Martyn Standage

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Martyn Standage is Professor of Psychology, Health, and Applied Science in the Department for Health. He is also the Director of the University's Centre for Motivation and Health Behaviour Change. Martyn received his PhD from the University of Birmingham in 2003.

Professor Standage has authored over 170 journal papers and book chapters. His research programme at Bath has been supported by grants totalling over £7.5 million from funders such as the Medical Research Council (MRC), Economic & Social Research Council (ESRC), Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), National Institutes for Health Research (NIHR), The British Academy, and The Leverhulme Trust.

The major focus of Prof Standage's work is to: (1) map the motivational determinants of adaptive and maintained engagement in health, exercise, sport, and education settings; and (2) utilise this information to inform the design, development, and evaluation of interventions targeted at enhancing effective functioning, health, performance, and wellbeing. Professor Standage recently extended his work to also entail a broader interdisciplinary perspective to physical activity, sedentary behaviours, and objective health outcomes (including, integrating motivational perspectives within models that specify multiple levels of influence and across 24-hour periods). In this regard, he led the UK contribution to the International Study of Childhood Obesity, Lifestyle, and the Environment, which encompasses data from 12 countries across five major regions of the world to investigate the influence of behavioural settings and physical, social and policy environments on obesity.

Martyn currently serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology (2016-) and served as an Associate Editor for Motivation and Emotion (2010-2017). Prof Standage is a member of the Implementation and Surveillance expert working group for the Chief Medical Officer's UK physical activity guidelines (released September 2019). He was also a member of the Development Team for Public Health England's 'Moving Medicine' work that is conducted in liaison with the Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine. Martyn is the Chief Scientific Officer for Active Healthy Kids England which produces a national 'report card' for the 'state of the nation' in regard to children's physical activity. Lastly, Prof. Standage is a member of the Peer-Review College of the ESRC and regularly sits on grant panels nationally and internationally.

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Projects

3 Active
13 Finished

IAA_Wessex Water - water Fingerprinting for Public Health Assessment (ENTRUST)

Standage, M.

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

1/09/17 → 31/03/20

Project: Research council

IAA_Wessex Water - water Fingerprinting for Public Health Assessment (ENTRUST)

Standage, M.

Wessex Water Services Ltd

1/09/17 → 31/12/20

Project: UK industry

Donation - Medlock Research Fellow in Military Veteran Health and Wellbeing

Bilzon, J. & Standage, M.

Medlock Charitable Trust

1/09/12 → 30/09/21

Project: UK charity

Toward Better Health Communication

Standage, M., Bilzon, J., Curran, T. & Rouse, P.

The Deaf Health Charity SignHealth

11/05/15 → 15/11/18

Project: UK charity

Enhancing the Health, Fitness & Performance of UK Fire-Fighters

Bilzon, J., Standage, M. & Stokes, K.

Chief Fire Officer's Association

1/03/15 → 30/04/18

Project: UK charity

Research Output

A Classification of Motivation and Behavior Change Techniques Used in Self-Determination Theory-Based Interventions in Health Contexts

Teixera, P. J., Marques, M. M., Silva, M. N., Brunet, J., Duda, J., Haerens, L., La Guardia, J., Lindwall, M., Lonsdale, C., Markland, D., Michie, S., Moller, A. C., Ntoumanis, N., Patrick, H., Reeve, J., Ryan, R. M., Sebire, S., Standage, M., Vansteenkiste, M., Weinstein, N. & 3 others, Weman-Josefsson, K., Williams, G. C. & Hagger, M. S., 5 Mar 2020, In : Motivation Science.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access

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Breastfeeding and childhood obesity: A 12-country Study

Ma, J., Qiao, Y., Wei, L., Katzmarzyk, P. T., Chaput, J-P., Fogelholm, M., Kuriyan, R., Kurpad, A., Lambert, E. V., Maher, C., Maia, J., Olds, T., Onywera, V., Sarmiento, O. L., Standage, M., Tremblay, M. S., Tudor-Locke, C. & Hu, G., 5 Mar 2020, In : Maternal & Child Nutrition.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access

Getting published: Suggestions and strategies from Editors of Sport and Exercise Psychology Journals

Schinke, R. J., Mellalieu, S., Ntoumanis, N., Kavussanu, M., Standage, M., Strauss, B. & Papaioannou, A., 11 Mar 2020, In : Journal of Applied Sport Psychology.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article