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!
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
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!
Within-person means & standard deviations:
Weekly instructions condition:
⬇️ Somewhat lower means (as expected)
⬆️ Higher standard deviations (as expected)
Weekly instructions condition:
⬇️ Somewhat lower means (as expected)
⬆️ Higher standard deviations (as expected)
October 7, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Within-person means & standard deviations:
Weekly instructions condition:
⬇️ Somewhat lower means (as expected)
⬆️ Higher standard deviations (as expected)
Weekly instructions condition:
⬇️ Somewhat lower means (as expected)
⬆️ Higher standard deviations (as expected)
Are they measuring the same underlying personality construct?
✅ Generally, yes!
Although model fit significantly improved for some measures when we let the 2 instruction conditions differ, these improvements were fairly modest & mostly with the NEO (general personality).
✅ Generally, yes!
Although model fit significantly improved for some measures when we let the 2 instruction conditions differ, these improvements were fairly modest & mostly with the NEO (general personality).
October 7, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Are they measuring the same underlying personality construct?
✅ Generally, yes!
Although model fit significantly improved for some measures when we let the 2 instruction conditions differ, these improvements were fairly modest & mostly with the NEO (general personality).
✅ Generally, yes!
Although model fit significantly improved for some measures when we let the 2 instruction conditions differ, these improvements were fairly modest & mostly with the NEO (general personality).
Test-retest reliability:
✅ Generally .70+ in both conditions, although typically higher in the general instructions condition
✅ Generally .70+ in both conditions, although typically higher in the general instructions condition
October 7, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Test-retest reliability:
✅ Generally .70+ in both conditions, although typically higher in the general instructions condition
✅ Generally .70+ in both conditions, although typically higher in the general instructions condition
Within-person internal consistencies:
✅ Adequate-to-good in the weekly instructions condition
❌ Poor-to-questionable in the general instructions condition
✅ Adequate-to-good in the weekly instructions condition
❌ Poor-to-questionable in the general instructions condition
October 7, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Within-person internal consistencies:
✅ Adequate-to-good in the weekly instructions condition
❌ Poor-to-questionable in the general instructions condition
✅ Adequate-to-good in the weekly instructions condition
❌ Poor-to-questionable in the general instructions condition
Between-person internal consistencies:
✅ Excellent and generally the same regardless of randomization condition
✅ Excellent and generally the same regardless of randomization condition
October 7, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Between-person internal consistencies:
✅ Excellent and generally the same regardless of randomization condition
✅ Excellent and generally the same regardless of randomization condition
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)! 🌈
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 🌈⛲️
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
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 📊
Palms: Sweaty
Knees: Weak
Arms: Heavy
Knees: Weak
Arms: Heavy
July 10, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Palms: Sweaty
Knees: Weak
Arms: Heavy
Knees: Weak
Arms: Heavy
📝 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
📋 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 📝🙌
He says without any bias or conflicts of interest ☺️ (fr tho you had such a cool and wide-ranging set of clinical programming!)
June 3, 2025 at 10:10 AM
He says without any bias or conflicts of interest ☺️ (fr tho you had such a cool and wide-ranging set of clinical programming!)
Shoutout to @abctstudentsig.bsky.social & Chair @francesghart.bsky.social for a rewarding & enriching FREE student research symposium today! 🤩
Honored @abct-ppdsig.bsky.social could be a part of it.
Honored @abct-ppdsig.bsky.social could be a part of it.
June 1, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Shoutout to @abctstudentsig.bsky.social & Chair @francesghart.bsky.social for a rewarding & enriching FREE student research symposium today! 🤩
Honored @abct-ppdsig.bsky.social could be a part of it.
Honored @abct-ppdsig.bsky.social could be a part of it.
The other bright spot of #APS25DC was getting to visit the mind-blowing & powerful National Museum of African American History & Culture. It seemed timely and I hadn’t been!
They do an amazing job highlighting how much of the US was built by slaves & how our current ideas of race developed. 💯
They do an amazing job highlighting how much of the US was built by slaves & how our current ideas of race developed. 💯
May 26, 2025 at 11:54 PM
The other bright spot of #APS25DC was getting to visit the mind-blowing & powerful National Museum of African American History & Culture. It seemed timely and I hadn’t been!
They do an amazing job highlighting how much of the US was built by slaves & how our current ideas of race developed. 💯
They do an amazing job highlighting how much of the US was built by slaves & how our current ideas of race developed. 💯
Sonya Mishra shows how, when women’s gains are framed as increasing their power (control of resources), men are less likely to support them & more likely to worry they’ll be disadvantaged compared to when women’s gains are framed as increasing their status. Women show no differences. 🚻 #APS25DC
May 26, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Sonya Mishra shows how, when women’s gains are framed as increasing their power (control of resources), men are less likely to support them & more likely to worry they’ll be disadvantaged compared to when women’s gains are framed as increasing their status. Women show no differences. 🚻 #APS25DC
Omg I didn’t even know what the one I picked out of the bag was! Some kind of green plastic 🌀 that seemed like a cake decoration?
All I could think of was change in therapy spiraling out from what happens in sessions to between sessions to beyond treatment 🤷🏻♂️
All I could think of was change in therapy spiraling out from what happens in sessions to between sessions to beyond treatment 🤷🏻♂️
May 25, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Omg I didn’t even know what the one I picked out of the bag was! Some kind of green plastic 🌀 that seemed like a cake decoration?
All I could think of was change in therapy spiraling out from what happens in sessions to between sessions to beyond treatment 🤷🏻♂️
All I could think of was change in therapy spiraling out from what happens in sessions to between sessions to beyond treatment 🤷🏻♂️
To better communicate science, we should:
Use appropriate metaphors, analogies, & examples
Talk in narratives
Remember we read 3 words, then, if interesting, 30 words, then, if still intrigued, 300 words
Start with the main point ➡️ narrative ➡️ takeaway point #APS25DC
Use appropriate metaphors, analogies, & examples
Talk in narratives
Remember we read 3 words, then, if interesting, 30 words, then, if still intrigued, 300 words
Start with the main point ➡️ narrative ➡️ takeaway point #APS25DC
May 24, 2025 at 10:02 PM
To better communicate science, we should:
Use appropriate metaphors, analogies, & examples
Talk in narratives
Remember we read 3 words, then, if interesting, 30 words, then, if still intrigued, 300 words
Start with the main point ➡️ narrative ➡️ takeaway point #APS25DC
Use appropriate metaphors, analogies, & examples
Talk in narratives
Remember we read 3 words, then, if interesting, 30 words, then, if still intrigued, 300 words
Start with the main point ➡️ narrative ➡️ takeaway point #APS25DC
Whitney Whitted looked at how different aspects of social media impacted mental health.
People were more likely to endorse a dx when info was framed as a dx (vs a resilience framing)
They didn’t distinguish expert credentials from posters’ lived experiences
& info helped many feel understood!
People were more likely to endorse a dx when info was framed as a dx (vs a resilience framing)
They didn’t distinguish expert credentials from posters’ lived experiences
& info helped many feel understood!
May 24, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Whitney Whitted looked at how different aspects of social media impacted mental health.
People were more likely to endorse a dx when info was framed as a dx (vs a resilience framing)
They didn’t distinguish expert credentials from posters’ lived experiences
& info helped many feel understood!
People were more likely to endorse a dx when info was framed as a dx (vs a resilience framing)
They didn’t distinguish expert credentials from posters’ lived experiences
& info helped many feel understood!
@lluaces.bsky.social shows a stronger within-person effect of reappraisal than expressive suppression predicting session-to-session reductions in distress across two 6-week guided self-help studies of mindfulness & behavioral treatments! #APS25DC
May 23, 2025 at 9:05 PM
@lluaces.bsky.social shows a stronger within-person effect of reappraisal than expressive suppression predicting session-to-session reductions in distress across two 6-week guided self-help studies of mindfulness & behavioral treatments! #APS25DC
At @psychscience.bsky.social, @pf-hitchcock.bsky.social shows how basic reinforcement learning with affective content and distractors naturally leads to repetitive negative thinking, at least over ~200,000 trials before it can get corrected. That’s a lot of thought records! #APS25DC
May 23, 2025 at 8:30 PM
At @psychscience.bsky.social, @pf-hitchcock.bsky.social shows how basic reinforcement learning with affective content and distractors naturally leads to repetitive negative thinking, at least over ~200,000 trials before it can get corrected. That’s a lot of thought records! #APS25DC