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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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17:00-18:00
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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 |
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.
Call for papers: Thematic issue of the International Journal of Developmental Science (IJDS)
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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.
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.
