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Matthew Keough

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Matthew Keough

Associate Professor

Connected Minds

York University

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Addiction Vulnerability

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93 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 37 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 6 research grants (2 CFI, 2 CIHR, 1 ONTARIO, 1 CRC), most recently in 2025.
Supervisor on 2 trainee awards (2 CIHR), most recently in 2026.

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178

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2,388

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Research

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Alcohol Use And Problems Alcohol Use Disorder Aetiology (Etiology)Anxiety And Depression Bis/Bas Coping-Motivated Drinking Dual Cognitive Processes Ecological Momentary Assessments And Longitudinal Design Emerging (Young) Adulthood

Latest papers

When Gaming Becomes Like Gambling: The Role of Flow, Immersion, Craving, and Self-control in Risky Loot Box use among Polish gamers
Journal of Gambling Studies · 2026 · senior author
The Moral Injury Assessment for Public Safety Personnel: A Psychometric Investigation Among Canadian Police Officers
Traumatology · 2026
Evidence-based therapist guided introduction to online heavy cannabis use treatment in Canadian adults: a Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT).
Journal of cannabis research · 2026 · senior author

All 178 publications

Latest funding

Executive Dysfunction as a Transdiagnostic Mechanism in Alcohol Use Disorder and Depression
CIHR · 2026 · Supervisor
$6,000
Creating a Just-in-Time Adaptive Intervention for Heavy Drinking and Emotional Disorder Comorbidities
CFI · 2025 · Principal investigator
$100,000
Disentangling Medicinal and Recreational Cannabis Use among Young Adults
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$374,852

All 14 grants and awards

From the 150 most recent of 178 publications.

When Gaming Becomes Like Gambling: The Role of Flow, Immersion, Craving, and Self-control in Risky Loot Box use among Polish gamers

Andrzej Cudo, Jonathan David, Bernadeta Lelonek-Kuleta, Rafał Bartczuk, Matthew T. Keough

Journal of Gambling Studies20262 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.1007/s10899-025-10472-1 PMID: 41670808

The Moral Injury Assessment for Public Safety Personnel: A Psychometric Investigation Among Canadian Police Officers

Battaglia AM, Keough MT, Flett GL, Gicas KM, Mamak M, Goldberg JO

Traumatology20262 citations

DOI: 10.1037/trm0000551

Evidence-based therapist guided introduction to online heavy cannabis use treatment in Canadian adults: a Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT).

Rysen KK, Carusone JM, Wardell JD, Schaub MP, Wenger A, Wallbridge H, Edgerton JD, Kruk R, Mackenzie CS, Keough MT

Journal of cannabis research20261 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1186/s42238-025-00378-5 PMID: 41547862

Additional file 1 of Evidence-based therapist guided introduction to online heavy cannabis use treatment in Canadian adults: a Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT)

Karli K. Rysen, Julian M. Carusone, Jeffrey D. Wardell, Matthias Schaub, A. Wenger, Harold R. Wallbridge, Jason D. Edgerton, Richard S. Kruk, Corey Scott Mackenzie, Matthew T. Keough

Figshare2026Senior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.31321619.v1

Emotion Dysregulation and E-Cigarette Use Among University Students: The Mediating Role of Perceived Social Norms

Arshia Soleimankhan, Jonathan David, Hyoun Soo Andrew Kim, Sarah Dermody, David C. Hodgins, N. Will Shead, Achala H. Rodrigo, Matthew T. Keough

Emerging Adulthood2026Senior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1177/21676968261446015

Taking Action on Concurrent Disorders: Calls for Action on Collaborative Research Priorities in Canada

Little J, Corace K, Costello J, Shantz R, Caudarella A, Esposti A, Garner G, Henderson J, Keough MT, MacKillop J

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry2026Open Access

DOI: 10.1177/07067437261433758

Evidence-based therapist guided introduction to online heavy cannabis use treatment in Canadian adults: a Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT)

Karli K. Rysen, Julian M. Carusone, Jeffrey D. Wardell, Matthias Schaub, A. Wenger, Harold R. Wallbridge, Jason D. Edgerton, Richard S. Kruk, Corey Scott Mackenzie, Matthew T. Keough

Figshare2026Senior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.c.8305253

Examining the factor structure of the Substance Use Risk Profile Scale (SURPS) in emerging adults: An exploratory structural equation modeling approach.

Haley C. R. Bernusky, Julian M. Carusone, Jonathan David, Samantha Jane Lynch, Anthony M. Battaglia, Patricia Conrod, Fakir Md Yunus, Kara Thompson, Marvin D. Krank, Allyson Fiona Hadwin, Sherry H. Stewart, Matthew T. Keough

Psychological Assessment2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1037/pas0001450 PMID: 41525371

Evidence-based therapist guided introduction to online heavy cannabis use treatment in Canadian adults: a Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT)

Karli K. Rysen, Julian M. Carusone, Jeffrey D Wardell, Michael P. Schaub, A. Wenger, Harold Wallbridge, Jason D. Edgerton, Richard S. Kruk, Corey Scott Mackenzie, Matthew T. Keough

Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich)2026Senior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.5167/uzh-433836

Evidence-based therapist guided introduction to online heavy cannabis use treatment in Canadian adults: a Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT)

Karli K. Rysen, Julian M. Carusone, Jeffrey D. Wardell, Matthias Schaub, A. Wenger, Harold R. Wallbridge, Jason D. Edgerton, Richard S. Kruk, Corey Scott Mackenzie, Matthew T. Keough

Figshare2026Senior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.c.8305253.v1

Executive Dysfunction as a Transdiagnostic Mechanism in Alcohol Use Disorder and Depression

SupervisorCIHR2026Undergraduate Student Research Awards (USRA)

Principal investigators: Bryan-Carbonell, Sophia

Keywords: Adulthood; Alcohol Use Disorder; Cognitive Mechanisms; Major Depressive Disorder

$6,000

Creating a Just-in-Time Adaptive Intervention for Heavy Drinking and Emotional Disorder Comorbidities

Principal investigatorCFI2025John R. Evans Leaders Fund: John R. Evans Leaders Fund – Funding for research infrastructure associated with an application for research support funding from another program: CRC

Principal investigators: Keough, Matthew

Keywords: just-in-time digital intervention, emerging adulthood, heavy drinking, anxiety, depression, ecological momentary assessment,just-in-time adaptive intervention for heavy drinking and emotional comorbidity,

$100,000

Disentangling Medicinal and Recreational Cannabis Use among Young Adults

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant

Principal investigators: Wardell, Jeffrey D

Keywords: Cannabis; Ecological Momentary Assessment; Psychology; Young Adults

$374,852

A 6-month, 3-wave longitudinal investigation of the impact and moderators of exposure to sports gambling advertisement and subsequent sports betting and harms

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Catalyst Grant: Health Impacts of Gambling and Gaming

Principal investigators: Kim, Hyoun

Keywords: Advertisement; Gambling Harms; Sports Gambling

$100,000

A longitudinal investigation of the lootbox-gambling link

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Kim, Andrew (Hyounsoo)

Keywords: Loot box; Gambling; Gaming; Theory of planned behaviour; Longitudinal; Latent transition analysis; Mediation

$37,481

Examining the Role Between Social Anxiety, Impulsivity, and Problem Drinking in an Experimental Setting

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: morris, vanessa

Keywords: alcohol; trait impulsivity; social anxiety; emerging adults; experimental; cue exposure

$26,600

Center for Research on Addiction Vulnerability in Early Life (CRAVE Lab)

Principal investigatorONTARIO2022Ontario Research Fund - Research Infrastructure: Small Infrastructure Fund - Round 052 - 2021 - June

Principal investigators: Keough, Matthew

Keywords: alcohol use, depression, social anxiety, co-morbidity, emotional and cognitive mechanisms, novel treatment targets, emerging adulthood

$50,000

Inuit Youth Develop a Virtual Qaqqiq: Using Technology and Cultural Knowledge to Support Resilience Outside the (Digital) Box

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Project Grant

Principal investigators: Bohr, Yvonne; Muir, Nicole

Keywords: Community-Led; Culture; E-Interventions; Gaming; Mental Health; Resilience; Suicidality; Youth-Directed

$1,797,752

Drinking to cope: A prospective examination of transition-related risk in emerging adulthood

Principal investigatorCIHR2021Project Grant

Principal investigators: O'Connor, Roisin M; Henderson, Jo; Keough, Matthew T

Keywords: Alcohol Use And Problems; Alcohol Use Disorder Aetiology (Etiology); Anxiety And Depression; Bis/Bas; Coping-Motivated Drinking; Dual Cognitive Processes; Ecological Momentary Assessments And Longitudinal Design; Emerging (Young) Adulthood; Psychosocial And Mental Health Transitions; Revised Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory (Rrst)

$558,448

Center for Research on Addiction Vulnerability in Early Life

Principal investigatorCFI2021John R. Evans Leaders Fund: John R. Evans Leaders Fund – Funding for research infrastructure

Principal investigators: Keough, Matthew

Keywords: alcohol use, depression, social anxiety, co-morbidity, emotional and cognitive mechanisms, novel treatment targets, emerging adulthood simulated bar lab, eye-tracking, physiological assessment, tDCS

$50,000

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

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Matthew Keough

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

When Gaming Becomes Like Gambling: The Role of Flow, Immersion, Craving, and Self-control in Risky Loot Box use among Polish gamers

The Moral Injury Assessment for Public Safety Personnel: A Psychometric Investigation Among Canadian Police Officers

Evidence-based therapist guided introduction to online heavy cannabis use treatment in Canadian adults: a Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT).

Additional file 1 of Evidence-based therapist guided introduction to online heavy cannabis use treatment in Canadian adults: a Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT)

Emotion Dysregulation and E-Cigarette Use Among University Students: The Mediating Role of Perceived Social Norms

Taking Action on Concurrent Disorders: Calls for Action on Collaborative Research Priorities in Canada

Evidence-based therapist guided introduction to online heavy cannabis use treatment in Canadian adults: a Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT)

Examining the factor structure of the Substance Use Risk Profile Scale (SURPS) in emerging adults: An exploratory structural equation modeling approach.

Evidence-based therapist guided introduction to online heavy cannabis use treatment in Canadian adults: a Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT)

Evidence-based therapist guided introduction to online heavy cannabis use treatment in Canadian adults: a Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT)

Executive Dysfunction as a Transdiagnostic Mechanism in Alcohol Use Disorder and Depression

Creating a Just-in-Time Adaptive Intervention for Heavy Drinking and Emotional Disorder Comorbidities

Disentangling Medicinal and Recreational Cannabis Use among Young Adults

A 6-month, 3-wave longitudinal investigation of the impact and moderators of exposure to sports gambling advertisement and subsequent sports betting and harms

A longitudinal investigation of the lootbox-gambling link

Examining the Role Between Social Anxiety, Impulsivity, and Problem Drinking in an Experimental Setting

Center for Research on Addiction Vulnerability in Early Life (CRAVE Lab)

Inuit Youth Develop a Virtual Qaqqiq: Using Technology and Cultural Knowledge to Support Resilience Outside the (Digital) Box

Drinking to cope: A prospective examination of transition-related risk in emerging adulthood

Center for Research on Addiction Vulnerability in Early Life

Frequent collaborators

Sherry Stewart

Jeffrey Wardell

Roisin O'Connor

Hyoun Kim

Patricia Conrod

David Hodgins

Kara Thompson

Elena Bilevicius

Heather Hadjistavropoulos

Christian Hendershot

Allyson Hadwin

James MacKillop

Richard Kruk

N. Shead

Philip Tibbo

Vanessa Morris

Lena Quilty

Nassim Tabri

Simon Sherry

Norah Vincent