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Marta Uva finished her Master's in Health Psychology at Ispa - Instituto Universitário. She defended her master's thesis in October 2024, entitled "Exploring behavioural addictions and insomnia - a study with Portuguese adolescents", obtaining a final grade of 20 (out of 20). Furthermore, during her master's degree, she gave two oral presentations at national and international scientific congresses, was honoured with the Young Researcher of Merit award at the 15th National Congress of Health Psychology in 2024, and also published an article in a national scientific journal (Psicologia, Saúde & Doenças). In addition, she did an internship at the Alvalade Health Centre, where she took her first steps as a health psychologist, carrying out psychological assessment and intervention with patients from all stages of the life cycle, smoking cessation consultations and also developed school health projects to promote healthy eating habits and physical activity in 6-year-olds. Marta has also contributed to the development of several scientific papers that are still being revised and published, such as a book chapter, the validation of scales within the scope of PURI-PRO, the doctoral project of a researcher at William James Center for Research and has worked on the development of an article within the scope of the CLIMACTION, a project funded by the La Caixa Foundation. Her work focuses on Social Sciences, specifically Psychology, with her main research interests being eating, online and sustainable behaviour and also sleep.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Marta Bastos Uva Nunes

Citation names

  • Uva, M.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
F41D-4AE4-D780
ORCID iD
0009-0001-0219-2662

Email addresses

  • muva@ispa.pt (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Social Sciences - Psychology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Italian Beginner (A1) Elementary (A2) Beginner (A1) Elementary (A2) Beginner (A1)
Portuguese gestual language Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Spanish; Castilian Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2025/10/01 - 2029
Ongoing
Doutoramento em Psicologia da Saúde (Doutoramento)
Ispa - Instituto Universitário, Portugal
2024
Concluded
Mestrado em Psicologia da Saúde (Mestrado)
Ispa - Instituto Universitário, Portugal
"EXPLORING BEHAVIOURAL ADDICTIONS AND INSOMNIA: A STUDY WITH PORTUGUESE ADOLESCENTS" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
18 valores
2022/09/13 - 2023/02/17
Concluded
Master in Health Psychology (Master)
Major in Health Psychology
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Dipartimento di Psicologia, Italy
2019/09/18 - 2022/06/18
Concluded
Licenciatura em Psicologia (Licenciatura)
Ispa - Instituto Universitário, Portugal
17 valores
2021/05/27
Attended
Comunicar com Crianças e Adolescentes: Desafios e Estratégias (Curso médio)
ReConstruir - Psicologia & Desenvolvimento Pessoal, Portugal
2021/04/30
Attended
Intervenção no Luto (Curso médio)
ReConstruir - Psicologia & Desenvolvimento Pessoal, Portugal
Affiliation

Others

Category
Host institution
Employer
2023/10/31 - 2024/06/12 Estágio Curricular Unidade de Saúde Familiar de Alvalade - USF Alvalade, Portugal
Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Pimenta, F.; Uva, M.; Nunes, A.R. ; Queiroz-Garcia, I.. "Investigação descritiva". In Investigação em Psicologia Clínica e da saúde, edited by Neto, David Dias; Figueiras, Maria Joao, 247-274. Portugal: Edições Sílabo, 2025.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. Porto, M. G.; Pimenta, F.; Queiroz-Garcia, I.; Uva, M.; Patrone, M.; Mascarenhas, T.; Marôco, J. P.. Corresponding author: Porto, M. G.. "Psychometric properties of the KHQ Symptom Severity Scale among middle-aged women". Paper presented in 4as Conferências Internacionais em Psicologia Clínica e da Saúde, Covilhã, 2025.
Journal article
  1. Pimenta, F.; Queiroz-Garcia, I.; Leitao, M.; Uva, M.; Costa, Rui Miguel. Corresponding author: Pimenta, F.. "How do we achieve sustainable eating behaviours to face Climate Change? (in preparation)". (2026):
    xxx
  2. Porto, Marta G.; Pimenta, F.; Queiroz-Garcia, I.; Uva, M.; Patrone, M.; Mascarenhas, T.; Marôco, J.. "Assessing Self-Management Coping in Urinary Incontinence: Psychometric Evaluation of the UI-SMCSI in Middle-Aged Women". International Urogynecology Journal (2025): https://doi.org/10.1007/s00192-025-06274-z.
    Open access • Published • 10.1007/s00192-025-06274-z
  3. Uva, M.; Patrão, Ivone; Costa, Rui Miguel; Pimenta, F.. Corresponding author: Pimenta, F.. "Self-control in adolescents: a mediator between food addiction and insomnia?". (2024): http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1645-00862024000100067.
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Nunes, Marta Bastos Uva. "Exploring behavioural addictions and insomnia: A study with portuguese adolescents". Master, Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, 2024. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.12/10221.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2025/05 INSOMNIA IN PORTUGUESE ADOLESCENTS: WHAT DETERMINANTS? 4as Conferências Internacionais em Psicologia Clínica e da Saúde
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas - UBI Covilhã (Covilhã, Portugal)
2025/05 Green eating behaviour perceived advantages: Findings from the CLIMACTION project 4as Conferências Internacionais em Psicologia Clínica e da Saúde
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas - UBI Covilhã (Covilhã, Portugal)
2025/05 Psychometric Properties of the KHQ Symptom Severity Scale Among Middle-Aged Women 4as Conferências Internacionais em Psicologia Clínica e da Saúde
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas - UBI Covilhã (Covilhã, Portugal)
2024/09/04 Can Self-Control Mediate the Relationships Between Internet/Smartphone Addiction and Insomnia? 38th Annual Conference of the European Health Psychology Society
European Health Psychology Society (Cascais, Portugal)
2024/02/01 Self-control in adolescents: a mediator between food addiction and insomnia? 15º Congresso Nacional de Psicologia da Saúde
Sociedade Portuguesa de Psicologia da Saúde (Almada, Portugal)
Distinctions

Award

2024 Jovem Investigador de Mérito
Sociedade Portuguesa de Psicologia da Saúde, Portugal