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Gabriela Figueiredo is a Psychologist, Ph.D. student at the School of Psychology of the University of Minho and a researcher on the Self-Regulation Research Group (GUIA - http://www.guia-psi.com/). Study interests are focused on the eating domain, its problematic behaviors, and psychological implications related to self-regulation processes. Designing and applying assessments and intervention programs with families and children is one of her key interests.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Gabriela dos Santos e Silva Carvalho de Figueiredo
Date of birth
1994/10/28
Gender
Female

Citation names

  • Figueiredo, Gabriela
  • Figueiredo, G.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
1013-D49D-A71E

Email addresses

  • gsscfigueiredo@hotmail.com (Professional)

Telephones

Mobile phone
  • 919283644 (Personal)

Addresses

  • Escola de Psicologia - Edifício 14 Universidade do Minho Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057, Braga, Braga, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Social Sciences - Psychology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Italian Intermediate (B1) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2)
Education
Degree Classification
2021/01/31 - 2025/01/31
Ongoing
 Doutoramento em Psicologia Aplicada (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
"What about the siblings? Self-regulation, agency and quality of life in healthy-siblings of children with Celiac Disease" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2016/10/10 - 2017/04/27
Concluded
 Estágio curricular (Mestrado integrado)
Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João, Portugal
 18
2017
Concluded
 Psicologia (Mestrado)
Major in Sem especialização
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
"Weight and problematic eating behaviors: Comparison between gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 15 valores
2014/09/01 - 2015/02/28
Concluded
 Psicologia (Laurea)
Università degli Studi di Pavia, Italy
 16
Affiliation

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021/02/01 - Current Bolseira de Investigação de Doutoramento Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Centro de Investigação em Psicologia, Portugal
2019/04/15 - 2021/01/01 Colaboradora de Investigação Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Centro de Investigação em Psicologia, Portugal
2018/10/01 - 2019/10 Voluntária na Associação Portuguesa de Apoio à Vítima (APAV) APAV, Portugal
2018/02/20 - 2019/02/20 Estágio Profissional à Ordem dos Psicólogos Portugueses (OPP) Clínica Psiquiátrica Dra. Margarida Braga, Portugal
2016/10/10 - 2017/04/27 Estágio curricular em Psicologia Clínica e da Saúde Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2021/02/01 - Current What about the siblings? Self-regulation, agency and quality of life in healthy-siblings of children with Celiac Disease
2020.07940.BD
PhD Student Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Contract

Designation Funders
2021/02/01 - Current What about the siblings? Self-regulation, agency and quality of life in healthy-siblings of children with Celiac Disease
2020.07940.BD
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade do Minho Centro de Investigação em Psicologia, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2019/11/11 - 2021/01 In-Person and Online Healthy Eating Promotion through Self-regulation: Assessing the Efficacy of a Narretive-based Intervention
PTDC/PSI-GER/28302/2017
Research Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Pereira, B.; Figueiredo, Gabriela; Agudelo, K.; Rosário, P.; Magalhães, P.. "Restrict unhealthy food intake or make healthy food choices proactively? How self-regulation concept has been used in children and adolescent’s eating behavior research". In The Psychology of Self-Regulation, edited by Nadya S. Columbus (Ed.). Nova Science, 2023.
    Published
  2. Figueiredo, Gabriela; Pereira, B.; Agudelo, K.; Rosário, P.; Magalhães, P.. Corresponding author: Magalhães, P.. "Self-regulation and agency perspectives in celiac disease". In The Psychology of Self-Regulation. Nova Science, 2023.
    Published
  3. Magalhães, P.; Oliveira, H; Aguiar, C.; Figueiredo, Gabriela; Rosário, P.. "Gamification: Reflections on how it can be used to promote children's healthy eating behavior". In A Closer Look at Children's Health. Nova Science, 2022.
    Published
  4. Figueiredo, Gabriela; de Lourdes, Marta; Machado, Paulo P.P.; Conceição, Eva. "Sex Differences in Terms of Eating Behaviors, Biological and Psychological Features: A Review in the Bariatric Surgery Population". In Advances in Psychology Research, 77-112. United States: Nova Publishers, 2017.
    Published
Journal article
  1. Silva, C.; Pereira, B.; Figueiredo, Gabriela; Rosário, P.; Núñez, J. C.; Magalhães, P.. "Self-Efficacy to Regulate Eating Behaviors Scale for Children: A Validation Study". International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 20 4 (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20042807.
    Published
  2. Magalhães, Paula; Silva, Cátia; Pereira, Beatriz; Figueiredo, Gabriela; Guimarães, Ana; Pereira, Armanda; Rosário, Pedro. "An Online-Based Intervention to Promote Healthy Eating through Self-Regulation among Children: Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial". Trials (BMC) 21 786 (2020): https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-020-04685-5.
    Published
  3. Magalhães, P.; Silva, C. ; Pereira, B.; Figueiredo, Gabriela; Guimarães, A.; Pereira, A. ; Rosário, P.. "An Online-Based Intervention to Promote Healthy Eating through Self-Regulation among Children: Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial". Trials 21 786 (2020):
    Published
  4. Pereira, B.; Rosário, P.; Silva, Cátia; Figueiredo, Gabriela; José Carlos Núñez; Magalhães, Paula. "The Mediator and/or Moderator Role of Complexity of Knowledge about Healthy Eating and Self-Regulated Behavior on the Relation between Family's Income and Children's Obesity". International Journal of Environment Research and Public Health 16 (2019): 1-15. https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/16/21/4207.
    Published
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Figueiredo, Gabriela. "Weight and problematic eating behaviors: Comparison between gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy". Master, Universidade do Minho, 2017. http://repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt/handle/1822/48128.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2019/08 Smell, health and affective state - Is there a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow? 19º World Congress of Psychiatry
(Lisboa, Portugal)
2019/06 Body Mass Index (BMI) Predictors in Elementary School Children: The Role of Individual and Motivational Variables X National Symposium on Psychology Research
Universidade da Madeira (Madeira, Portugal)
2019/04 The trauma of caring in emergency nurses and physicians - different faces of the same mirror 16th European Conference on Traumatic Stress
(Rotterdam, Netherlands)
2018/11/22 Smell identification, depression and empathy in medical students 3º Congresso Nacional de Investigação em Educação Médica pela Rede de Investigação em Educação Médica
Univerdade do Minho (Braga, Portugal)

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2018/12 - Current European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies Member

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2019/05 - 2019/07 MENTOR training of trainers: Self-regulatory tutoring General Direction for Education (DGE), Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2021 Bolsa de Investigação de Doutoramento
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal

Other distinction

2019 EuroPsy - European Certificate in Psychology
European Federation of Psychologists' Associations, Belgium