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Zaida Agüera is affiliated with the University of Barcelona in Spain and has contributed extensively to the fields of psychology and medicine, with a particular focus on clinical psychology.

Their research spans several subfields, including clinical psychology, public health, general health professions, social psychology, and psychiatry and mental health. The main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
  • Gambling Behavior and Treatments
  • Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
  • Workaholism, burnout, and well-being

Agüera's research has been published primarily in the following venues:

  • Nutrients
  • European Eating Disorders Review
  • Journal of Gambling Studies
  • Journal of Behavioral Addictions
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Notable recent papers include:

  • A review of binge eating disorder and obesity, 2020, Neuropsychiatrie
  • The impact of duration of illness on treatment nonresponse and drop-out: Exploring the relevance of enduring eating disorder concept, 2021, European Eating Disorders Review
  • Drive for thinness provides an alternative, more meaningful, severity indicator than the DSM-5 severity indices for eating disorders, 2020, European Eating Disorders Review
  • The Severity of Gambling and Gambling Related Cognitions as Predictors of Emotional Regulation and Coping Strategies in Adolescents, 2020, Journal of Gambling Studies
  • Emotional regulation in eating disorders and gambling disorder: A transdiagnostic approach, 2021, Journal of Behavioral Addictions

Agüera frequently collaborates with a core group of researchers. Key co-authors include:

  • Fernando Fernández-Aranda
  • Susana Jiménez-Múrcia
  • Roser Granero
  • José M. Menchón
  • Amparo del Pino-Gutiérrez

Best Publications

  • Executive Functions Profile in Extreme Eating/Weight Conditions: From Anorexia Nervosa to Obesity

    Ana B. Fagundo;Rafael de la Torre;Susana Jiménez-Murcia;Susana Jiménez-Murcia;Zaida Agüera

  • Association of irisin with fat mass, resting energy expenditure, and daily activity in conditions of extreme body mass index.

    María Pardo;Ana B. Crujeiras;María Amil;Zaida Aguera

  • Emotion Regulation as a Transdiagnostic Feature Among Eating Disorders: Cross-sectional and Longitudinal Approach.

    Núria Mallorquí-Bagué;Núria Mallorquí-Bagué;Cristina Vintró-Alcaraz;Isabel Sánchez;Isabel Sánchez;Nadine Riesco;Nadine Riesco

  • Food addiction in a Spanish sample of eating disorders: DSM-5 diagnostic subtype differentiation and validation data.

    Roser Granero;Roser Granero;Ines Hilker;Zaida Agüera;Susana Jiménez-Murcia;Susana Jiménez-Murcia

  • Delay Discounting of Reward and Impulsivity in Eating Disorders: From Anorexia Nervosa to Binge Eating Disorder

    Trevor Steward;Trevor Steward;Gemma Mestre-Bach;Gemma Mestre-Bach;Cristina Vintró-Alcaraz;Zaida Agüera;Zaida Agüera

  • Effect of A Very Low-Calorie Ketogenic Diet on Food and Alcohol Cravings, Physical and Sexual Activity, Sleep Disturbances, and Quality of Life in Obese Patients

    Ana I Castro;Diego Gomez-Arbelaez;Ana B Crujeiras;Roser Granero

  • Do Men with Eating Disorders Differ from Women in Clinics, Psychopathology and Personality?

    Araceli Núñez-Navarro;Zaida Agüera;Isabel Krug;Susana Jiménez-Murcia;Susana Jiménez-Murcia

  • Validation of the Spanish Version of the Yale Food Addiction Scale 2.0 (YFAS 2.0) and Clinical Correlates in a Sample of Eating Disorder, Gambling Disorder, and Healthy Control Participants

    Roser Granero;Susana Jiménez-Murcia;Susana Jiménez-Murcia;Ashley N. Gearhardt;Zaida Agüera

  • A review of binge eating disorder and obesity.

    Zaida Agüera;Zaida Agüera;María Lozano-Madrid;Núria Mallorquí-Bagué;Susana Jiménez-Murcia

  • Smell–taste dysfunctions in extreme weight/eating conditions: analysis of hormonal and psychological interactions

    Fernando Fernández-Aranda;Zaida Agüera;Jose C. Fernández-García;Lourdes Garrido-Sanchez

  • An increase in visceral fat is associated with a decrease in the taste and olfactory capacity

    Jose Carlos Fernandez-Garcia;Jose Carlos Fernandez-Garcia;Juan Alcaide;Concepcion Santiago-Fernandez;M M Roca-Rodriguez

  • Lifetime substance abuse, family history of alcohol abuse/ dependence and novelty seeking in eating disorders: Comparison study of eating disorder subgroups

    Isabel Krug;Andrea Poyastro Pinheiro;Cynthia Bulik;Susana Jiménez-Murcia

  • Comparative analysis of distinct phenotypes in gambling disorder based on gambling preferences

    Laura Moragas;Roser Granero;Roser Granero;Randy Stinchfield;Fernando Fernández-Aranda;Fernando Fernández-Aranda;Fernando Fernández-Aranda

  • The impact of duration of illness on treatment nonresponse and drop-out: Exploring the relevance of enduring eating disorder concept.

    Fernando Fernández-Aranda;Janet Treasure;Georgios Paslakis;Zaida Agüera

  • The Relationship between Non-Suicidal Self-Injury and the UPPS-P Impulsivity Facets in Eating Disorders and Healthy Controls.

    Laurence Claes;Mohammed A. Islam;Ana B. Fagundo;Susana Jimenez-Murcia

  • Is gambling disorder associated with impulsivity traits measured by the UPPS-P and is this association moderated by sex and age?

    Lamprini G. Savvidou;Ana Beatriz Fagundo;Fernando Fernández-Aranda;Fernando Fernández-Aranda;Roser Granero;Roser Granero

  • A lower olfactory capacity is related to higher circulating concentrations of endocannabinoid 2-arachidonoylglycerol and higher body Mass index in women.

    Antoni Pastor;Antoni Pastor;Fernando Fernández-Aranda;Montserrat Fitó;Susana Jiménez-Murcia;Susana Jiménez-Murcia

  • Food Addiction in Eating Disorders and Obesity: Analysis of Clusters and Implications for Treatment

    Susana Jiménez-Murcia;Zaida Agüera;Zaida Agüera;Georgios Paslakis;Lucero Munguia

  • Relationship between eating styles and temperament in an Anorexia Nervosa, Healthy Control, and Morbid Obesity female sample.

    Rosa M. Baños;Ausias Cebolla;Ines Moragrega;Tatjana Van Strien

  • Anger expression in eating disorders: Clinical, psychopathological and personality correlates

    Isabel Krug;Cynthia M. Bulik;Olga Nebot Vall-Llovera;Roser Granero

Frequent Co-Authors

Fernando Fernández-Aranda
Fernando Fernández-Aranda University of Barcelona
Susana Jiménez-Murcia
Susana Jiménez-Murcia University of Barcelona
Roser Granero
Roser Granero Autonomous University of Barcelona
Gemma Mestre-Bach
Gemma Mestre-Bach Universidad Internacional De La Rioja
Trevor Steward
Trevor Steward University of Melbourne
Gema Frühbeck
Gema Frühbeck University of Navarra
Mónica Gómez-Peña
Mónica Gómez-Peña Bellvitge University Hospital
Rosa M. Baños
Rosa M. Baños University of Valencia
Cristina Botella
Cristina Botella Jaume I University
Jon Arcelus
Jon Arcelus University of Nottingham

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