
4:30pm - 6:00pmS614: SYMPOSIUM: Risk and Protective Factors in Parenting and Their Impact on Children’s Development: Family Systems Considerations
Location: BETA 2
Session Chair: Carmen Berenguer
4:30pm - 6:00pmS615: SYMPOSIUM: Individual, Contextual, and Temporal Antecedents and Consequences of Ethnic-Racial Discrimination among Children and Youth
Location: ZETA 1
Session Chair: Savaş Karataş
4:30pm - 6:00pmS616: SYMPOSIUM: Novel insights into adolescent gaming: Focusing on the individual and parental contexts
Location: ZETA 2
Session Chair: Stefanie A. Nelemans
4:30pm - 6:00pmT613: THEMATIC SESSION: Growing Up in a Social World: Norms, Identity, and Belonging
Location: GAMMA
Session Chair: Lipaz Shamoa-Nir
4:30pm - 6:00pmT614: THEMATIC SESSION: Supporting Children and Parents Through Early Interventions
Location: ETA
Session Chair: Rima Breidokiene
4:30pm - 6:00pmT615: THEMATIC SESSION: Well-being and Identity Development in Diverse Cultural and Social Contexts
Location: EPSILON
Session Chair: Yan Li
4:30pm - 6:00pmS617: SYMPOSIUM: Modern Families: Overparenting and its linkages to adolescent and parental functioning
Location: THETA
Session Chair: Savannah Boele
4:30pm - 6:00pmT616: THEMATIC SESSION: Advancing Psychological Assessment in Developmental Contexts
Location: IOTA
Session Chair: Paulina Zelviene
4:30pm - 6:00pmT617: THEMATIC SESSION: Parent–Infant Interactions and Socioemotional Development
Location: OMEGA
Session Chair: Hervé Tissot
4:30pm - 6:00pmT618: THEMATIC SESSION: Understanding and Supporting Learners: Anxiety, Motivation, and Equity
Location: OMIKRON
Session Chair: Mia Maurer
6:00pm - 7:00pmPRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
Location: ALPHA
7:00pm - 8:30pmEADP BUSINESS MEETING
Location: ALPHA
Date: Wednesday, 27/Aug/2025
8:00am - 4:30pmREGISTRATION
Location: LOBBY OF THE CONFERENCE CENTER IN RADISSON BLU HOTEL LIETUVA (Konstitucijos av. 20)
9:00am - 10:00amPLENARY SESSION. KEYNOTE: Rasa Barkauskienė "Navigating the Complex Challenges of Adolescence: Emerging Personality Dysfunction and Its Outcomes"
Location: ALPHA
Session Chair: Vilmantė Pakalniškienė
10:00am - 10:30amCOFFEE BREAK
Location: LOBBY OF THE CONFERENCE CENTER IN RADISSON BLU HOTEL LIETUVA (Konstitucijos av. 20)
10:30am - 12:00pmS701: INVITED SYMPOSIUM: Peer Relations and Empathy in Adolescence: Individual and Contextual Contributors
Location: ALPHA
Session Chair: Carla Martins
10:30am - 12:00pmS702: SYMPOSIUM: Individual Differences in Environmental Sensitivity Across Different Perspectives and Contexts: From its Assessment to its Role in Youths’ Adjustment
Location: BETA 1
Session Chair: Sofie Weyn
10:30am - 12:00pmS703: SYMPOSIUM: Exploring Emerging Adulthood: Navigating Challenges, Relationships, and Development
Location: BETA 2
Session Chair: Spyridon Tantaros
10:30am - 12:00pmS704: SYMPOSIUM: Screen-Based Media Use and Cognitive Development in Preschool Age
Location: ZETA 1
Session Chair: Roma Jusienė
10:30am - 12:00pmS705: SYMPOSIUM: Using the Five-Minute Speech Sample (FMSS) to capture individual differences in parent-child relationship quality: An exploration of diverse approaches and applications.
Location: ZETA 2
Session Chair: Efrat Sher-Censor
10:30am - 12:00pmT701: THEMATIC SESSION: Biological foundations of cognitive and socio-emotional development
Location: GAMMA
Session Chair: Vera Mateus
10:30am - 12:00pmT702: THEMATIC SESSION: Child Cognition and in School and Peer Contexts
Location: ETA
Session Chair: Susanne Koerber
10:30am - 12:00pmT703: THEMATIC SESSION: Developmental Perspectives on Environmental Psychology: From Moral Reasoning to Pro-Environmental Action
Location: EPSILON
Session Chair: Riikka Hirvonen
10:30am - 12:00pmM701: 5 MINUTE PRESENTATIONS: Parents and Children Growing Together: Insights into Early Relationships, Development, and Intervention
Location: THETA
Session Chair: Willem Koops
Session Chair: Vilmantė Pakalniškienė
10:30am - 12:00pmT704: THEMATIC SESSION: Relational Worlds of Adolescents: Attachment, Belonging, and Mental Health in School Contexts
Location: IOTA
Session Chair: Sophie Walsh
10:30am - 12:00pmT705: THEMATIC SESSION: Supporting Positive Youth Development: Social-Emotional and Contextual Resources in Adolescence
Location: OMEGA
Session Chair: Vjollce Mustafa
10:30am - 12:00pmT706: THEMATIC SESSION: Aging and Wellbeing: Psychological Resilience and Modern Challenges in Later Life
Location: OMIKRON
Session Chair: Rūta Sargautytė
12:00pm - 1:30pmLUNCH BREAK
Location: RESTAURANT "RIVERSIDE" IN RADISSON BLU HOTEL LIETUVA
1:30pm - 2:30pmPLENARY SESSION. KEYNOTE: Geertjan Overbeek "Youth Prevention in a Changing Society"
Location: ALPHA
Session Chair: Vilmantė Pakalniškienė
2:30pm - 3:30pmCOFFEE BREAK
Location: LOBBY OF THE CONFERENCE CENTER IN RADISSON BLU HOTEL LIETUVA (Konstitucijos av. 20)
2:30pm - 3:30pmPOSTER SESSION 2
Location: LOBBY OF THE CONFERENCE CENTER IN RADISSON BLU HOTEL LIETUVA (Konstitucijos av. 20)
3:30pm - 5:00pmS706: INVITED SYMPOSIUM: Stress and Trauma in Adolescence: Current Perspectives
Location: ALPHA
Session Chair: Evaldas Kazlauskas
3:30pm - 5:00pmS707: SYMPOSIUM: Minoritized youth and (social) media – exploring elevated risks and context-sensitive interventions.
Location: BETA 1
Session Chair: Hildegunn Fandrem
3:30pm - 5:00pmS708: SYMPOSIUM: Novel approaches to evaluating the effectiveness of intervention elements for improving the psychosocial functioning of children and adolescents.
Location: BETA 2
Session Chair: Loes van Rijn - van Gelderen
3:30pm - 5:00pmS709: SYMPOSIUM: Aspects of Parenting Linked to Youths’ Social-Emotional Development
Location: ZETA 1
Session Chair: Yentl Koopmans
3:30pm - 5:00pmS710: SYMPOSIUM: The Role of Hope and Attitudes Toward Time Across Developmental Periods
Location: ZETA 2
Session Chair: Frank C Worrell
3:30pm - 5:00pmT707: THEMATIC SESSION: Childhood Adversity and Intervention: Pathways to Health and Wellbeing
Location: GAMMA
Session Chair: Tjeerd Rudmer de Vries
3:30pm - 5:00pmT708: THEMATIC SESSION: Cognition and Adjustment from Middle Childhood to Early Adulthood
Location: ETA
Session Chair: Serena Maria Stagnitto
3:30pm - 5:00pmT709: THEMATIC SESSION: Resilience and Developmental Growth in Emerging Adulthood
Location: EPSILON
Session Chair: Flora Koliouli
3:30pm - 5:00pmS711: SYMPOSIUM: Virtual Reality Tools as New Path for Research and Intervention with Children and Adolescents
Location: THETA
Session Chair: Simona Carla Silvia Caravita
3:30pm - 5:00pmT710: THEMATIC SESSION: Adolescent Mental Health Across Time: Trends and Risk Factors
Location: IOTA
Session Chair: Benjamin Claréus
3:30pm - 5:00pmT711: THEMATIC SESSION: Parenting and Family Dynamics Across the Lifespan: From Early Childhood to Adulthood
Location: OMEGA
Session Chair: Ezgi Aydoğdu Sözen
3:30pm - 5:00pmT712: THEMATIC SESSION: Career Development in Complex Social Contexts
Location: OMIKRON
Session Chair: Olga Kirejeva
5:00pm - 6:00pmGEORGE BUTTERWORTH AWARD
Location: ALPHA

George Butterworth Award laudatio by Prof. Spyridon Tantaros; 
George Butterworth Award certificate by Prof. Simona Caravita; 
George Butterworth Award keynote by Dr. Dr Savannah Boele.  
7:00pm - 10:00pmCONFERENCE DINNER
Location: PALACE OF GRAND DUKES (Katedros sq. 4)
Date: Thursday, 28/Aug/2025
8:00am - 4:30pmREGISTRATION
Location: LOBBY OF THE CONFERENCE CENTER IN RADISSON BLU HOTEL LIETUVA (Konstitucijos av. 20)
9:00am - 10:00amPLENARY SESSION. KEYNOTE: Eddie Brummelman "Children’s Unequal Selves: A Developmental-Psychological Perspective on Achievement Inequality"
Location: ALPHA
Session Chair: Willem Koops
10:00am - 10:30amCOFFEE BREAK
Location: LOBBY OF THE CONFERENCE CENTER IN RADISSON BLU HOTEL LIETUVA (Konstitucijos av. 20)
10:30am - 12:00pmS801: INVITED SYMPOSIUM: Origins and Consequences of Individual Differences in Mentalizing among School-aged Children: International Findings.
Location: ALPHA
Session Chair: Claire Hughes
10:30am - 12:00pmS802: SYMPOSIUM: Emotion Regulation in Children and Adolescents: Development, Contexts, and Correlates
Location: BETA 1
Session Chair: Michaela Gummerum
10:30am - 12:00pmS803: SYMPOSIUM: Are Highly Sensitive Individuals at Risk for Depression Across Different Developmental Stages? Longitudinal Perspectives on the Role of Environmental Sensitivity
Location: BETA 2
Session Chair: Laura Gorla
Session Chair: Francesca Lionetti
10:30am - 12:00pmS804: SYMPOSIUM: Gene-environment interplay in children’s learning development
Location: ZETA 1
Session Chair: Alexandra Starr
10:30am - 12:00pmS805: SYMPOSIUM: Youth Future Orientation: The Role of Psychological Factors and the Impact of Collective Stressful Events
Location: ZETA 2
Session Chair: Federica Stefanelli
10:30am - 12:00pmT801: THEMATIC SESSION: Parenting Across Contexts: Practices, Challenges, and Support Needs
Location: GAMMA
Session Chair: Jolita Jonynienė
10:30am - 12:00pmT802: THEMATIC SESSION: Cognition, Executive Functions, and Language in Early Childhood
Location: ETA
Session Chair: Ramune Dirvanskiene
10:30am - 12:00pmT803: THEMATIC SESSION: Navigating Gendered Attitudes and Expectations: Between Tradition and Transformation
Location: EPSILON
Session Chair: Angela Mazzone
10:30am - 12:00pmM801: 5 MINUTE PRESENTATIONS: Perspectives on Well-being and Social Responsibilities of Young People
Location: THETA
Session Chair: Beata Krzywosz-Rynkiewicz
Session Chair: Lauryna Rakickienė
10:30am - 12:00pmT804: THEMATIC SESSION: Neurodevelopmental Challenges in Childhood and Adolescence
Location: IOTA
Session Chair: Dennis Golm
10:30am - 12:00pmT805: THEMATIC SESSION: Understanding Student Mental Health through the Lens of School Environments
Location: OMEGA
Session Chair: Tiina Turunen
10:30am - 12:00pmR801: ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: Bridging Developmental Research and Policy: Global Strategies for Impact
Location: TAU
Session Chair: Marcel van Aken
12:00pm - 1:30pmLUNCH BREAK
Location: RESTAURANT "RIVERSIDE" IN RADISSON BLU HOTEL LIETUVA
1:30pm - 2:30pmPLENARY SESSION.KEYNOTE: Lukas Blinka "Children, Adolescents, and Excessive Digital Engagement: Beyond Panic and Complacency"
Location: ALPHA
Session Chair: Roma Jusienė
2:30pm - 3:30pmCOFFEE BREAK
Location: LOBBY OF THE CONFERENCE CENTER IN RADISSON BLU HOTEL LIETUVA (Konstitucijos av. 20)
2:30pm - 3:30pmPOSTER SESSION 3
Location: LOBBY OF THE CONFERENCE CENTER IN RADISSON BLU HOTEL LIETUVA (Konstitucijos av. 20)
3:30pm - 5:00pmS806: INVITED SYMPOSIUM: Regretting the Decision to Have Children: Prevalence, Causes, and Consequences
Location: ALPHA
Session Chair: Konrad Piotrowski
3:30pm - 5:00pmS807: SYMPOSIUM: Key Elements and Mechanisms in Bullying Prevention and Intervention
Location: BETA 1
Session Chair: Maud Vunderink-Hensums
3:30pm - 5:00pmS808: SYMPOSIUM: Young environmentalists: who are they, and how do they develop?
Location: BETA 2
Session Chair: Stathis Grapsas
3:30pm - 5:00pmS809: SYMPOSIUM: Novel Approaches to Studying Diversity: Expanding Perspectives Across Contexts
Location: ZETA 1
Session Chair: Sauro Civitillo
3:30pm - 5:00pmS810: SYMPOSIUM: Exploring Parental Influences on Child Development Across Socio-Economic and Cultural Contexts in Infancy and Toddlerhood
Location: ZETA 2
Session Chair: Feyza Çorapçı
3:30pm - 5:00pmT806: THEMATIC SESSION: Parenting Influences on Self-Esteem, Adjustment, and Digital Behavior
Location: GAMMA
Session Chair: Vera Skalicka
3:30pm - 5:00pmT807: THEMATIC SESSION: The Interplay Between Language, Learning, and Emotional Development in Early Life Contexts
Location: ETA
Session Chair: ASIMINA RALLI
3:30pm - 5:00pmT808: THEMATIC SESSION: Gendered Violence and Relational Risk: Developmental Perspectives from Adolescence to Adulthood
Location: EPSILON
Session Chair: Pin Chen
3:30pm - 5:00pmS811: SYMPOSIUM: The Intersectional Relation between Gender Identity, Gender Ideology, and Wellbeing Across the Lifespan
Location: THETA
Session Chair: Matthew Glade Nielson
3:30pm - 5:00pmT809: THEMATIC SESSION: Understanding and Preventing (Cyber)Bullying in Adolescents: School, Peer and Digital Dynamics
Location: OMEGA
Session Chair: Antanas Kairys
3:30pm - 5:00pmS812: SYMPOSIUM: Cultural Socialization and Identity Development Across Contexts: Family, Schools, and Interventions
Location: TAU
Session Chair: Danila Tran-Thuy-Duong
5:00pm - 6:00pmFLORENCE RECEPTION ECDP 2027
Location: LOBBY OF THE CONFERENCE CENTER IN RADISSON BLU HOTEL LIETUVA (Konstitucijos av. 20)
6:00pm - 10:00pmEARLY RESEARCHERS UNION SOCIAL EVENT
Location: ALPHA

Meeting point: Alpha room at the conference venue
Date: Friday, 29/Aug/2025
8:00am - 4:00pmREGISTRATION
Location: LOBBY OF THE CONFERENCE CENTER IN RADISSON BLU HOTEL LIETUVA (Konstitucijos av. 20)
9:00am - 10:30amS902: SYMPOSIUM: Children’s Prosocial Behaviors Toward Various Ingroup and Outgroup Members in Different Countries
Location: ALPHA
Session Chair: Laura K. Taylor
9:00am - 10:30amT902: THEMATIC SESSION: Internalizing and Externalizing Symptoms in Childhood and Adolescence: Mechanisms and Moderators
Location: BETA 1
Session Chair: Per Helge H. Larsen
9:00am - 10:30amT903: THEMATIC SESSION: Identity Development Across Contexts and Lifespan
Location: BETA 2
Session Chair: Dalia Nasvytienė
9:00am - 10:30amS901: SYMPOSIUM: Beyond Snapshots: Unpacking Educational Development Through Longitudinal Research
Location: ZETA 1
Session Chair: Saule Raiziene
Session Chair: Lauryna Rakickienė
9:00am - 10:30amT901: THEMATIC SESSION:Young People Navigating Modern Challenges: Digital Relationships, Social Attitudes, and Risk Behaviors
Location: ZETA 2
Session Chair: Inga Truskauskaite
9:00am - 10:30amT905: THEMATIC SESSION: Parenting in Contemporary Contexts: Impacts on Adolescent Behavior
Location: GAMMA
Session Chair: Shanu Shukla
9:00am - 10:30amT904: THEMATIC SESSION: Resilience and Emotional Development in Early and Middle Childhood
Location: EPSILON
Session Chair: Katerina Romanova
9:00am - 10:30amM901: 5 MINUTE PRESANTATIONS: Developmental Challenges and Adaptive Strengths in Adolescence and Young Adulthood
Location: THETA
Session Chair: Dagmar Strohmeier
Session Chair: Roma Jusienė
9:30am - 12:30pmEADP Council meeting
Location: IOTA
10:30am - 11:00amCOFFEE BREAK
Location: LOBBY OF THE CONFERENCE CENTER IN RADISSON BLU HOTEL LIETUVA (Konstitucijos av. 20)
11:00am - 12:30pmS904: 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
Session Chair: Ana Bravo
11:00am - 12:30pmT909: THEMATIC SESSION: Parenting and Neurodevelopmental Challenges: Support, Identity, and Intervention
Location: BETA 1
Session Chair: Ellen Hedstrom
11:00am - 12:30pmT910: THEMATIC SESSION: Understanding Children’s Adjustment in Complex Contexts
Location: BETA 2
Session Chair: Goda Gegieckaitė
11:00am - 12:30pmS905: SYMPOSIUM: The Role of Individual and Contextual Factors in the Promotion of Adolescents' and Young Adults' Civic Engagement: Insights from Europe
Location: ZETA 1
Session Chair: Nicolò Maria Iannello
11:00am - 12:30pmS903: SYMPOSIUM: Virtual Reality and online games to assess and prevent risk behaviors during childhood and adolescence
Location: ZETA 2
Session Chair: ANNALAURA NOCENTINI
11:00am - 12:30pmT906: THEMATIC SESSION: Transitions in Emerging Adulthood and Parenthood: Identity, Well-being, and Life Stressors
Location: GAMMA
Session Chair: Liselotte den Boer
11:00am - 12:30pmT907: THEMATIC SESSION: Mental Health in Adolescents: Cognitive and Contextual Risks
Location: ETA
Session Chair: Katarzyna Kostyrka-Allchorne
11:00am - 12:30pmT908: THEMATIC SESSION: Navigating Transitions: Health, Social Roles, and Relationships in Emerging Adulthood
Location: EPSILON
Session Chair: Miranda Kit-Yi Wong
12:30pm - 12:45pmCLOSING CEREMONY
Location: ALPHA
12:45pm - 1:45pmLUNCH BREAK
Location: RESTAURANT "RIVERSIDE" IN RADISSON BLU HOTEL LIETUVA
2:00pm - 7:00pmSuggested social program for those who are not leaving

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