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José Daniel Ferreira Nunes Barbosa de Castro. Completed the Doutoramento in Psicologia, especialidade de Psicologia Clínica in 2024/05/01 by Instituto Universitário da Maia, Mestrado in Psicologia Clínica e da Saúde in 2014/12/14 by Instituto Universitário da Maia and Licenciatura in Psicologia in 2012/07/01 by Instituto Universitário da Maia. Is Assistant Professor in Instituto Universitário da Maia. Published 13 articles in journals. Supervised 8 MSc dissertation(s) e co-supervised 2.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
José Daniel Ferreira Nunes Barbosa de Castro

Citation names

  • Castro, Daniel

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
B617-B1C1-10C5
ORCID iD
0000-0003-4602-7404
Google Scholar ID
VRFVNAUAAAAJ&hl

Email addresses

  • dcastro@umaia.pt (Professional)

Websites

Education
Degree Classification
2019/12/01 - 2024/05/01
Concluded
 Psicologia, especialidade de Psicologia Clínica (Doutoramento)
Instituto Universitário da Maia, Portugal
2012/09/01 - 2014/12/14
Concluded
 Psicologia Clínica e da Saúde (Mestrado)
Instituto Universitário da Maia, Portugal
 18
2009/09/01 - 2012/07/01
Concluded
 Psicologia (Licenciatura)
Instituto Universitário da Maia, Portugal
 15
Affiliation

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2024/09/16 - Current Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Instituto Universitário da Maia, Portugal
2018/02/19 - 2024/07/31 Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Instituto Universitário da Maia, Portugal
Outputs

Publications

Conference poster
  1. Areal; Ferreira, Filipa; Castro, Daniel. "Predicting Individual Depressive Symptoms Using Digital Phenotyping". Paper presented in Semana da Psicologia UMAIA, 2026.
  2. Luís; Castro, Daniel. Corresponding author: Luís. "Predicting emotional states from passive activity sensing: An item-level machine learning approach". Paper presented in Semana da Psicologia UMAIA, 2026.
  3. Areal; Castro, Daniel; Ferreira, Filipa. Corresponding author: Areal. "Virtual Reality and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: Bibliometric Analysis of Psychotherapeutic and Neurophysiological Interventions". Paper presented in 2ª Conferência de Trauma e Resiliência, 2026.
  4. Areal, Ivone; Ferreira, Filipa; Castro, Daniel. "Predicting Individual Depressive Symptoms Using Digital Phenotyping (Prémio Melhor Poster)". Paper presented in Semana da Psicologia 2026, 2026.
  5. Castro, Daniel; Ferreira, Filipa; Ferreira, Tiago. "Modularity of Personality". Paper presented in 1st International Psychotherapy Conference: Time and the Change of the Self as a Developmental Science, 2018.
  6. Ferreira, Filipa; Castro, Daniel; Araújo, Ana Sofia; Fonseca, Ana Rita; Ferreira, Tiago. "A Network Analysis on the Relationship between Traumatic Events and Psychotic Symptoms in a Prison Population". Paper presented in 1st International Psychotherapy Conference: Time and the Change of the Self as a Developmental Science, 2018.
Journal article
  1. Renato Gomes Carvalho; Daniel Castro. "Digital Footprints and Machine Learning in Psychological Assessment". European Psychologist (2025): https://doi.org/10.1027/1016-9040/a000549.
    10.1027/1016-9040/a000549
  2. Daniel Castro; Pedro Lopes; Ana Sofia Araújo; Filipa Ferreira; Ana Rita Rodrigues; Joana Cardoso; Fernando Ferreira-Santos; Tiago Bento Ferreira. "The differential impact of processing speed and cognitive flexibility on cognitive emotion regulation strategies and depression". Journal of Affective Disorders (2025): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2025.02.106.
    10.1016/j.jad.2025.02.106
  3. Carvalho, R. G.; Castro, Daniel. "Digital Footprints and Machine Learning in Psychological Assessment: Challenges and Ethical Implications". (2025):
  4. Daniel Castro; Joana Cardoso; Ana Sofia Araujo; Ana Rita Rodrigues; Filipa Ferreira; Fernando Ferreira-Santos; Tiago Bento Ferreira. "Topological properties of psychopathological networks of healthy and disordered individuals across mental disorders". Journal of Affective Disorders (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2024.08.168.
    10.1016/j.jad.2024.08.168
  5. Ana Rita Rodrigues; Daniel Castro; Joana Cardoso; Filipa Ferreira; Carla Serrão; Carlos M. Coelho; Liliana Meira; Tiago B. Ferreira. "A network approach to emotion regulation and symptom activation in depression and anxiety". Frontiers in Public Health (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1362148.
    10.3389/fpubh.2024.1362148
  6. Daniel Castro; Deisy Gysi; Filipa Ferreira; Fernando Ferreira-Santos; Tiago Bento Ferreira. "Centrality measures in psychological networks: A simulation study on identifying effective treatment targets". PLOS ONE (2024): https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0297058.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0297058
  7. Filipa Ferreira; Deisy Gysi; Daniel Castro; Tiago Bento Ferreira. "The nosographic structure of posttraumatic stress symptoms across trauma types: An exploratory network analysis approach". Journal of Traumatic Stress (2022): https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.22818.
    10.1002/jts.22818
  8. Ferreira, Filipa; Castro, Daniel; Ferreira, Tiago Bento. "The modular structure of posttraumatic stress disorder in adolescents". Current Psychology (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12144-021-02538-1.
    10.1007/s12144-021-02538-1
  9. Castro, Daniel; Ferreira, Filipa; Ferreira, Tiago Bento. "Modularity of the Personality Network". European Journal of Psychological Assessment 36 6 (2020): 998-1008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1027/1015-5759/a000613.
    10.1027/1015-5759/a000613
  10. Ferreira, Filipa; Castro, Daniel; Araújo, Ana Sofia; Fonseca, Ana Rita; Ferreira, Tiago Bento. "Exposure to Traumatic Events and Development of Psychotic Symptoms in a Prison Population: A Network Analysis Approach". Psychiatry Research 286 (2020): 112894. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2020.112894.
    10.1016/j.psychres.2020.112894
  11. Castro, Daniel; Ferreira, Filipa; de Castro, Inês; Rodrigues, Ana Rita; Correia, Marta; Ribeiro, Josefina; Ferreira, Tiago Bento. "The Differential Role of Central and Bridge Symptoms in Deactivating Psychopathological Networks". Frontiers in Psychology 10 (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02448.
    10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02448
  12. Castro, Daniel; Ferreira, Filipa; Mendes, Ana Sofia; Ferreira, Tiago Bento. "Bridges Between Bipolar and Borderline Personality Disorders: Clarifying Comorbidity Through the Analysis of the Complex Network of Connections Between Symptoms". The Psychologist: Practice & Research Journal 1 1 (2018): 45. http://dx.doi.org/10.33525/pprj.v1i1.45.
    10.33525/pprj.v1i1.45
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2026 Predicting emotional states from passive activity sensing: An item-level machine learning approach XXI PhD Meeting in Psychology
2026 Predicting Individual Depressive Symptoms Using Digital Phenotyping XXI PhD Meeting in Psychology Psychology in the XXI century: Science, practice and society
2018 The Dynamics of Structural Differentiation and Hierarchical Integration in the Dialogical Self: Network Analysis of a Single Case Study of a Successful Psychotherapy. International Conference of Dialogical Self
2018 Análise de Redes Psicopatológicas: Adequabilidade das Medidas de Centralidade Congresso da Ordem dos Psicólogos
Ordem dos Psicólogos Portugueses
2018 Clarificação da Estrutura Nosográfica da Perturbação de Stress Pós-Traumático Através da Análise da Rede Complexa de Interações entre os seus Sintomas Congresso da Ordem dos Psicólogos
2018 Diferenciação Estrutural e Integração Hierárquica: Ortogénese do Sistema de Significação em Psicoterapia Congresso da Ordem dos Psicólogos
Ordem dos Psicólogos
2017/07/13 Decentering, a common mechanism of psychotherapeutic change. European Congress of Psycholgy
European Federation of Psychology Associations (Amesterdão, Netherlands)
2017/07/13 Modularity of Personality Structures European Congress of Psychology
European Federation of Psychology Associations (Netherlands)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2025 - Current Passive Sensing - Predicting Depression Symptoms Through Activity Features
Supervisor
Universidade da Maia, Portugal
2025 - Current Passive Sensing - Predicting Emotion Through Activity Features
Supervisor
Universidade da Maia, Portugal
2025 - Current Predicting Depression Symptoms Through App Usage Features
Supervisor
Universidade da Maia, Portugal
2025 - Current Predicting Depression Symptoms Through Geolocation Features
Supervisor
Universidade da Maia, Portugal
2025 - Current Predicting Depression Through Sleep Proxies Features
Supervisor
Universidade da Maia, Portugal
2025 - Current Predicting Self-Reported Emotions Through Passive Sensing in a Sample of Psychotic Patients
Supervisor
Universidade da Maia, Portugal
2024 - Current Exploração dos perfis sintomáticos específicos e comorbidos da Perturbação de Luto Prolongado: Simulação computacional através da Diagnosis Network App (DiNA)
Supervisor
 Mestrado em Psicologia Clínica e da Saúde (Master)
Universidade da Maia, Portugal
2024 - Current The Diagnosis Network App (DiNA): Avaliação de eficácia do sistema computacional para a Perturbação de Ansiedade Generalizada
Co-supervisor
Universidade da Maia, Portugal
2024 - Current Impacto Diferencial das Funções Executivas na Perturbação de Défice de Atenção e Hiperatividade
Supervisor
Universidade da Maia, Portugal
2026 - 2026 Deep Tech and Gambling Harm - How AI, algorithms and platform design shape risk, detection and prevention
Co-supervisor
 Psicologia Clínica e da Saúde (Master)
Universidade da Maia, Portugal

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2025 - Current Membro do Conselho de Ética da Universidade da Maia
Member

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2025 - Current Metodologias de Investigação II (Mestrado) Universidade da Maia, Portugal
2023/02/16 - Current Metodologia da Investigação em Psicologia II Licenciatura em Psicologia (Licenciatura) Instituto Universitário da Maia, Portugal
2022/09/19 - Current Laboratórios de Processos Cognitivos Licenciatura em Psicologia (Licenciatura) Instituto Universitário da Maia, Portugal
2022/02/17 - 2022/06/25 Estatística Aplicada II Licenciatura em Psicologia (Licenciatura) Instituto Universitário da Maia, Portugal
2018/02/19 - 2022/06/22 Epistemologia Psicologia (Licenciatura) Instituto Universitário da Maia, Portugal
2021/09/20 - 2022/01/22 Métodos Quantitativos Licenciatura em Psicologia (Licenciatura) Instituto Universitário da Maia, Portugal
2019/09/16 - 2020/01/18 Teorias da Personalidade Licenciatura em Psicologia (Licenciatura) Instituto Universitário da Maia, Portugal
2019/02/15 - 2019/10/01 Psicologia das Emoções Psicologia (Licenciatura) Instituto Universitário da Maia, Portugal
2018/11/01 - 2019/01/31 História da Psicologia Psicologia (Licenciatura) Instituto Universitário da Maia, Portugal

Other jury / evaluation

Activity description Institution / Organization
2019/01/01 - 2021/01/01 RISE (Researching Injustice and Social Equality) Award Association for Psychological Science, United States
2019/01/01 - 2020/01/01 APS Student Grant Competition Association for Psychological Science, United States