Dr. Jonathan Fries
University Assistant (Post Doc)
Universitaetsstrasse 7 (NIG)
1010 Vienna, Austria
T: +43-1-4277-47404
E: jonathan.fries[at]univie.ac.at
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Research interests
Meta-analysis, intelligence research, emotion psychology, methodology and development, data visualization
CV
Jonathan Fries defended his dissertation in the field of natural sciences (subject area: psychology) in 2024. Since March 2024, he has been a university assistant (post-doc) in the Department of Educational Psychology at the Institute of Psychology of Development and Education. Previously, he worked as a university assistant (pre-doc) in the Department of Differential Psychology and as a tutor and lecturer for statistics and methodology. From 2019 to 2020, he worked as a research assistant at the Medical University of Vienna.
His research focuses on meta-analysis, intelligence research, emotion psychology and methodology and development.
Publications
2026
Götz, T., Stoll, S., Adam, C. A., Bieleke, M., Frenzel, A. C., Fries, J., Kraiger, L., Stempfer, L., Yanagida, T., & Pekrun, R. (2026). Test boredom while working on difficult versus easy tasks: The same emotion but different effects on performance. Journal of Educational Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/edu0001045
Andrzejewski, D., Fries, J., & Pietschnig, J. (2026). Executive function Flynn effects are independent of psychometric g in aging populations across Europe (2005-2022). Intelligence & Cognitive Abilities. https://doi.org/10.65550/001c.157760
2025
Weiler-Wichtl, L., Fries, J., Hopfgartner, M., Feyrer, D., Krottendorfer, K., Heller, B., Reitbrecht, C., Leiss, U., & Weinzettel, R. (2025). Taking stock of psychosocial rehabilitation in children and adolescents: a systematic review with meta-analysis. Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences, 6(1568727). https://doi.org/10.3389/fresc.2025.1568727
Fries, J., Oberleiter, S., Bodensteiner, F. A., Fries, N., & Pietschnig, J. (2025). Multilevel multiverse meta-analysis indicates lower IQ as a risk factor for physical and mental illness. Communications Psychology, 3(74). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44271-025-00245-2
Götz, T., Fries, J., Stempfer, L., Kraiger, L., Stoll, S., Baumgartner, L., Diamant, Y. L., Porics, C., Sonntag, B., Würglauer, S., van Tilburg, W. A. P., & Pekrun, R. (2025). Spiritual boredom is associated with over- and underchallenge, lack of value, and reduced motivation. Communications Psychology, 3, Article 35. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44271-025-00216-7
Stempfer, L., Stoll, S. E. M., Fries, J., Pekrun, R., & Götz, T. (2025). A systematic review and multilevel meta-analysis of the relationship between boredom and arousal. Communications Psychology, 3.