CONTACT

University of Basel

Department of Psychology
 

Missionsstrasse 62a
4055 Basel
Switzerland  

Mail: jutta.mata[at]unibas.ch
 

Currently

Research Scientist

Department of Psychology, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

2008 - 2010

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, USA

2008

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Department of Exercise and Health, Faculty of Human Kinetics, Technical University Lisbon, Portugal

2008

Dr. rer. nat. (equiv. to a PhD)

Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany

2004 - 2007

PhD Fellow

International Max Planck Research School LIFE, working at the Center for Adaptive Behavior and Cognition, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, and Department of Health Psychology at the Freie Universitaet Berlin, Germany

01/2007-03/2007

Visiting PhD fellow

Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA

10/2006-12/2006

Visiting PhD fellow

Department of Psychology and Cognitive Science, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA

2004

Diplom in Psychology
(Master's equivalent)

Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany

2001 - 2004 

Studies in Psychology

Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany

2000 - 2001

University courses in  Psychology, Portuguese, English

Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

1998 - 2000

Undergraduate Studies in Psychology

Georg August University, Göttingen, Germany

1998

“Abitur”

(University-entrance diploma)

Edith-Stein-Schule, Darmstadt, Germany

1995 – 1996

High School Exchange

Bryan City High School, Bryan, Ohio, USA

2012-2015

Research Project Health behaviors, affect, and academic performance: A longitudinal study across times of high stress, Swiss National Science Foundation, SNF (PI: Jutta Mata)

2012-2013

Research Project Der Zusammenhang zwischen Gesundheitsverhaltensweisen, Stresserleben und akademischer Leistung von Studierenden im ersten Studienjahr an der Universität Basel
(The relation between health behaviors, experienced stress, and academic performance during the freshman year at the University of Basel), Freiwillige Akademische Gesellschaft, Basel, Switzerland (PI: Jutta Mata)

2011-2014

Research Project Open-Access Repository of Self-Regulation Measures for Exercise, Eating, and Weight Control, Portuguese Foundation of Science and Technology, FCT (Co-PI: Jutta Mata)

2010-2013

Research Project Physical Activity and the Self-Regulation of Eating Behavior and Body Weight, Portuguese Foundation of Science and Technology, FCT (Co-PI: Jutta Mata)

2009-2010

Post-doctoral stipend from the German Science Foundation

2008-2009

Post-doctoral stipend from the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology

2004-2007

PhD Scholarship International Max Planck Research School LIFE

2004

Springer Award for the best Diploma Thesis 2004 (equiv. to a Master’s Thesis);
Institute of Psychology, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany

2002-2010

Travel grants for conference participation by the German Science Foundation; German Academic Exchange Service, British Feeding and Drinking Society; Institute of Psychology at Humboldt University Berlin

2000-2001

Erasmus Scholarship to study at the Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

Mata, J., Hogan, C. L., Joormann, J., Waugh, C. E. & Gotlib, I. H. (in press). Acute exercise attenuates negative affect following repeated sad mood inductions in persons who have recovered from depression. Journal of Abnormal Psychology. (pdf)

Vieira, P. N., Silva, M. N., Mata, J., Coutinho, S., Santos, T. C., Sardinha, L. B., & Teixeira, P. J. (in press). Correlates of health-related quality of life, psychological well-being, and eating self-regulation after successful weight loss maintenance. Journal of Behavioral Medicine.

Thompson, R., Mata, J., Jaeggi, S., Buschkuehl, M., Jonides, J., & Gotlib, I. H. (in press). The everyday emotional experience of adults with Major Depressive Disorder: Examining emotional instability, inertia, and reactivity. Journal of Abnormal Psychology. (pdf)

Demiralp, E., Thompson, R. J., Mata, J., Jaeggi, S., Buschkuehl, M., Feldman Barrett, L., Ellsworth, P. C., Demiralp, M., Hernandez-Garcia, L., Gotlib, I. H., & Jonides, J. (in press). Feeling blue or turquoise? Emotional differentiation in Major Depressive Disorder. Psychological Science.

Mata, J., Gigerenzer, G, & Frank, R. (in press). Symptom recognition of heart attack and stroke in nine European countries: a representative survey. Health Expectations. (pdf)

Vieira, P. N., Palmeira, A. L., Mata, J., Kolotkin, R. L., Silva, M. N., Sardinha, L. B., & Teixeira, P. J. (in press). Usefulness of standard BMI cut-offs for quality of life and psychological well- being in women. Obesity Facts.

Mata, J., Thompson, R. J., Jaeggi, S., Buschkuehl, M., Jonides, J., & Gotlib, I. H. (2012). Walk on the bright side: Physical activity and affect in Major Depressive Disorder. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 121, 297-308. (pdf)

Teixeira, P. J., Silva, M. N., Mata, J., Palmeira, A. L., & Markland, D. (2012). Motivation, self-determination, and long-term weight control. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 9, 22. (pdf)

Thompson, R. J., Mata, J., Jaeggi, S. M., Buschkuehl, M., Jonides, J., & Gotlib, I. H. (2011). Concurrent and prospective relations between attention to emotion and affect intensity: An experience sampling study. Emotion, 11, 1489-1494. (pdf)

Vieira, P. N., Mata, J., Silva, M. N., Coutinho, S. R., Santos, T. F., Minderico, C. S., Sardinha, L., & Teixeira, P. J. (2011). Predictors of psychological well-being during behavioral obesity treatment in women. Journal of Obesity, doi:10.1155/2011/936153. (pdf)

Mata, J. & Gotlib, I. H. (2011). 5-HTTLPR moderates the relation between changes in depressive and bulimic symptoms in adolescent girls: A longitudinal study. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 44, 383-388. (pdf)

Mata, J., Lippke, S., Dieckmann, A., & Todd, P. M. (2011). Meat label information: Effects of separate versus conjoint presentation on product evaluation. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 41, 1947-1957. (pdf)

Mata, J. & Munsch, S. (2011). Adipositas von Kindern und Jugendlichen: Risiken, Ursachen und Therapie aus psychologischer Sicht. [Obesity in children and adolescents: Risks, causes, and therapy from a psychological perspective] Bundesgesundheitsblatt, 54, 548-554. (pdf)

Teixeira, P. J., Patrick, H., & Mata, J. (2011). Why we eat what we eat: The role of autonomous motivation in eating behaviour regulation Nutrition Bulletin, 36, 102-107. (pdf)

Scheibehenne, B., Mata, J., & Todd, P. M. (2011). Older but not wiser – Predicting a partner’s preferences gets worse with age. Journal of Consumer Psychology, 21, 184-191. (pdf)

Andrade, A. M., Coutinho, S. R., Silva, M. N., Carraça, E. V., Mata, J., Vieira, P. N., Melanson, K. J., Baptista, F., Sardinha, L. B., Teixeira, P. J. (2010). The effect of lifestyle physical activity on weight loss is mediated by eating self-regulation. Patient Education and Counseling, 79, 320-326.(pdf)

Teixeira, P. J., Silva, M. N., Coutinho, S. R., Palmeira, A. L., Mata, J., Vieira, P. N., Carraça, E. V., Santos, T. C., Sardinha, L. B. (2010). Mediators of weight loss and weight loss maintenance in middle-aged women. Obesity, 18, 725-735. (pdf)

Thompson, R. J., Mata, J., Jaeggi, S. M., Buschkuehl, M., Jonides, J., & Gotlib, I. H. (2010). Maladaptive Coping, Adaptive Coping, and Depressive Symptoms: Variations across Age and Depressive State. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 48, 459-466.(pdf)

Mata, J., Thompson, R. J., & Gotlib, I. H. (2010). BDNF moderates the relation between physical activity and depressive symptoms. Health Psychology, 29, 130-133.  (pdf)

Mata, J. (2010).  „Zwei auf einen Streich“: Gesteigerte Motivation körperlich aktiv zu sein führt auch zu verbesserter Essensregulation bei Übergewicht [Two birds with one stone: Increased motivation to be physically active also leads to improved eating regulation in obesity]. Adipositas, 1/2010, 43-48.

Mata, J., Todd, P. M., & Lippke, S. (2010). When weight management lasts: Lower perceived rule complexity increases adherence. Appetite, 54,. 37-43. (pdf)

Gaschler, R., Mata, J., Störmer, V., Kühnel, A., & Bilalic, M. (2010). Change detection for new food labels. Food Quality and Preference, 21, 140–147. (pdf)

Gigerenzer, G., Mata, J., & Frank, R. (2010). Response to Brenner et al. Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 102, 1-2. (pdf)

Mata, J., Silva, M. N., Vieira, P. N., Coutinho, S. C., Andrade, A. M., & Teixeira, PJ. (2009). Motivational “spill-over” during weight control: Increased self-determination and exercise intrinsic motivation predict eating self-regulation. Health Psychology, 28, 709-716. (pdf)

Gigerenzer, G., Mata, J., & Frank, R. (2009). Public knowledge of benefits of breast and prostate cancer screening in Europe. Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 101, 1216-1220.  (pdf)

Gigerenzer, G., Mata, J., Frank, R., & Feufel, M. (2009). Wie informiert ist die Bevölkerung über den Nutzen der Krebsfrüherkennung? Europaweite Studie erfasst Kenntnisstand. [How well informed is the population about the benefits of early detection of cancer? European study assesses state of knowledge.] Onkologie heute, 05/2009.  (pdf)

Gummerum, M., Takezawa, M., Keller, M., & Mata, J. (2008). To give or not to give: Children’s and adolescents’ sharing and moral negotiations in economic decision situations Child Development, 79, 561-576. (pdf)

Mata, J., Scheibehenne, B., & Todd, P. M. (2008). Predicting children’s meal preferences: How much do parents know? Appetite, 50, 367-375. (pdf)

Mata, J., Dieckmann, A., & Gigerenzer, G. (2005). Verständliche Risikokommunikation leicht gemacht – Oder: Wie man verwirrende Wahrscheinlichkeitsangaben vermeidet. [Risk communication made easy – or: how to avoid confusing probability statements] Zeitschrift für Allgemeinmedizin, 81(12), 537-43. (pdf)

2011

Guest Editor Special Issue "Self-Regulation, Motivation, and Psychosocial Factors in Weight Management", Journal of Obesity

January 2010

Discussant of the PhD committee of Rui Carvalho, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

February 2008

Invited expert for „Fachgespräch Nährwertkennzeichnung“ [Expert talk on nutrition labeling]. Presentation to the committee on nutrition, agriculture and consumer protection of the social democratic party of the German Bundestag (German Parliament).

December 2007

Invited expert of the „Bundesverband Verbraucherzentrale“ [Federation of German Consumer Organisations] press conference panel on nutrition labeling.