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Dr. Sandra Oberleiter, BSc MSc
Sandra Oberleiter
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Wintersemester 2026
200077 SE Fachliteraturseminar
200124 SE Vertiefungsseminar: Entwicklung und Bildung - Intelligenzforschung
Sommersemester 2026
200201 SE Bachelorarbeit
Wintersemester 2025
200077 SE Fachliteraturseminar
Zeilinger, E. L., Nader, I. W., Fuchs, A., Pietschnig, J., Knefel, M., Oberleiter, S., Unseld, M., Valent, P., & Gaiger, A. (2025). Latent structure and measurement invariance of the post-traumatic stress Scale-10 in cancer patients. Acta Psychologica, 260, Artikel 105653. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105653
Oberleiter, S., Stickel, P., & Pietschnig, J. (2025). A Farewell to the Narcissism Epidemic? A Cross-Temporal Meta-Analysis of Global NPI Scores (1982–2023). Journal of Personality, 93(4), 884-894. https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12982
Oberleiter, S., Wurzer, J., Mikas, M., Held, M., Wieland, B., Zeilinger, E. L., Voracek, M., & Pietschnig, J. (2025). Generational IQ test score changes and the positive manifold of intelligence: evidence from Austrian Air Force pilots and air traffic controllers (1992–2016). Frontiers in Psychology, 16, Artikel 1547520. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1547520
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
Pietschnig, J., & Oberleiter, S. (2025). Is narcissism really on the rise among younger generations? Psyche.
Andrzejewski, D., Oberleiter, S., Vetter, M., & Pietschnig, J. (2024). Increasing IQ Test Scores and Decreasing g: The Flynn Effect and Decreasing Positive Manifold Strengths in Austria (2005–2018). Journal of Intelligence, 12(12), Artikel 130. https://doi.org/10.3390/jintelligence12120130
Oberleiter, S., Fries, J., Dejardin, F., Heller, J., Schaible, C., Vetter, M., Voracek, M., & Pietschnig, J. (2024). Inconsistent Flynn effect patterns may be due to a decreasing positive manifold: Cohort-based measurement-invariant IQ test score changes from 2005 to 2024. Intelligence: a multidisciplinary journal, 107, Artikel 101867. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intell.2024.101867
Patzl, S., Oberleiter, S., & Pietschnig, J. (2024). Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: A Meta-Analysis on the Validity of Self-Assessed Intelligence through the Lens of the Multiverse. Journal of Intelligence, 12(9), Artikel 81. https://doi.org/10.3390/jintelligence12090081
Hanfstingl, B., Oberleiter, S., Pietschnig, J., Tran, U., & Voracek, M. (2024). Detecting jingle and jangle fallacies by identifying consistencies and variabilities in study specifications – a call for research. Frontiers in Psychology, 15. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1404060
Zeilinger, E. L., Brunevskaya, N., Wurzer, J., Oberleiter, S., Fries, J., Fuchs, A., Herscovici, A., Kum, L., Masel, E. K., & Pietschnig, J. (2024). Effectiveness of cloth face masks to prevent viral spread: A meta-analysis. Journal of Public Health, 46(1), E84-E90. https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdad205
Fries, J., Oberleiter, S., & Pietschnig, J. (2024). Say farewell to bland regression reporting: Three forest plot variations for visualizing linear models. PLoS ONE, 19(2), Artikel e0297033. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0297033
Petkari, E., Nikolaou, E., Oberleiter, S., Priebe, S., & Pietschnig, J. (2024). Which psychological interventions improve quality of life in patients with schizophrenia-spectrum disorders? A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE, 54(2), 221-244. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291723003070
Oberleiter, S., Patzl, S., Fries, J., Diedrich, J., Voracek, M., & Pietschnig, J. (2024). Measurement-Invariant Fluid Anti-Flynn Effects in Population—Representative German Student Samples (2012–2022). Journal of Intelligence, 12(1), Artikel 9. https://doi.org/10.3390/jintelligence12010009
Pietschnig, J., Oberleiter, S., & Köhler, M. (2024). Smoking behavior is associated with suicidality in individuals with psychosis and bipolar disorder: A systematic quantitative review and meta-analysis. Frontiers in Psychology, 15, Artikel 1369669. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1369669
Pietschnig, J., Oberleiter, S., Toffalini, E., & Giofre, D. (2023). Reliability of the g factor over time in Italian INVALSI data (2010-2022): What can achievement-g tell us about the Flynn effect? Personality and Individual Differences, 214, Artikel 112345. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2023.112345
Oberleiter, S., Fries, J., Schock, L. S., Steininger, B., & Pietschnig, J. (2023). Predicting cross-national sex differences in large-scale assessments of students’ reading literacy, mathematics, and science achievement: Evidence from PIRLS and TIMSS. Intelligence: a multidisciplinary journal, 100, Artikel 101784. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intell.2023.101784
Komenda, S., Brunevskaya, N., Moritz, P., Landskron, S. J., Zrnic Novakovic, I., Oberleiter, S., Wurzer, J., Lueger-Schuster, B., Salvador-Carulla, L., & Zeilinger, E. (2023). Concepts of good mental health and wellbeing in people with intellectual disability: Study protocol for a systematic review. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 14, Artikel 1148702. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1148702
Oberleiter, S., & Pietschnig, J. (2023). Unfounded authority, underpowered studies, and non‑transparent reporting perpetuate the Mozart effect myth: a multiverse meta‑analysis. Scientific Reports (Nature Publisher Group), 13(1), Artikel 3175 . https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-30206-w
Oberleiter, S., Wainig, H., Voracek, M., & Tran, U. (2022). No Effects of a Brief Mindfulness Intervention on Controlled Motivation and Amotivation, but Effect Moderation Through Trait Mindfulness: a Randomized Controlled Trial. Mindfulness, 13(10), 2434-2447. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-022-01968-7

Future directions in research on intelligence: Early and mid-career scientists think big: Differences and communalities of human and AI populations: Performance, distributions, and g

Oberleiter, S. (Vortragende*r)

16 Juli 2026

Aktivität: Vorträge › Vortrag › Science to Science

Systematic effects of prosperity and equality on sex differences in PISA, TIMSS, and PIRLS assessments: within-country effects, between-country effects, or both?

Pietschnig, J. (Vortragende*r), Fries, J. (Autor*in) & Oberleiter, S. (Autor*in)

16 Juli 2026

Aktivität: Vorträge › Vortrag › Science to Science

How do multimodal large language models perform on a standardized intelligence test battery? A psychometric comparison with human data

Oberleiter, S. (Vortragende*r), Tomasini, J. (Autor*in), Heller, J. (Autor*in), Vetter, M. (Autor*in) & Pietschnig, J. (Autor*in)

14 Juli 2026

Aktivität: Vorträge › Vortrag › Science to Science

The generality of intelligence heritability: A multiverse multilevel meta-analysis of twin studies

Heller, J. (Vortragende*r), Oberleiter, S. (Autor*in), Dejardin, F. (Autor*in), Traub, J. (Autor*in), Siegel, M. (Autor*in), Zeilinger, E. (Autor*in), Pellegrini, M. (Autor*in) & Pietschnig, J. (Autor*in)

14 Juli 2026

Aktivität: Vorträge › Vortrag › Science to Science

Domain-specificity and measurement non-invariance have misled 40 years of Flynn effect research: A CHC-based meta-analysis of test score changes (1909-2025)

Oberleiter, S. (Vortragende*r), Fries, J. (Autor*in), Heller, J. (Autor*in), Voracek, M. (Autor*in) & Pietschnig, J. (Autor*in)

9 Apr. 2026

Aktivität: Vorträge › Vortrag › Science to Science

Measurement-invariant IQ test score changes are differentiated in strength and direction on CHC stratum I: Cross-sectional and longitudinal evidence

Pietschnig, J. (Vortragende*r), Voracek, M. (Autor*in), Fries, J. (Autor*in) & Oberleiter, S. (Autor*in)

9 Apr. 2026

Aktivität: Vorträge › Vortrag › Science to Science

Domain-specific patterns of the Flynn effect: A CHC-based meta-analysis of more than a century of IQ changes (1909–2025)

Oberleiter, S. (Vortragende*r), Fries, J. (Autor*in), Heller, J. (Autor*in), Voracek, M. (Autor*in) & Pietschnig, J. (Autor*in)

26 März 2026

Aktivität: Vorträge › Vortrag › Science to Science

Spatial ability across nations: Measurement invariance of the Three-Dimensional Cubes test in Filipino and Austrian undergraduates

Heller, J. (Vortragende*r), Masing, A. L. A. (Autor*in), Oberleiter, S. (Autor*in), Salvaña, R. A. (Autor*in), Sanchez, R. E. (Autor*in), Steininger, B. (Autor*in), Tecson, A. (Autor*in) & Pietschnig, J. (Autor*in)

25 März 2026

Aktivität: Vorträge › Vortrag › Science to Science

The Cross-Temporal Stability of Sex Differences in Piaget’s Water Level Tasks: A Meta-Analytical Multiverse

Dejardin, F. (Vortragende*r), Oberleiter, S. (Autor*in), Voracek, M. (Autor*in) & Pietschnig, J. (Autor*in)

25 März 2026

Aktivität: Vorträge › Vortrag › Science to Science

The Decline Effect Permeates Not Only Intelligence Research, But Psychology as a Whole: Meta-Meta-Analytic Evidence From 648 Meta-Analyses

Steininger, B. (Vortragende*r), Siegel, M. (Autor*in), Tran, U. (Autor*in), Wicherts, J. M. (Autor*in), Oberleiter, S. (Autor*in), Voracek, M. (Autor*in) & Pietschnig, J. (Autor*in)

25 März 2026

Aktivität: Vorträge › Vortrag › Science to Science

Cross-national differences in spatial task performance: Measurement invariance of the Three-Dimensional Cubes test in Filipino and Austrian undergraduates

Heller, J. (Vortragende*r), Masing, A. L. A. (Autor*in), Oberleiter, S. (Autor*in), Salvaña, R. A. (Autor*in), Sanchez, R. E. (Autor*in), Steininger, B. (Autor*in), Tecson, A. (Autor*in) & Pietschnig, J. (Autor*in)

2026

Aktivität: Vorträge › Vortrag › Science to Science

Cross-sectional and longitudinal evidence for measurement invariant Flynn effects in Austrian undergraduates: The case of verbal reasoning, spatial ability, and mathematical reasoning

Pietschnig, J. (Vortragende*r), Voracek, M. (Autor*in), Fries, J. (Autor*in) & Oberleiter, S. (Autor*in)

23 Sept. 2025

Aktivität: Vorträge › Vortrag › Science to Science

Examining 116 years of IQ evolution: The first ability-specific meta-analysis of the Flynn Effect (1909-2025)

Oberleiter, S. (Vortragende*r), Fries, J. (Autor*in), Heller, J. (Autor*in), Voracek, M. (Autor*in) & Pietschnig, J. (Autor*in)

23 Sept. 2025

Aktivität: Vorträge › Vortrag › Science to Science

Intelligence and suicidal ideation in older adults: Insights from the Survey of Health and Retirement in Europe (SHARE)

Fries, J. (Vortragende*r), Oberleiter, S. (Autor*in) & Pietschnig, J. (Autor*in)

26 Juli 2025

Aktivität: Vorträge › Vortrag › Science to Science

Examining associations for spatial cognition with geographic-contextual indicators

Garner, K. M. (Vortragende*r), Oberleiter, S. (Autor*in), Fries, J. (Autor*in), Revelle, W. (Autor*in), Mroczek, D. (Autor*in) & Pietschnig, J. (Autor*in)

25 Juli 2025

Aktivität: Vorträge › Vortrag › Science to Science

A century of IQ changes across specific abilities: A CHC-based meta-analysis of the Flynn effect (1909-2025)

Oberleiter, S. (Vortragende*r), Fries, J. (Autor*in), Heller, J. (Autor*in), Voracek, M. (Autor*in) & Pietschnig, J. (Autor*in)

24 Juli 2025

Aktivität: Vorträge › Vortrag › Science to Science

Verbal reasoning, spatial ability, and mathematical reasoning in Austrian undergraduates: Assessments of cross-sectional and longitudinal Flynn effects (2009–2024)

Pietschnig, J. (Vortragende*r), Voracek, M. (Autor*in), Fries, J. (Autor*in) & Oberleiter, S. (Autor*in)

24 Juli 2025

Aktivität: Vorträge › Vortrag › Science to Science

Cross-sectional and longitudinal Flynn effect examinations for verbal reasoning, spatial ability, and mathematical reasoning in Austrian undergraduates (2009-2024)

Pietschnig, J. (Vortragende*r), Voracek, M. (Autor*in), Fries, J. (Autor*in) & Oberleiter, S. (Autor*in)

Juli 2025

Aktivität: Vorträge › Vortrag › Science to Science

Increasing IQ Test Scores and Decreasing g: The Flynn effect and decreasing positive manifold strengths in Austria (2005-2018)

Andrzejewski, D. (Vortragende*r), Oberleiter, S. (Autor*in), Vetter, M. (Vortragende*r) & Pietschnig, J. (Vortragende*r)

Juli 2025

Aktivität: Vorträge › Vortrag › Science to Science

Multiverse meta-analysis of time trends and age-group specifics in sex differences in Piaget’s water level tasks

Dejardin, F. (Vortragende*r), Oberleiter, S. (Autor*in), Voracek, M. (Autor*in) & Pietschnig, J. (Autor*in)

Juli 2025

Aktivität: Vorträge › Vortrag › Science to Science

A century of IQ shifts: A CHC-based meta-analysis of specific ability trends in the Flynn effect (1909–2025)

Oberleiter, S. (Vortragende*r), Fries, J. (Vortragende*r), Heller, J. (Vortragende*r), Voracek, M. (Vortragende*r) & Pietschnig, J. (Vortragende*r)

2025

Aktivität: Vorträge › Vortrag › Science to Science

Cross-national assessments of spatial ability: Measurement invariance of the Three-Dimensional Cube Test (3DC) in Filipino and Austrian undergraduates

Heller, J. (Vortragende*r), Masing, A. L. A. (Autor*in), Oberleiter, S. (Autor*in), Salvaña, R. A. (Autor*in), Sanchez, R. E. (Autor*in), Steininger, B. (Autor*in), Tecson, A. (Autor*in) & Pietschnig, J. (Autor*in)

2025

Aktivität: Vorträge › Vortrag › Science to Science

Is intelligence protective against suicidal thoughts in older adults? Evidence from the survey of health and retirement in Europe (SHARE)

Fries, J. (Vortragende*r), Oberleiter, S. (Autor*in) & Pietschnig, J. (Autor*in)

2025

Aktivität: Vorträge › Vortrag › Science to Science

Meta-analytical insights into self-assessed and psychometric intelligence: A look into the multiverse

Patzl, S. (Vortragende*r), Oberleiter, S. (Autor*in) & Pietschnig, J. (Autor*in)

17 Sept. 2024

Aktivität: Vorträge › Vortrag › Science to Science

Are figural reasoning abilities declining in German students? A decade-long investigation on measurement invariant tasks (2012-2022).

Oberleiter, S. (Vortragende*r), Patzl, S. (Autor*in), Fries, J. (Autor*in), Diedrich, J. (Autor*in), Voracek, M. (Autor*in) & Pietschnig, J. (Autor*in)

16 Sept. 2024

Aktivität: Vorträge › Vortrag › Science to Science

Does lower intelligence contribute to physical and mental illness? Insights from a three-level multiverse meta-analysis

Fries, J. (Vortragende*r), Oberleiter, S. (Autor*in) & Pietschnig, J. (Autor*in)

16 Sept. 2024

Aktivität: Vorträge › Vortrag › Science to Science

A negative Flynn effect for figural reasoning in population-representative measurement invariant German student test scores (2012-2022)

Oberleiter, S. (Vortragende*r), Patzl, S. (Autor*in), Fries, J. (Autor*in), Diedrich, J. (Autor*in), Voracek, M. (Autor*in) & Pietschnig, J. (Autor*in)

2024

Aktivität: Vorträge › Vortrag › Science to Science

Erratic Flynn effect patterns may be due to the positive manifold evolution: Cohort-based measurement-invariant IQ test score changes from 2005 to 2024

Pietschnig, J. (Vortragende*r), Fries, J. (Autor*in), Dejardin, F. (Autor*in), Heller, J. (Autor*in), Schaible, C. (Autor*in), Vetter, M. (Autor*in), Voracek, M. (Autor*in) & Oberleiter, S. (Autor*in)

2024

Aktivität: Vorträge › Vortrag › Science to Science

Mozart retter die Welt. Oder?!

Oberleiter, S. (Vortragende*r)

10 Mai 2023

Aktivität: Vorträge › Vortrag › Science to Public

Back with a vengeance: A meta-analysis of the Mozart effect zombie theory

Oberleiter, S. (Vortragende*r) & Pietschnig, J. (Autor*in)

2023

Aktivität: Vorträge › Vortrag › Science to Science

Is there a Flynn effect for achievement g? Evidence from large-scale population representative student assessments in Italy.

Pietschnig, J. (Vortragende*r), Oberleiter, S. (Autor*in), Toffalini, E. (Autor*in) & Giofre, D. (Autor*in)

2023

Aktivität: Vorträge › Vortrag › Science to Science

Multi-cohort longitudinal large-scale scholastic assessment data in Italy: Cross-temporal evidence for changes in achievement g

Pietschnig, J. (Vortragende*r), Oberleiter, S. (Autor*in), Toffalini, E. (Autor*in) & Giofre, D. (Autor*in)

2023

Aktivität: Vorträge › Vortrag › Science to Science

Predicting cross-national sex differences in educational achievement by socioeconomic macro indicators

Oberleiter, S. (Vortragende*r), Fries, J. (Autor*in), Schock, L. S. (Autor*in), Steininger, B. (Autor*in) & Pietschnig, J. (Autor*in)

2023

Aktivität: Vorträge › Vortrag › Science to Science

Subpar study designs, low power, and poor reporting: A meta-analytical investigation of the Mozart effect for epilepsy

Oberleiter, S. (Vortragende*r) & Pietschnig, J. (Autor*in)

2023

Aktivität: Vorträge › Vortrag › Science to Science

Institut für Psychologie der Entwicklung und Bildung

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T: +43-1-4277-47459

sandra.oberleiter@univie.ac.at