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Matthew W. Southward

Psychology · The Ohio State University

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Mid career · publishing since 2012
Mental Health Research TopicsPersonality Disorders and PsychopathologyChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentPsychotherapy Techniques and ApplicationsAnxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes

Publications

134

Citations

1,406

Est. group size

~2

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

15

Publishing since 2012

Research summary
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Matthew W. Southward's research focuses on understanding and treating borderline personality disorder and related emotional disorders, using statistical and momentary-assessment methods to track how symptoms, personality traits, and treatment skills change over the course of psychotherapy. His work also examines how factors like sexual orientation and racial/ethnic identity relate to symptom expression and treatment outcomes, particularly in transdiagnostic treatments like the Unified Protocol.

Borderline personality disorder treatment and assessmentTransdiagnostic psychotherapy (Unified Protocol)Personality and symptom change over timeDiversity and identity factors in mental health treatmentDigital and single-session mental health interventions

Publication output has grown substantially over the past decade, rising from just 1 paper in 2017 to a sustained pace of around 16 per year over the last five years, with some year-to-year fluctuation.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 16.0/year recently
2017: 1 publication172018: 6 publications182019: 6 publications192020: 19 publications202021: 17 publications212022: 17 publications222023: 27 publications27232024: 9 publications242025: 18 publications252026: 9 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Personality Disorders Theory Research and Treatment×12
  • OSF Preprints (OSF Preprints)×4
  • Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology×3
  • Cognitive Behaviour Therapy×3
  • Journal of Clinical Psychology×3
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Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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