Julia A. Freitag, M.Sc.

Further Information

• Biosketch

  Education

  • 2024
    M.Sc. Psychology, Friedrich Schiller University Jena
    Title: The day-to-day dynamics of state loneliness and its predictors
  • 2021
    B.Sc. Psychology, Friedrich Schiller University Jena
    Title: Having the ability and desire to walk a mile in someone elses’s shoes: How does personality predict perspective-taking in the context of political discussions?

  Professional Positions

  • 05/2024 - present
    Research Associate, Department of Developmental Psychology, Friedrich Schiller University Jena
  • 08/2023 - 03/2024
    Research Assistant, Department of Developmental Psychology, Friedrich Schiller University Jena
  • 10/2023 - 02/2024
    Tutor for Master Students, Department of Psychological Methods, Friedrich Schiller University Jena
  • 10/2022 - 02/2023
    Tutor for Master Students, Department of Psychological Methods, Friedrich Schiller University Jena
  • 03/2022 - 08/2022
    Intern at the project „InterMINT“, Bavarian State Institute for Higher Education Research and Planning (IHF), München
  • 07/2021 - 03/2024
    Research Assistant, Department of Clinical Psychological Intervention, Friedrich Schiller University Jena
  • 11/2019 - 03/2024
    Research Assistant at the projects „pairfam“, „RIKSCHA“ and „PAULE“, Department of Personality Psychology and Psychological Assessment, Friedrich Schiller University Jena
  • 11/2018 - 02/2019
    Research Assistant at the project „Kompetenztest“, Department of Psychological Methods, Friedrich Schiller University Jena

  Stipend

  • 08/2020 - 01/2024
    Participant at the Honours-Program for research-oriented students of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena
• Research

  Research Interests and Experiences

  • Empathic self-concept and empathic accuracy
  • Loneliness
  • Affect and affect regulation
• Publications

  Ginosar Yaari, S., Chentsova-Dutton, Y., Riediger, M., Rauers, A., Kim, M. Y., Miyamoto, Y., Vishkin, A., Freitag, J. A., Cieciuch, J., Gurevich, M., Padun, M., Solak, N., Wang, X., Qiu, J., Alvarez-Risco, A., Rossi, A. A., Hanoch, Y., Uchida, Y., Torres, C., Nascimento, T. G., Jahanshahi, A. A., Singh, R., Singh, B., Kamble, S. V., An, S., Dzokoto, V., Anum, A., Mannarini, S., Huerta-Carvajal, M. I., Galindo-Bello, E., García Ibarra, V. J., Dash, A., & Tamir, M. (in press). People in more individualist cultures are more motivated to make others feel better. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.