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Diogo Carvalho da Silva is a PhD student in Social Psychology at Ispa - Instituto Universitário (2022-present), and an invited lecturer in Statistical Analysis at Ispa - Instituto Universitário (2023-present). He completed his Master's degree in Social and Organizational Psychology in 2019 (at Ispa - Instituto Universitário), with a thesis that addressed the process of emotional infrahumanization in mental illness, more specifically, depression. Since then, he has been conducting research in the area of stigma and discrimination in mental illness, the area that interests him the most. He has also carried out research in the area of cognitive shortcuts in mental illness, more specifically, susceptibility to the anchoring effect in depression. He has published 2 articles in national and international specialized journals. Recently, he is also an ad hoc reviewer. Keywords: Stigma; Discrimination; Dehumanization; Infrahumanization; Heuristics
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Diogo Carvalho da Silva

Citation names

  • da Silva, D.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
5211-34AC-5B3A
ORCID iD
0000-0001-8238-7242

Email addresses

  • dsilva@ispa.pt (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Social Sciences - Psychology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2022/10/10 - 2026
Ongoing
 Psicologia (Doutoramento)
Major in Social
Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
2014/09 - 2019/07
Concluded
 Psicologia Social e das Organizações (Mestrado integrado)
Major in Social
Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
"Deprimido e menos humano: o estudo da infrahumanização no contexto da depressão" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Outputs

Publications

Conference poster
  1. Leal, Joana; da Silva, D.; Borges, Vanessa; Martins, Ana Cristina. "Interseccionalidade e Violência Conjugal: Efeitos dos Rótulos Psiquiátricos e dos Mitos da Violência Doméstica na Vitimização Secundária de um Alvo Feminino". Paper presented in XII Simpósio Nacional de Investigação em Psicologia, 2025.
  2. da Silva, D.; Martins, Ana Cristina . Corresponding author: da Silva, D.. "Ambiguous or Normal Behaviors? The Stigma-Reducing Role of Mental Illness Labels". Paper presented in XX PhD Meeting in Psychology, 2025.
  3. Silva, Diogo; Garcia-Marques, T.. "Personality Inferences from Faces of Mentally Ill Individuals: How Bottom-Up Processes Limit Top-Down Biases in Facial Perception". Paper presented in 19.º Encontro Nacional da APPE, 2025.
  4. Silva, Diogo; Martins, Ana Cristina ; Garcia-Marques, T.. Corresponding author: Silva, Diogo. "Perceiving a depressive target: Infrahumanization at emotional and culture levels.". Paper presented in 18.º Encontro Nacional da APPE, 2024.
Journal article
  1. Diogo C. da Silva; Teresa Garcia-Marques. "Stereotyping When It Fits: How Perceived Face—Label Match Shapes Mental Illness Judgments". Basic and Applied Social Psychology (2026): https://doi.org/10.1080/01973533.2026.2641105.
    10.1080/01973533.2026.2641105
  2. da Silva, Diogo C.; Martins, Ana C.; Garcia-Marques, Teresa. "Perceiving a depressive target: Infrahumanization at emotional and culture levels.". Stigma and Health 10 1 (2025): 63-72. https://doi.org/10.1037/sah0000469.
    Published • 10.1037/sah0000469
  3. da Silva, D.; Garcia-Marques, T.. "Depression and the susceptibility to anchoring bias". Análise Psicológica 41 2 (2024): 191-205. https://doi.org/10.14417/ap.2040.
    Published • 10.14417/ap.2040
Magazine article
  1. Martins, Ana Cristina ; Silva, Diogo. ""Meia palavra basta!" - A discriminação social das pessoas com experiência de doença mental", Visão, 2024, https://visao.pt/opiniao/organizacoes-e-pessoas/2024-02-22-meia-palavra-basta-a-discriminacao-social-das-pessoas-com-experiencia-de-doenca-mental/.
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Silva, Diogo Carvalho da. "Deprimido e menos humano: o estudo da infrahumanização no contexto da depressão". Master, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.12/7151.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2025/05/28 Personality Inferences from Faces of Mentally Ill Individuals: How Bottom-Up Processes Limit Top-Down Biases in Facial Perception XII Simpósio Nacional de Investigação em Psicologia
Associação Portuguesa de Psicologia (Porto, Portugal)
2022/06/20 "Mais deprimido, menos humano?" - Infra-humanização, desumanização e distância social relativamente a um alvo com experiência de depressão XI Simpósio Nacional de Investigação em Psicologia
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD) Escola de Ciências Humanas e Sociais (Vila Real, Portugal)

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2025/09/09 - Current Current Psychology (1046-1310) Springer
2025/07/25 - Current European Journal of Social Psychology (1099-0992) Wiley
2024/02 - Current Análise Psicológica (0870-8231) Ispa

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2024 - Current Associação Portuguesa de Psicologia Experimental (APPE) Sócio Aderente

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2023/09 - Current Análise Estatística I e II Psicologia (Licenciatura) Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal