Publications on
Mental health and well-being
How can we use Big Data and predictive technologies to better understand the drivers of well-being and help individuals live healthier and happier lives?
Schabert, J. et al. (2023). A Global ESM Study of Well-Being During Times of Crises: The CoCo Project. Social and Personality Psychology Compass.
Mueller*+, S.R., Delahunty, F. & Matz*, S.C. (2023). The Impact of the Early Stages of COVID-19 on Mental Health in the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
Peters, H.+, Friedrich M. Götz, F. M, Ebert, T, Müller, S. R., Rentfrow, P. J, Gosling, S. D., Obschonka, M., Ames, D. , Potter, J. & Matz, S. C. (2022). Regional personality differences predict variation in early COVID-19 infections and regional mobility patterns. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
Jachimowicz, J., M., Frey, E. L., Matz, S. C., Jeronimus, B. F., & Galinsky, A. (2022). The Sharp Spikes of Poverty: Financial Scarcity Is Related to Higher Levels of Distress Intensity in Daily Life. Social Psychological and Personality Science.
Müller*+, S. R, Chen*, X, Peters, H, Chaintreau, A. & Matz, S. C. (2021). Depression predictions from GPS‑based mobility do not generalize well to large, demographically heterogeneous samples. Scientific Reports.
Bailey*+, E., Matz, S. C.*, Youyou, W. & Iyengar, S. (2020). Authentic Self-Expression on Social Media is Associated with Greater Subjective Well-Being. Nature Communications.
Ruggeri, K., Garcia-Garzon, E., Maguire, A., Matz, S. C., Huppert, F. (2020). Well-being in Europe: A comprehensive measure to explore populations and profiles. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes.
Mueller+, S., Peters, H., Matz, S. C., Wang, W. & Harari, G. (2020). Everyday Mobility Behaviors Predict Psychological WellBeing Among Young Adults. European Journal of Personality.
Matz, S. C., Gladstone, J. J. & Stillwell, D. (2016). Money Buys Happiness if Spending Fits our Personality. Psychological Science, 27(5), 715-725.