Marcela Matos

5.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
95 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Marcela Matos is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Marcela Matos has authored 95 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 80 papers in Clinical Psychology, 50 papers in Social Psychology and 27 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Marcela Matos's work include Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions (34 papers), Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (28 papers) and Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes (24 papers). Marcela Matos is often cited by papers focused on Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions (34 papers), Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (28 papers) and Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes (24 papers). Marcela Matos collaborates with scholars based in Portugal, United Kingdom and Australia. Marcela Matos's co-authors include José Pinto‐Gouveia, Paul Gilbert, Kirsten McEwan, Cristiana Duarte, Amanda Rivis, Joana Duarte, Marina Cunha, Ana Galhardo, Jaskaran Basran and Cláudia Ferreira and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Human Reproduction.

In The Last Decade

Marcela Matos

93 papers receiving 3.7k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Fears of compassion: Development of three self‐report measures

2010 652 citations Paul Gilbert, Kirsten McEwan et al. Psychology and Psychotherapy Theory Research and Practice profile →
The development of compassionate engagement and action scales for self and others

2017 332 citations Paul Gilbert, Cristiana Duarte et al. profile →

Peers

Marcela Matos

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Brian C. Chu United States

James N. Kirby Australia

José A. Piqueras Spain

Salvatore J. Catanzaro United States

Judith S. Beck United States

Chad Ebesutani United States

Raymond P. Tucker United States

Jessica L. Hamilton United States

Julie Boergers United States

Amy L. Gentzler United States

Brian C. Chu United States

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440 ×1.7

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Citations per year, relative to Marcela Matos Marcela Matos (= 1×) peers Brian C. Chu

Countries citing papers authored by Marcela Matos

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Fields of papers citing papers by Marcela Matos

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Marcela Matos

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20 of 20 papers shown

Sigmundsson, Hermundur, et al.. (2025). Robust children: exploring engagement with academic subjects, well-being and psychological safety in schoolchildren aged 6–9 years in Norway. European Early Childhood Education Research Journal. 1–16.

Senra, Hugo, Cristiana Duarte, Sérgio A. Carvalho, et al.. (2025). eBEfree: Combining Psychoeducation, Mindfulness, and Self‐Compassion in an App‐Based Psychological Intervention to Manage Binge‐Eating Symptoms: A Randomized Controlled Trial. International Journal of Eating Disorders. 58(7). 1199–1218. 1 indexed citations

Bonanni, Paolo, Jung Yeon Heo, Hitoshi Honda, et al.. (2025). Optimal Timing of Vaccination: A Narrative Review of Integrating Strategies for COVID-19, Influenza, and Respiratory Syncytial Virus. Infectious Diseases and Therapy. 14(5). 911–932. 1 indexed citations

Bortolon, Catherine, Marcela Matos, & Bárbara Lopes. (2024). The roles of the centrality of shame memory and self-blame in the association between shame and paranoia: an experience sampling study. Current Psychology. 43(18). 16637–16648.

Palmeira, António L., Marta M. Marques, David Sánchez‐Oliva, et al.. (2023). Are motivational and self-regulation factors associated with 12 months’ weight regain prevention in the NoHoW study? An analysis of European adults. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 20(1). 128–128. 3 indexed citations

Steindl, Stanley R., Marcela Matos, & Giancarlo Dimaggio. (2023). The interplay between therapeutic relationship and therapeutic technique: The whole is more than the sum of its parts. Journal of Clinical Psychology. 79(7). 1686–1692. 6 indexed citations

Matos, Marcela & Giancarlo Dimaggio. (2023). The interplay between therapeutic relationship and therapeutic technique: “It takes two to tango”. Journal of Clinical Psychology. 79(7). 1609–1614. 2 indexed citations

Gilbert, Paul, et al.. (2023). Fears and Resistances to Mindfulness: Development of a Self-Report Scale. Mindfulness. 14(11). 2602–2616. 3 indexed citations

Palmeira, António L., David Sánchez‐Oliva, Jorge Encantado, et al.. (2022). Motivational and self‐efficacy reciprocal effects during a 12‐month' weight regain prevention program. British Journal of Health Psychology. 28(2). 467–481. 5 indexed citations

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Brand, Rachel, et al.. (2022). Echoes of shame: a comparison of the characteristics and psychological sequelae of recalled shame experiences across the voice hearing continuum. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy. 51(1). 61–73. 1 indexed citations

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Marques, Marta M., Marcela Matos, Elina Mattila, et al.. (2021). A Theory- and Evidence-Based Digital Intervention Tool for Weight Loss Maintenance (NoHoW Toolkit): Systematic Development and Refinement Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 23(12). e25305–e25305. 17 indexed citations

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Matos, Marcela, Cristiana Duarte, Joana Duarte, et al.. (2021). Cultivating the Compassionate Self: an Exploration of the Mechanisms of Change in Compassionate Mind Training. Mindfulness. 13(1). 66–79. 21 indexed citations

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Asano, Kenichi, et al.. (2021). Development of the external and internal shame scale: Japanese version. BMC Research Notes. 14(1). 297–297. 4 indexed citations

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Matos, Marcela, et al.. (2020). The Early Memories of Warmth and Safeness Scale: Dimensionality and Measurement Invariance. Journal of Affective Disorders. 280(Pt A). 228–235. 8 indexed citations

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Matos, Marcela, et al.. (2017). Psychological Flexibility and Self-Compassion in Gay and Heterosexual Men: How They Relate to Childhood Memories, Shame, and Depressive Symptoms. Journal of LGBTQ Issues in Counseling. 11(2). 88–105. 38 indexed citations

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Matos, Marcela & José Pinto‐Gouveia. (2014). Shamed by a parent or by others: the role of attachment in shame memories relation to depression. Revista internacional de psicología y terapia psicológica. 14(2). 217–244. 30 indexed citations

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Cunha, Marina, et al.. (2014). Measuring positive emotional memories in adolescents: Psychometric properties and confirmatory factor analysis of the Early Memories of Warmth and Safeness Scale. Revista internacional de psicología y terapia psicológica. 14(2). 245–259. 31 indexed citations

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Cunha, Marina, et al.. (2012). Shame memories and psychopathology in adolescence: The mediator effect of shame. Revista internacional de psicología y terapia psicológica. 12(2). 203–218. 51 indexed citations

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Pinto‐Gouveia, José, Ana Galhardo, Marina Cunha, & Marcela Matos. (2012). Protective emotional regulation processes towards adjustment in infertile patients. Human Fertility. 15(1). 27–34. 29 indexed citations

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Gilbert, Paul, Kirsten McEwan, Marcela Matos, & Amanda Rivis. (2010). Fears of compassion: Development of three self‐report measures. Psychology and Psychotherapy Theory Research and Practice. 84(3). 239–255. 652 indexed citations breakdown →

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