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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.
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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  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
  5. 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
  6. Salvador, Ágata. "Caracterização dos cuidados centrados na família em oncologia pediátrica em Portugal". Psychology, Community and Health (2016):
    10.5964/pch.v5i3.180
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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
  1. 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.
  2. 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