International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development

20th BIENNIAL ISSBD MEETING

Preconference Workshops

“Victimisation in Children and Youth”

Saturday, July 12, 12:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. and Sunday, July 13, 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Session Room 7 – Seminar Room 122 (Röntgenring 10)

Chairs:
Françoise A. Alsaker, University of Berne, Switzerland
Peter K. Smith, University of London, UK

Saturday July 12th

12:30 – 13:30 Buffet lunch
13:30 – 14:30 Session 1: Developmental origins of bullying
[the beginnings of bullying and victimisation in kindergarten; will include definitional issues]
Françoise D. Alsaker, University of Bern, Switzerland
14:30 – 15:30 Session 2: Assessment methods
[questionnaires of various kinds; teacher, parent and peer nominations; observations; focus groups; interviews; school records; etc]
Gary Ladd & Becky Kochenderfer-Ladd, Arizona State University, USA
15:30 – 16:00 Tea break
16:00 – 17:00 Session 3: The social dynamics of bullying
[participant roles in bullying; bystanders; scapegoating processes; labelling; social identity theory and bullying]
Christina Salmivalli, University of Turku, Finland
17:00 – 18:00 Session 4: Different contexts for bullying
[bullying in kindergarten, school, community, children’s homes; family abuse and bullying; bullying in the lifespan – work, prisons, armed forces]
Claire Monks, University of Greenwich, London, UK

Sunday July 13th

10:00 – 11:00 Session 5: New technologies and bullying
[cyberbullying or electronic bullying, using mobile phones and the internet]
Donna Cross, Edith Cowan University, Australia
11:00 – 12:00 Session 6: Key elements of successful prevention programmes
[school, class and individual based interventions; small-and large-scale programs and their evaluation – what works?]
Peter K. Smith, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK
12:00 -13:00 Buffet lunch
13:00 – 14:00 Session 7: Cross-national similarities and differences
[the extent to which bullying and victimisation are similar, or show differences, across cultures, especially western and eastern cultures]
Dagmar Strohmeier, University of Wien, Austria and Yuichi Toda, Osaka University of Education, Japan
14:00 – 15:00 Session 8: Linking research and practice
[how research findings can be translated into practical action; role of the media; linking with professionals; examples from different countries]
Christiane Spiel, University of Wien, Austria

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Format: 8 topics – each has 30 minute presentation accompanied by handout; and 30 minute discussion.

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“Developmental Social Cognitive Neuroscience”

Saturday, July 12, 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. (onward) and Sunday, July 13, 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Session Room 13 – Seminar Room 219 (Röntgenring 10)

Chairs:
Jan Boom, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Eveline A. M. Crone, Leiden University, The Netherlands

Saturday July 12th

13:30 – 14:00 Coffee & Tea
14:00 – 14:30 Opening Jan Boom (Utrecht University) & Eveline Crone (Leiden University): Conceptual issues and challenges in developmental neuroscience: how to bridge the gap between developmental psychology and neuroscience, in particular regarding sociocognitive development?
14:30 – 15:30 Tutorial talk: Tomas Paus (Nottingham, McGill University): Developmental neuroimaging
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee & Tea break
16:00 – 16:30 Experiment talk: Berna Guroglu (Leiden University): Neural correlates of friendship and peer relations
16:30 – 17:30 Conceptual talk: Jan Boom (Utrecht University) & Daan Brugman (Utrecht University): How to study the developmental of moral reasoning using brain measures? + Introduction audience assignments.
17:30 – onward  

The workshop participants (in particular the young scientists) in the audience are asked to form small discussions groups and prepare a research proposal on moral reasoning which can be presented during the Sunday meeting. We anticipate presentations of three groups, on a voluntary basis. These small groups will be encouraged to continue deliberations after the session closes (e.g. over dinner).

Sunday July 13th

10:00 – 11:00 Tutorial talk: Nathan Fox (University of Maryland): Social-emotional development
11:00 – 12:00 Experiment talks: Linda van Leijenhorst (Leiden University) & Wouter van den Bos (Leiden University): fMRI studies on developmental differences in social reasoning
12:00 - 13:00 Buffet lunch
13:00 – 15:00 Audience presentations: Discussion questions by Phil Zelazo (University of Minnesota), Nathan Fox (University of Maryland) and Tomas Paus (Nottingham, McGill University).

The discussion groups are asked to present a research idea about moral reasoning based on literature provided by Jan Boom (on Saturday). The discussants (Zelazo, Fox & Paus) are asked to comment on each of the proposals and raise discussion questions.

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