29th Workshop on Aggression: Aggression, Media, and Digital Technologies

PROGRAMME OVERVIEW

This is the preliminary programme. A PDF version will be made available later. Please, check the final version of the programme before the conference. Small changes may apply; however, time slots assigned for specific sessions should not change.

Wednesday (November 26, 2025)

ROOM 1

ROOM 2

ROOM 3

12:30-13:00

Registration

13:00-13:15

Welcome and Organisation

13:15-14:15

Keynote Brad Bushman: Blood, Gore, and Video Games: Effects of Violent Content on Players

14:30-16:00

Parents’ Roles in (Cyber-)Aggression

Barbora Lisztwan Honusová, Vojtěch Mýlek, Lenka Dedkova: Parental Knowledge of Children's Experiences With Cyberaggression and Online Sexual Solicitations: The Role of Relationship Quality and Information Management

Ejaz Ahmed Khan: From Social Media to Risky Behaviours: The Mediating Roles of Parental Acceptance-Rejection and Self-Efficacy in Youth

Viktorija Čepukienė, Ugnė Paluckaitė, Kristina Žareckaitė-Matulaitien: Predicting Photo Self-Disclosure of Non-Verbal Aggression on SNS: The Role of Parental Mediation and Peers‘ Subjective Norms

Markus Hess, Svea Bähre, Volker Thoma: What Is Cyberbullying? - Differences in the Assessment of Cyberbullying Scenarios Between Adolescents, Teachers and Parents

Bystanders in Cyberhate and Bullying

Thomas Gumpel, Vered Weisenthal: Why Do They Just Stand There? The Use of Latent Profile Analysis to Examine Bystander Responsibility, Agency, and Belief in a Just World

Karolína Umová, Adam Klocek, Lenka Kollerová: Moral Disengagement, Bullying, and Defending Behavior in Czech Secondary Schools: Network Perspective

Carmela Sportelli, Marinella Paciello, Francesca D'Errico: Countering Gendered Online Hate Speech: The Role of Victim's Adherence to Gender Norms in Bystanders Willingness to Intervene

Thomas Gumpel: It’s Not Only About the Bully: Bystanding as a Group-Level Adaptation

16:00-16:30

Coffee Break

16:30-18:00

Coping with (Cyber-)Bullying

Raluca Balan, Anca Dobrean, Thomas Gumpel: Preliminary Evaluation of a Digital Single Session Intervention to Promote Adaptive Coping With Bullying Victimization Among Adolescents

Anja Schultze-Krumbholz, Sohni Siddiqui: “Hey ChatGPT, I’m Being Bullied Online, What Can I Do?” - Can AI Chatbots Help Adolescents Deal With Bias-Based Cyberbullying?

Lucy Betts, Filipa Godinho Duarte, Clare Wood, Sarah Buglass, Oonagh Steer, Loren Abell: Using Co-Creation With Primary School Children to Understand and Develop Tools to Manage Banter and Bullying

Shanu Shukla, Ranu Pandey, Hana Machackova: Social Media Multitasking and Cyberaggression on Social Media: The Moderating Role of Emotion Regulation in Emerging Adults

Q&A With Journal Editors

18:30

Welcome Reception

thursday (November 27, 2025)

ROOM 1

ROOM 2

ROOM 3

08:30-09:00

Registration

09:00-10:00

Keynote Lenka Kollerová: When Teachers Intervene in School Bullying: How Morality and Bias Related to Peer Exclusion Shape Antibullying Efforts

10:00-10:30

Coffee Break

10:30-12:00

From Incivility to Violence

Rebecca Bondü, Lorena Jürges: Associations Between Conspiracy Mentality, Aggressive Fantasies, and Online and Offline Political Hostility

Martina Novotná, Patrícia Rossini: Online Incivility on Social Media and Its Effects

Vaclav Linkov, Patricia Hajkova: Relationship Between Personality, Mindfulness, and Driving Anger in Slovak Drivers

Rebecca Bondü, Tanita Rumpf: Assessment of Intimate Partner Homicide: GaTe-RAI - A New Approach Based on Leaking and Other Warning Signs

Symposium: Data, Discourse, and Dilemmas: Re-thinking (cyber)bullying research

Lucy Bowes: Cyberbullying – An Epidemic? An Epidemiological Analysis of Survey and Media Narratives (2005–2025)

Repo Juuso: Tracing the Cyberbullying Narrative in Scientific Literature: An AI-Assisted Review of Prevalence Claims (2005–2025)

Lydia Laninga-Wijnen: Ecological Momentary Assessments of Bullying Dynamics and Teacher Intervention

Katerina Romanova: Investigating the Healthy Context Paradox in Bullying: Results From the ‘Stand Together’ Trial and Future Directions

12:00-13:30

Lunch

13:30-15:00

Teachers’ Roles in Aggressive Incidents

Saskia Fischer: Theory and Practice of a Bullying-Related Teacher Training: Process Evaluation, Participant Feedback, and Insight From the Practical Implementation

Viola Lechner, Mariam Gagnidze, Can Cemal Erdogan, Herbert Scheithauer: Replicating Perceived Barriers, Resources, and Attitude Styles Towards (Cyber-)Bullying Prevention/Intervention in Schools Among Teachers: Results From Focus Group Discussions

Julia Kansok-Dusche, Sebastian Wachs, Alexander Wettstein, Ludwig Bilz: Associations Between Teachers’ Latent Competency Profiles and Their Hate Speech Interventions in School: A Multilevel Person-Centered Approach

Anke Görzig, Lucy R. Betts, Rachel Maunder, Claire P. Monks, Leyla De Amicis, Samuel Bennett: Teachers’ Responses to Identity-Based Bullying: Social Inequality, Identity and Diversity at Teacher and School Level"

From Research to Practice: A Panel Discussion

15:00-15:30

Coffee Break

15:30-17:00

Aggression in Social Context: Peers, School, and Workplace

Megan Pisegna, Ashlee Curtis, Kerri Coomber, Michelle Benstead, Richelle Mayshak: Relational Aggression in the Digital Age: Personal and Situational Correlates of Adult Cyber-RA in Peer and Workplace Contexts

Adam Klocek, Lenka Kollerová, Giulio D'Urso, Jana Fikrlová, Simona C. S. Caravita: Heterogeneity in Social Functioning: Predicting Peer Social Adjustment and Aggression Trajectories Through Growth Mixture Modeling

Radek Rychlík, Adam Klocek, Adam Krejčí: The Power of Selection and Influence in School Classrooms in the Context of Bullying and Victimization: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Longitudinal Effects Using Social Network Analysis (SNA)

Petra Gradinger, Stephan Marsch, Olga Solomontos-Kountouri, Dagmar Strohmeier: The Impact of Peer Victimization on Educational Aspirations in Adolescence

Sexting and Sexual Aggression

Isabell Schuster, Paulina Tomaszewska, Barbara Krahé, Sascha Hein: Violent Pornography Use and Acceptance of Sexual Coercion in Adolescents: The Mediating Role of Risky Sexual Scripts and Low Sexual Self-Esteem

Rocío Vizcaíno Cuenca, Hugo Carretero-Dios, Mónica Romero-Sánchez: Analyzing the Factors Behind Non-Consensual Sexting: The Impact of (Cyber)Rape Culture on Perceived Sexual Consent and Bystander Reactions

Matthias Böhmer: Consensual and Non-Consensual Sexting Among Adolescents: Emotional Correlates and Links to Cyberaggression

Viktoria Rohr, Rebecca Bondü: Bi-Directional Links Between Hostile Masculinity, Aggressive Sexual Fantasies, and Sexual Aggression: Evidence From a Three-Wave Longitudinal Study

17:00-18:00

Poster Session

Ivy Defoe, Melanie Molenaar, Frank Weerman: An Investigation of the Relation Between Online and Offline Violence: Methodological and Theoretical Considerations

Filip Kyslík, Vojtěch Juřík, Oto Janoušek: One Heartbeat From Death: The Competitive Element as a Driver of Arousal and Aggression in Violent Gaming

Katharina Brand, Isabell Schusters, Sascha Hein: Consensual, Pressured, and Non-Consensual Sexting: Prevalence and Latent Sexting Profiles Among German Adolescents

Pavlína Janošová, Radek Vorlíček, Anna Pospíšilová, Anna Krbečková: Empathy Toward Bullied Classmates

Joris Van Ouytsel, Jonathan Pettigrew: The Associations Between Pornography Use and Sexting Behaviors in a Sample of Adolescents in Nicaragua

Sevgi Bayram: Online Violence Exposure and Parenting as Predictors of Adolescent Aggression: A Four-Wave Panel Analysis

Aneta Przepiorka, Agata Błachnio, Michał Kędra: Factors Modifying Cyberbystanders’ Reactions

19:00

Conference Dinner

FRIDAY(November 28, 2025)

ROOM 1

ROOM 2

ROOM 3

08:30-09:00

Registration

09:00-10:00

Keynote Jörg Matthes: Cutting One Head, Growing Two: The Struggle to Combat Digital Hate

10:00-10:30

Coffee Break

10:30-12:00

(Cyber-)Hate and Discrimination

Sohni Siddiqui, Anja Schultze-Krumbholz, Şahin CİNCİOĞLU, Charu Kriti, Mahwish Kamran, Zartashia Kynat Javaid, Muhammad Kamran: Preventing Bullying among Children With Disabilities: A Cross-Cultural Perspective From Five Asian Countries

Ben Nangle, Juliette Cayrel: Femonationalism and Anti-Feminist Discourses in Memetic and Institutional Far-Right Communication

Camelia Cmeciu: Social Media Influencer Transgressions and the Dynamics of Hate Speech Related to Food Waste

Liliia Korol, Catherine Blaya: Double Exposure: How War Aggravates the Psychosocial Impacts of Cyberhate Among Ukrainian Youth

(Cyber-)Aggression in Youth: Correlates, Predictions, and Outcomes

Sophie Strauß, Phil Böttcher, Birgit Elsner, Rebecca Bondü: Predicting Transitions Between Aggressive and Antisocial Behavior Profiles From Middle Childhood to Adolescence From Self-Regulatory Competences and Internal and External Risk Factors

Annette Schlien, Veronika Lerche: Virtual Conflict Escalation: Aggressive Choices and Their Psychological Correlates

Marina Camodeca, Valentina Levantini, Carmen Gelati: Conduct Problems in Preschool Children: The Intertwinement of Smartphone Use, Executive Functions, and Familiar Vulnerabilities

Jan Pfetsch, Agathe Franz, Andria Constantinou, Kathrin Hillmann, Ulrike Blume-Peytavi: Relationship of Perceived Reasons for Victimization, Psychosocial Symptoms and Quality of Life Among Children and Adolescents

Petr Baďura, Michal Kalman: Trends in Bullying and Cyberbullying Victimisation and Perpetration (2002–2022): The HBSC Study in Czechia

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Important dates

Submission
deadline is EXTENDED

July 6, 2025

Notification of
acceptance
July 15, 2025
Registration July 15 - November 14, 2025
Early bird
registration deadline
September 15, 2025
29th Workshop on
Aggression in Brno
November 26 - 28, 2025

Conference fee

Early bird registration
(July 18 - Sept. 15, 2025)
100 EUR

Late bird registration
(Sept. 16 - Nov. 14, 2025)

120 EUR

Refreshments will be provided to attendees during coffee breaks and lunch, the welcome reception, and the social dinner.

During the conference, Masaryk University may take photographic records, audio, video, or audiovisual recordings.

REGISTRATION

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Call for papers: Thematic issue of the International Journal of Developmental Science (IJDS)

CONFERENCE VENUE

ACCOMMODATION AND TRAVELLING

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Conference venue

The 29th Workshop on Aggression will take place at Masaryk University, Komenského náměstí 220/2, 602 00, Brno, Czech Republic.

Contact person

Marie Jaron Bedrosova
marie.bedrosova@mail.muni.cz

The conference is organised as a part of the project „Research of Excellence on Digital Technologies and Wellbeing CZ.02.01.01/00/22_008/0004583“, which was co-financed by the European Union.

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