Matt Southward
@mattsouthward.bsky.social
Assistant Prof at Ohio State / UChicago, OSU, Duke, & UK alum / BPD, DBT, emotion regulation flexibility / CV: bit.ly/4oL4fOM / Scholar: bit.ly/3PMktZT / Lab: u.osu.edu/mattlab/
🍁Fall🍂 for Columbus this grad school application season!
November 3, 2025 at 4:07 PM
🍁Fall🍂 for Columbus this grad school application season!
A park full of dogs in Halloween costumes in Columbus?
A park full of dogs in Halloween costumes in Columbus! 🐶🎃
www.instagram.com/reel/DQSYWtH...
A park full of dogs in Halloween costumes in Columbus! 🐶🎃
www.instagram.com/reel/DQSYWtH...
October 27, 2025 at 12:49 AM
A park full of dogs in Halloween costumes in Columbus?
A park full of dogs in Halloween costumes in Columbus! 🐶🎃
www.instagram.com/reel/DQSYWtH...
A park full of dogs in Halloween costumes in Columbus! 🐶🎃
www.instagram.com/reel/DQSYWtH...
Anyone interested in what we’re up to in mattlab - follow us on Instagram!
We’re (@)mattlabatosu and we try to post useful mental health info, study findings, and glimpses into our actual lives 👇
www.instagram.com/mattlabosu
We’re (@)mattlabatosu and we try to post useful mental health info, study findings, and glimpses into our actual lives 👇
www.instagram.com/mattlabosu
October 13, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Anyone interested in what we’re up to in mattlab - follow us on Instagram!
We’re (@)mattlabatosu and we try to post useful mental health info, study findings, and glimpses into our actual lives 👇
www.instagram.com/mattlabosu
We’re (@)mattlabatosu and we try to post useful mental health info, study findings, and glimpses into our actual lives 👇
www.instagram.com/mattlabosu
Reposted by Matt Southward
In this behemoth effort led by @anhhtran.bsky.social, we reanalysed 11 experience-sampling datasets, and found limited evidence that context (intensity, controllability, and social features) meaningfully shaped everyday emotion regulation strategy use.
Context Matters, Doesn't It? The Role of Context in Everyday Emotion Regulation Strategy Use: https://osf.io/axzk6
October 13, 2025 at 3:45 AM
In this behemoth effort led by @anhhtran.bsky.social, we reanalysed 11 experience-sampling datasets, and found limited evidence that context (intensity, controllability, and social features) meaningfully shaped everyday emotion regulation strategy use.
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The clip where you get the context at the end has me dying
October 13, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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Despite our schools’ heated rivalry, we’ll still read and discuss great papers from ❌ichigan profs like @craiganthonyrs.bsky.social in our grad psychopathology class at OSU!
October 8, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Despite our schools’ heated rivalry, we’ll still read and discuss great papers from ❌ichigan profs like @craiganthonyrs.bsky.social in our grad psychopathology class at OSU!
When we measure personality multiple times in a study, does it matter if we ask people about their personality *in general* or *since the last time point*?
Turns out: yes!
We found differences in internal consistency, Ms, & SDs but not in the underlying constructs 🧵
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
Turns out: yes!
We found differences in internal consistency, Ms, & SDs but not in the underlying constructs 🧵
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/tb94v_v1🧵
October 7, 2025 at 5:37 PM
When we measure personality multiple times in a study, does it matter if we ask people about their personality *in general* or *since the last time point*?
Turns out: yes!
We found differences in internal consistency, Ms, & SDs but not in the underlying constructs 🧵
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
Turns out: yes!
We found differences in internal consistency, Ms, & SDs but not in the underlying constructs 🧵
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
Update! We'll be accepting applications until 11:59pm ET on Sunday, Nov 30! 📆
Postdoc with us in Columbus! 🌰
I'm pumped to recruit a 1-2 year postdoc working on:
- mechanisms of change in treatment
- treatment personalization
- emotion reg
With a breakdown of:
50% research
30% treatment
20% mentorship/collaboration/conferences
osu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/OSUCareers/j...
I'm pumped to recruit a 1-2 year postdoc working on:
- mechanisms of change in treatment
- treatment personalization
- emotion reg
With a breakdown of:
50% research
30% treatment
20% mentorship/collaboration/conferences
osu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/OSUCareers/j...
Post Doctoral Scholar
Screen reader users may encounter difficulty with this site. For assistance with applying, please contact hr-accessibleapplication@osu.edu. If you have questions while submitting an application, pleas...
osu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com
October 2, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Update! We'll be accepting applications until 11:59pm ET on Sunday, Nov 30! 📆
What’s Columbus like, you ask? Here are some scenes!
Golden foliage on campus 🍁
Making friends with a praying mantis 😺
LCD Soundsystem 🎧
Columbus Pride (feat. several clinical grad students)! 🌈
Golden foliage on campus 🍁
Making friends with a praying mantis 😺
LCD Soundsystem 🎧
Columbus Pride (feat. several clinical grad students)! 🌈
September 24, 2025 at 3:41 PM
What’s Columbus like, you ask? Here are some scenes!
Golden foliage on campus 🍁
Making friends with a praying mantis 😺
LCD Soundsystem 🎧
Columbus Pride (feat. several clinical grad students)! 🌈
Golden foliage on campus 🍁
Making friends with a praying mantis 😺
LCD Soundsystem 🎧
Columbus Pride (feat. several clinical grad students)! 🌈
Re-upping this thread for anyone thinking about applying for grad school who wants to know what life in Columbus is like!
(I’m also more than happy to answer questions, snap pics, or provide food recs as needed to give you a better sense of Columbus & OSU 🌰)
(I’m also more than happy to answer questions, snap pics, or provide food recs as needed to give you a better sense of Columbus & OSU 🌰)
And I should clarify for everyone who wasn’t on Twitter 1-2 months ago:
For anyone considering Ohio State for grad school, but only knows ohio as a meme, I'm gonna try to tweet about what Columbus can actually be like!
That way you can see if you can imagine yourself here or not #WhyColumbus
For anyone considering Ohio State for grad school, but only knows ohio as a meme, I'm gonna try to tweet about what Columbus can actually be like!
That way you can see if you can imagine yourself here or not #WhyColumbus
September 23, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Re-upping this thread for anyone thinking about applying for grad school who wants to know what life in Columbus is like!
(I’m also more than happy to answer questions, snap pics, or provide food recs as needed to give you a better sense of Columbus & OSU 🌰)
(I’m also more than happy to answer questions, snap pics, or provide food recs as needed to give you a better sense of Columbus & OSU 🌰)
Postdoc with us in Columbus! 🌰
I'm pumped to recruit a 1-2 year postdoc working on:
- mechanisms of change in treatment
- treatment personalization
- emotion reg
With a breakdown of:
50% research
30% treatment
20% mentorship/collaboration/conferences
osu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/OSUCareers/j...
I'm pumped to recruit a 1-2 year postdoc working on:
- mechanisms of change in treatment
- treatment personalization
- emotion reg
With a breakdown of:
50% research
30% treatment
20% mentorship/collaboration/conferences
osu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/OSUCareers/j...
Post Doctoral Scholar
Screen reader users may encounter difficulty with this site. For assistance with applying, please contact hr-accessibleapplication@osu.edu. If you have questions while submitting an application, pleas...
osu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com
September 18, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Postdoc with us in Columbus! 🌰
I'm pumped to recruit a 1-2 year postdoc working on:
- mechanisms of change in treatment
- treatment personalization
- emotion reg
With a breakdown of:
50% research
30% treatment
20% mentorship/collaboration/conferences
osu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/OSUCareers/j...
I'm pumped to recruit a 1-2 year postdoc working on:
- mechanisms of change in treatment
- treatment personalization
- emotion reg
With a breakdown of:
50% research
30% treatment
20% mentorship/collaboration/conferences
osu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/OSUCareers/j...
Things are rough in the world right now so it’s a little relief to enjoy the rainbows in the Mirror Lake fountain on campus 🌈⛲️
September 10, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Things are rough in the world right now so it’s a little relief to enjoy the rainbows in the Mirror Lake fountain on campus 🌈⛲️
Reposted by Matt Southward
Come to think of it it’s insane psychotherapy works at all. Somebody told you something or told you to DO something and it helps with a problem you’ve had for a long time 🧐
September 7, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Come to think of it it’s insane psychotherapy works at all. Somebody told you something or told you to DO something and it helps with a problem you’ve had for a long time 🧐
Just enjoying an 8:30pm stroll through the warm summer breeze in Schiller Park #ColumbusThings
September 5, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Just enjoying an 8:30pm stroll through the warm summer breeze in Schiller Park #ColumbusThings
Reposted by Matt Southward
New preprint! A Crowdsourced Megastudy of 12 Digital Single-Session Interventions for Depression in American Adults
What's the best way to help someone overcome depression with just 10 minutes of their time online? We ran a trial (n=7,505) testing 12 diverse interventions.
osf.io/preprints/ps...
What's the best way to help someone overcome depression with just 10 minutes of their time online? We ran a trial (n=7,505) testing 12 diverse interventions.
osf.io/preprints/ps...
August 26, 2025 at 5:47 PM
New preprint! A Crowdsourced Megastudy of 12 Digital Single-Session Interventions for Depression in American Adults
What's the best way to help someone overcome depression with just 10 minutes of their time online? We ran a trial (n=7,505) testing 12 diverse interventions.
osf.io/preprints/ps...
What's the best way to help someone overcome depression with just 10 minutes of their time online? We ran a trial (n=7,505) testing 12 diverse interventions.
osf.io/preprints/ps...
In Columbus, we have an entire building dedicated to everyone’s least favorite analytic method 📊
August 21, 2025 at 2:43 AM
In Columbus, we have an entire building dedicated to everyone’s least favorite analytic method 📊
Potential grad applicants: I'm hoping to take 1-2 new students this cycle!
There's no need to email me in advance unless you have specific questions that aren't answered on the lab or psych department's website - everyone's applications will be considered equally.
u.osu.edu/mattlab/2025...
There's no need to email me in advance unless you have specific questions that aren't answered on the lab or psych department's website - everyone's applications will be considered equally.
u.osu.edu/mattlab/2025...
Accepting 1-2 new students this cycle! ☝️/✌️
https://u.osu.edu/mattlab/2025/08/06/accepting-1-2-new-students-this-cycle-☝%EF%B8%8F-✌%EF%B8%8F/
August 6, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Potential grad applicants: I'm hoping to take 1-2 new students this cycle!
There's no need to email me in advance unless you have specific questions that aren't answered on the lab or psych department's website - everyone's applications will be considered equally.
u.osu.edu/mattlab/2025...
There's no need to email me in advance unless you have specific questions that aren't answered on the lab or psych department's website - everyone's applications will be considered equally.
u.osu.edu/mattlab/2025...
📝 Collecting signatures for @stopsb1oh.bsky.social at the Columbus Actors Theatre’s *free* production of Emma last night in Schiller Park!
Let me know if you want to sign and can’t make it to other events
Let me know if you want to sign and can’t make it to other events
June 13, 2025 at 5:38 PM
📝 Collecting signatures for @stopsb1oh.bsky.social at the Columbus Actors Theatre’s *free* production of Emma last night in Schiller Park!
Let me know if you want to sign and can’t make it to other events
Let me know if you want to sign and can’t make it to other events
Reposted by Matt Southward
June 13, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Reposted by Matt Southward
NEW: The Trump administration said their research did not "enhance health, lengthen life, or reduce illness."
Thousands of scientists disagreed.
We heard from +150 researchers impacted by the NIH grant terminations on what is being lost in the cuts. 🧵👇
projects.propublica.org/nih-cuts-res...
Thousands of scientists disagreed.
We heard from +150 researchers impacted by the NIH grant terminations on what is being lost in the cuts. 🧵👇
projects.propublica.org/nih-cuts-res...
Shattered Science: The Research Lost as Trump Targets NIH Funding
The Trump administration cut research funding that sought cures for future pandemics, examined the causes of dementia and tried to prevent HIV transmission. More than 150 researchers shared with ProPu...
projects.propublica.org
June 12, 2025 at 12:30 PM
NEW: The Trump administration said their research did not "enhance health, lengthen life, or reduce illness."
Thousands of scientists disagreed.
We heard from +150 researchers impacted by the NIH grant terminations on what is being lost in the cuts. 🧵👇
projects.propublica.org/nih-cuts-res...
Thousands of scientists disagreed.
We heard from +150 researchers impacted by the NIH grant terminations on what is being lost in the cuts. 🧵👇
projects.propublica.org/nih-cuts-res...
Reposted by Matt Southward
Thank you to all our wonderful volunteers!
Woot! I have added 29 signatures from three counties to the petition to get SB1 on the November ballot in Ohio.
if you are in, and registered to vote in, Ohio, there's probably a signing event near you soon. They only have another two weeks to collect them all.
#stopSB1Ohio
ohsb1petition.com
if you are in, and registered to vote in, Ohio, there's probably a signing event near you soon. They only have another two weeks to collect them all.
#stopSB1Ohio
ohsb1petition.com
OH SB 1 Petition
Let Ohioans decide the future of higher education.
ohsb1petition.com
June 11, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Thank you to all our wonderful volunteers!
Reposted by Matt Southward
Very smart, high ROI initiative from the Spencer Foundation.
Providing bridge funding for canceled NSF grants:
1) directs funds to projects already screened by a top-noch review process.
2) avoids imposing proposal prep costs on researchers.
3) ameliorates the disruption from GOP sabotage.
Providing bridge funding for canceled NSF grants:
1) directs funds to projects already screened by a top-noch review process.
2) avoids imposing proposal prep costs on researchers.
3) ameliorates the disruption from GOP sabotage.
Rapid Response Bridge Funding Program
In the face of recent abrupt shifts in federal funding for education research, including large-scale terminations of National Science Foundation (NSF) research grant awards, we have developed a rap...
www.spencer.org
June 6, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Very smart, high ROI initiative from the Spencer Foundation.
Providing bridge funding for canceled NSF grants:
1) directs funds to projects already screened by a top-noch review process.
2) avoids imposing proposal prep costs on researchers.
3) ameliorates the disruption from GOP sabotage.
Providing bridge funding for canceled NSF grants:
1) directs funds to projects already screened by a top-noch review process.
2) avoids imposing proposal prep costs on researchers.
3) ameliorates the disruption from GOP sabotage.
📋 I’ve got SB1 referendum petition forms!
If you’re a registered voter in Ohio & want to put SB1 to a vote in November, let me know and I’ll get you one to sign 📝🙌
If you’re a registered voter in Ohio & want to put SB1 to a vote in November, let me know and I’ll get you one to sign 📝🙌
June 6, 2025 at 5:44 PM
📋 I’ve got SB1 referendum petition forms!
If you’re a registered voter in Ohio & want to put SB1 to a vote in November, let me know and I’ll get you one to sign 📝🙌
If you’re a registered voter in Ohio & want to put SB1 to a vote in November, let me know and I’ll get you one to sign 📝🙌
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Friends, I have news.
It is very good news.
You'll just have to read it, I'm afraid.
jamesclaims.substack.com/p/introducin...
It is very good news.
You'll just have to read it, I'm afraid.
jamesclaims.substack.com/p/introducin...
Introducing the Medical Evidence Project
And the quest to make less dead people
jamesclaims.substack.com
June 4, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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