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Paulo P. P. Machado

Paulo P. P. Machado

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Psychology

D-Index
36
Citations
4868
World Ranking
9583
National Ranking
17

Overview

Paulo P. P. Machado is affiliated with the University of Minho in Portugal and has a research focus rooted primarily in the field of Psychology. Their scholarly work spans several subfields including Clinical Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Applied Psychology, Social Psychology, and Sociology and Political Science. The dominant themes in their research relate largely to eating disorders and associated behaviors.

Machado's academic output features contributions to a range of prominent journals, with the most frequent publications appearing in Nutrients, PsycTESTS Dataset, Journal of Eating Disorders, European Eating Disorders Review, and International Journal of Eating Disorders. These publication venues reflect the intersection of psychological assessment, clinical applications, and nutritional studies within their research scope.

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Machado include:

  • Eating Disorder Examination - Questionnaire short forms: A comparison, 2020, International Journal of Eating Disorders
  • Impact of COVID-19 lockdown measures on a cohort of eating disorders patients, 2020, Journal of Eating Disorders
  • The impact of COVID-19 lockdown on disordered eating behaviors: the mediation role of psychological distress, 2021, Eating and Weight Disorders - Studies on Anorexia Bulimia and Obesity
  • COVID Isolation Eating Scale (CIES): Analysis of the impact of confinement in eating disorders and obesity-A collaborative international study, 2020, European Eating Disorders Review
  • A systematic review of instruments for the assessment of eating disorders among adults, 2021, Current Opinion in Psychiatry

The research topics they address include eating disorders and behaviors, the effects of COVID-19 on mental health, and broader psychological constructs involving anxiety, depression, psychometrics, treatment approaches, and cognitive processes. Other areas of interest connected with Machado's work involve body image and dysmorphia studies, behavioral health and interventions, obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders, and the impact of technology on adolescents.

Machado frequently collaborates with several scientists, among whom the most recurrent coauthors are:

  • Tânia F. Rodrigues
  • Sónia Gonçalves
  • Ana Vaz
  • Rita Ramos
  • Eva Conceição

Thematically, Machado's work contributes primarily to the understanding and clinical assessment of eating disorders, often integrating the contextual impacts of recent public health events such as the COVID-19 pandemic. This interdisciplinary research approach combines empirical evaluation, psychological theory, and clinical relevance.

Best Publications

  • Clinical Virtual Simulation in Nursing Education: Randomized Controlled Trial

    José Miguel Padilha;Paulo Puga Machado;Ana Ribeiro;José Ramos

  • The prevalence of eating disorders not otherwise specified.

    Paulo P. P. Machado;Bárbara César Machado;Sónia Gonçalves;Hans W. Hoek;Hans W. Hoek

  • Eating disorder examination questionnaire: psychometric properties and norms for the Portuguese population.

    Paulo P. P. Machado;Carla Martins;Ana Rita Rendeiro Ribeiro Vaz;Eva Martins Conceição

  • DSM-5 reduces the proportion of EDNOS cases: evidence from community samples.

    Paulo P. P. Machado;Sonia Goncalves;Hans W. Hoek

  • What is “grazing”? Reviewing its definition, frequency, clinical characteristics, and impact on bariatric surgery outcomes, and proposing a standardized definition

    Eva Martins Conceição;James E. Mitchell;Scott G. Engel;Paulo P. P. Machado

  • Clinical Virtual Simulation in Nursing Education

    José Miguel Padilha;Paulo Puga Machado;Ana Leonor Ribeiro;José Luís Ramos

  • The presence of maladaptive eating behaviors after bariatric surgery in a cross sectional study: Importance of picking or nibbling on weight regain

    Eva Martins Conceição;James E. Mitchell;Ana Rita Rendeiro Ribeiro Vaz;Ana P. Bastos

  • Emotion recognition in psychotherapy: impact of therapist level of experience and emotional awareness.

    Paulo P. P. Machado;Larry E. Beutler;Leslie S. Greenberg

  • Narrative Therapy vs. Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for moderate depression: Empirical evidence from a controlled clinical trial

    Rodrigo da Cunha Teixeira Lopes;Miguel M. Gonçalves;Paulo P. P. Machado;Dana Sinai

  • Cognitive narrative psychotherapy: research foundations.

    Óscar Filipe Coelho Neves Gonçalves;P.P.P. Machado

  • Stability of problematic eating behaviors and weight loss trajectories after bariatric surgery: a longitudinal observational study.

    Eva M. Conceição;James E. Mitchell;Ana Pinto-Bastos;Filipa Arrojado

  • The portuguese version of the eating disorders inventory : evaluation of its psychometric properties

    Paulo P. P. Machado;Sonia Gonçalves;Carla Martins;Isabel C. Soares

  • Eating Disorder Examination - Questionnaire short forms: A comparison.

    Paulo P. P. Machado;Carlos M. Grilo;Tânia Catarina Fonseca Rodrigues;Ana Rita Rendeiro Ribeiro Vaz

  • Differential patient × treatment maintenance among cognitive, experiential, and self-directed psychotherapies.

    Larry E. Beutler;Paulo P. P. Machado;David Engle;David Mohr

  • Replication of a Modified Factor Structure for the Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire: Extension to Clinical Eating Disorder and Non-clinical Samples in Portugal

    Paulo P.P. Machado;Carlos M. Grilo;Ross D. Crosby

  • The impact of COVID-19 lockdown on disordered eating behaviors: the mediation role of psychological distress.

    Sofia M Ramalho;Ana Trovisqueira;Marta de Lourdes;Sónia Gonçalves

  • Risk factors and antecedent life events in the development of anorexia nervosa: a Portuguese case-control study.

    Barbara C. Machado;Barbara C. Machado;Sonia F. Goncalves;Carla Martins;Hans W. Hoek;Hans W. Hoek

  • The Portuguese Version of the Outcome Questionnaire (OQ-45): Normative Data, Reliability, and Clinical Significance Cut-Offs Scores

    Paulo P. P. Machado;Daniel Benjamin Fassnacht;Daniel Benjamin Fassnacht

  • Impact of COVID-19 lockdown measures on a cohort of eating disorders patients

    Paulo P. P. Machado;Ana Pinto-Bastos;Rita Ramos;Tânia F. Rodrigues

  • COVID Isolation Eating Scale (CIES): Analysis of the impact of confinement in eating disorders and obesity-A collaborative international study

    Fernando Fernández-Aranda;Fernando Fernández-Aranda;Fernando Fernández-Aranda;Lucero Munguía;Lucero Munguía;Gemma Mestre-Bach;Gemma Mestre-Bach;Trevor Steward

  • Nurturing nature: Cognitive narrative strategies.

    Óscar F. Gonçalves;Margarida R. Henriques;Paulo P. P. Machado

Frequent Co-Authors

Óscar F. Gonçalves
Óscar F. Gonçalves University of Coimbra
Carlos M. Grilo
Carlos M. Grilo Yale University
Fernando Fernández-Aranda
Fernando Fernández-Aranda University of Barcelona
Susana Jiménez-Murcia
Susana Jiménez-Murcia University of Barcelona
Gemma Mestre-Bach
Gemma Mestre-Bach Universidad Internacional De La Rioja
Francisco Esteves
Francisco Esteves Catholic University of Portugal
Larry E. Beutler
Larry E. Beutler University of California, Santa Barbara
Kate Tchanturia
Kate Tchanturia King's College London
Adriana Sampaio
Adriana Sampaio University of Minho
Gema Frühbeck
Gema Frühbeck University of Navarra

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