Workshop
"LONGITUDINAL RESEARCH: EXPLORING WAYS OF RESEARCHING LIVES
THROUGH TIME"
October 12 - to 13 - Vilnius, Lithuania
ORGANIZERS AND SUPPORTING AGENCY
Rita Zukauskiene from Mykolas Romeris University, Lithuania, and NordForsk as the
funding agency.
AIMS OF THE WORKSHOP
The aims of the workshop are
(1) to give an overview of ongoing longitudinal studies in Nordic Countries, and discuss
possibilities for concrete co-operation between research groups.
(2) to provide an introduction to various approaches for planning and analyzing
longitudinal survey data, including methods for handling complex surveys.
(3) to discuss problems and methods in carrying out such research in a survey context
TIME AND PLACE
The workshop will be held at Mykolas Romeris University, Ateities 20, Vilnius, Lithuania,
October 12 -13, 2007, Room 414 NK
PARTICIPANTS
Participants will be doctoral students, post docs (less than five years since graduation), and
senior researchers involved in the research groups. The target participant should be
involved/planned to be involved in an ongoing longitudinal study, or at least plans in that
direction. He/she is expected to attend all sessions and to present his/her research findings or
plans in a students' session.
APPLICATION
We need your application not later than September 15, 2007 containing a short CV and, if
possible, an abstract of oral presentation. Students make their 10 minute presentations (Power
Point), followed by five minute discussion.
ACCOMODATION:
Hotel "Shakespeare"
Bernardinu 8/8
Tel: +370 5 2665885
Fax: +370 5 2665886
Email: info@shakespeare.lt
WWW: http://www.shakespeare.lt
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OCTOBER 12
8:45 – 9:00 OPENING. Jari Erik Nurmi, Håkan Stattin, Margaret Kerr, Lars R. Bergman,
Lars Wiichstrom, Rita Zukauskiene
9:00-12:45 METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES. Chair: Margaret Kerr
9:00 - 10:30 Jari Erik Nurmi & Noona Kiuru: Modeling change in correlating context:
Multilevel Latent Growth Curve modeling
Coffee break
11:00-11:45 Lars R. Bergman: A classification approach to the study of individual
development I
12:00 –12:45 Lars R. Bergman: A classification approach to the study of individual
development II
Lunch
14:00-15:45 STUDENTS' PRESENTATIONS. Chair: Håkan Stattin
14:00 – 14:15 Anne Mari Sund (NTNU, Norwegian University of Science and
Technology): The “Youth and Mental Health Study ”, Sør-og Nord-Trøndelag,
Norway, 1998- 2005
14:15 – 14:30 Peter Zettergren (Stockholm University): Girls’ Best Friendship and
Their Adulthood Adjustment: A Longitudinal Study from Age 10 to Age 43
14:30 – 14:45 Ylva Svensson (Örebro university). The role of friendship formation
for the adjustment of immigrant youths
14:45 – 15:00 Vilmante Pakalniskiene (Örebro university) Early temperamental
unmanageability, harsh parenting profiles, and adolescent problem behavior
15:00 – 15:15 Gintautas Silinskas (Jyvaskyla University)
15:15 – 15:30 Tilmann von Soest & Lars Wichstrøm (NTNU): The Impact of
Becoming a Mother on Eating Problems
15:30 – 15:45 Terese Glatz (Örebro university): Explaining why parents back off
Coffee break
16:15-18:00 Discussions on possible co-operation of different data sets: Jyväskylä,
Trondheim, Stockholm, Vilnius & Örebro (Room 323, 414).
19:00
SOCIAL EVENT
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OCTOBER 13
9:00-11:45 FINDINGS FROM LONGITUDINAL STUDIES. Chair: Håkan Stattin
9:00 - 9:45 William Burk: Alcohol (in)terdependence: An illustrative example of dyadic
and social network analyses.
9:45-10:30 Katariina Salmela-Aro: Trajectories of mental health during adolescence and
young adulthood
Coffee break
11:00 - 11:45 Lars Wichstrom: Predicting change in depression from adolescence to
adulthood: conceptual and methodological issues
12:00-16:30 Let's go fishing: Lunch & Discussions
17:30 – 18:00 Discussion on possible co-operation of different data sets continues: Jyväskylä,
Trondheim, Stockholm, Vilnius & Örebro. Presenters: (Håkan Stattin & Margaret Kerr, Jari
Erik Nurmi, Lars R. Bergman, Lars Wiichstrom, Katariina Salmela-Aro) will be available for
separate group discussions with young researchers (Rooms 323, 407, 414).
18:00-18:15 Concluding remarks. Chair: Jari Erik Nurmi (Room 414).
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