Ágata Salvador (9119-1303-6090)

Curriculum Vitae

Ágata Salvador

Ágata Salvador concluded her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at the Faculty of Psychology, University of Lisbon, with a thesis entitled "Caregiving parents of children with cancer: Resources for adaptation and treatment-decision making process”. She completed her Master's degree in Clinical and Health Psychology (Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Coimbra). She is an Assistant Professor and vice-coordinator of the Computational Psychology Laboratory at the School of Psychology and Life Sciences, Lusófona University. Ágata is a researcher at Lusófona University, HEI-Lab - Digital Human-Environment Interaction Lab, and her main research interests are related to pediatric health conditions, parental adaptation, family-centered care, and digital applications designed for the intervention for health conditions.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Ágata Salvador

Citation names

Salvador, Ágata

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 9119-1303-6090
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7094-8997

Email addresses

agata.salvador@ulusofona.pt (Professional)

Knowledge fields

Social Sciences - Psychology

Education

	Degree	Classification
2014/10 - 2019/06 Concluded	Clinical Psychology - Family Psychology and Family Intervention (PhD) (Doutoramento) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Psicologia, Portugal
2008/09 - 2013/07 Concluded	Clinical Psychology and Health (Mestrado integrado) Major in Cognitive-Behavioral Interventions in Psychological and Health Disorders Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal

Affiliation

Teaching in Higher Education

	Category Host institution	Employer
2019/09 - Current	Assistant Professor (University Teacher)	Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal

Positions / Appointments

	Category Host institution	Employer
2015/05 - 2019/03	Clinical Psychologist	Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Psicologia, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2020/02 - Current	Vice-coordinator of the Laboratory of Computational Psychology at the School of Psychology and Life Sciences	Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal
	Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Psicologia e Ciências da Vida, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2015 - 2019	Pais-Cuidadores de Crianças com Cancro SFRH/BD/103265/2014 PhD Student Fellow	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Book chapter	Gamito, Pedro; Salvador, Ágata; Oliveira, Jorge; Souto, Teresa; Conde, Ana Rita; Galhordas, João. "VR-Based Assessment and Intervention of Cognitive Functioning after Stroke". In Virtual Reality in Health and Rehabilitation, 29-40. CRC Press, 2020. 10.1201/9780429351365-4
Journal article	Ágata Salvador; Carla Crespo; Magda Sofia Roberto; Luísa Barros. "Do parents of children with cancer want to participate in treatment decision-making?". Supportive Care in Cancer 28 3 (2020): 1059-1067. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-019-04909-8. 10.1007/s00520-019-04909-8 Ágata Salvador; Carla Crespo; Luísa Barros. "Family Management of Pediatric Cancer: Links with Parenting Satisfaction and Psychological Distress". Family Process 58 3 (2019): 761-777. https://doi.org/10.1111/famp.12379. 10.1111/famp.12379 Ágata Salvador; Carla Crespo; Luísa Barros. "The Benefits of Family-Centered Care for Parental Self-Efficacy and Psychological Well-being in Parents of Children with Cancer". Journal of Child and Family Studies 28 7 (2019): 1926-1936. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-019-01418-4. 10.1007/s10826-019-01418-4 Ágata Salvador; Carla Crespo; Luísa Barros. "Parents' psychological well-being when a child has cancer: Contribution of individual and family factors". Psycho-Oncology (2019): https://doi.org/10.1002/pon.5057. 10.1002/pon.5057 Martins, A.R.; Crespo, C.; Salvador, Á.; Santos, S.; Carona, C.; Canavarro, M.C.. "Does Hope Matter? Associations Among Self-Reported Hope, Anxiety, and Health-Related Quality of Life in Children and Adolescents with Cancer". Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings (2018): 1-11. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85042099523&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1007/s10880-018-9547-x Salvador, Ágata. "Caracterização dos cuidados centrados na família em oncologia pediátrica em Portugal". Psychology, Community and Health (2016): 10.5964/pch.v5i3.180 Crespo, C.; Santos, S.; Tavares, A.; Salvador, A.. ""Care that matters": Family-centered care, caregiving burden, and adaptation in parents of children with cancer". Families, Systems and Health 34 1 (2016): 31-40. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84953923712&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1037/fsh0000166 Crespo, C.; Moura-Ramos, M.; Santos, S.; Salvador, Á.; Hanke, K.; Almeida, S.. "Development of the Connectedness to Treatment Setting Scale for Children with Cancer and Their Parents". Journal of Child and Family Studies 25 5 (2016): 1466-1479. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84949670803&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1007/s10826-015-0328-y Salvador, Á.; Crespo, C.; Martins, A.R.; Santos, S.; Canavarro, M.C.. "Parents’ Perceptions About Their Child’s Illness in Pediatric Cancer: Links with Caregiving Burden and Quality of Life". Journal of Child and Family Studies 24 4 (2015): 1129-1140. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84893165151&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1007/s10826-014-9921-8
Thesis / Dissertation	Salvador, Ágata Cristiana Morgado. "Pais-cuidadores de crianças com cancro : recursos para a adaptação e participação na tomada de decisão relativamente ao tratamento". PhD, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10451/39747. Salvador, Ágata Cristiana Morgado. "Parent's perceptions about their chil's illness in pediatric cancer: links with caregiving burden and quality of life". Master, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10316/25697.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2018	Psychological well-being of pediatric cancer patients: Assessment of demographic, clinical and family risk factors	21st PanCare Meeting (Praga, Czech Republic)
2018	The benefits of family-centered care for perceived self-efficacy and psychological wellbeing in parents of children with cancer	9th CCI Europe Regional Conference (Lisboa, Portugal)
2017	Cuidar juntos: A gestão partilhada da doença, a autoeficácia e o bem-estar psicológico de pais de crianças com cancro?	no X Congreso Internacional y XV Nacional de Psicología Clínica (Santiago de Compostela, Spain)
2017	Bem-estar psicológico de pais de crianças com cancro: Quando é que os cuidados centrados na família são um recurso?	Dia do Jovem Investigador em Psicologia (Lisboa, Portugal)
2017	A gestão familiar da doença e a adaptação psicológica de crianças/adolescentes com cancro: O papel mediador da autoestima.	1º Congresso Internacional sobre a Criança e o Adolescente (Porto, Portugal)
2016	Cuidados centrados na família, perceção de autoeficácia e bem-estar em pais de crianças com cancro	18º Congresso Nacional de Pediatria (Porto, Portugal)
2016	Family-centered care and family management of childhood cancer.	Meeting of Doctoral Students in Nursing (Lisboa , Portugal)
2015	Cuidados centrados na família em oncologia pediátrica: Que benefícios para os pais?	2º Congresso Luso Brasileiro de Oncologia (Lisboa, Portugal)
2014	Charting parents’ perceptions of family-centered care: The role of sociodemographic and clinical factors.	International Conference of Psycho-Oncology (Coimbra, Portugal)
2013	Qualidade de vida pais de crianças com cancro dentro e fora de tratamento: Características e fatores de influência.	XI Congresso Português de Psico-Oncologia - Viver após o Cancro (Coimbra, Portugal)

Jury of academic degree

	Topic Role	Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization
2020	Crenças, Comportamentos e Estado de Saúde em Adultos Portugueses (Thesis) Main arguer	Jéssica Liliana Rodrigues Abreu (Master) Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal
2020	Identidade pessoal e social, clima familiar e psicopatologia em adolescentes (Thesis) Main arguer	Marina Monteiro Gomes (Master) Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2020/07 - 2020/10	Escola de verão: Cognição e Videojogos para a Pandemia 2020 - CVP'20	(Outros)	Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal

Journal scientific committee

	Journal title (ISSN)	Publisher
2020/09 - Current	Frontiers in Psychology (1664-1078)	Frontiers Media SA

Distinctions

Award

2020	Prémio Boas Práticas de Investigação no Ensino, atribuído ao projeto “HEI-LAB STUDIO – Museu Experiencial de Psicologia”, no âmbito do Programa de apoio à Ciência e Inovação, FAZER + Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal
2013	Prémio Melhor Poster Academia Portuguesa de Psico-Oncologia , Portugal

Other distinction

2017	Subsídio do Programa Gulbenkian de Desenvolvimento Humano Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal
2017	1ª Menção Honrosa Fundação Rui Osório de Castro, Portugal Fundação Millennium BCP, Portugal