Lukas Kraiger, MSc
Data Steward
Universitaetsstrasse 7 (NIG)
1010 Vienna, Austria
T: +43-1-4277-47445
E: lukas.kraiger[at]univie.ac.at
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Research interests
Boredom in recreational contexts, longitudinal methods (e.g., dynamic structural equation modeling, DSEM), experience sampling
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Lukas Kraiger has been a data steward at the Faculty of Psychology since October 2025. From 2023 to 2025, he completed a master's degree in psychology with a focus on development and education; his master's thesis dealt with spiritual boredom. He is currently researching the causes and effects of boredom in recreational contexts using longitudinal measurement methods.
Publications
2026
Ristl, C., Kraiger, L., Korlat, S., Martiny, S. E., & Nikitin, J. (2026). Day-to-Day associations between social interaction valence and awareness of age-related change. The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbag149
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
2025
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