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Martyn Standage is affiliated with the University of Bath in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of psychology and medicine, with a significant number of publications in social psychology, applied psychology, developmental and educational psychology, public health, environmental and occupational health, and physiology.

The scientist's work covers various topics, notably motivation and self-concept in sports, behavioral health and interventions, physical activity and health, obesity, physical activity, and diet, children's physical and motor development, youth development and social support, and sport psychology and performance.

Martyn Standage has contributed articles to multiple research venues. Among the frequent publication venues are the International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, Rheumatology International, Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, Sports Medicine, and Lara D. Veeken.

Some of their recent research publications include:

  • A classification of motivation and behavior change techniques used in self-determination theory-based interventions in health contexts, 2020, Motivation Science
  • Global Matrix 4.0 Physical Activity Report Card Grades for Children and Adolescents: Results and Analyses From 57 Countries, 2022, Journal of Physical Activity and Health
  • A classification system for teachers' motivational behaviors recommended in self-determination theory interventions, 2023, Journal of Educational Psychology
  • Breastfeeding and childhood obesity: A 12-country study, 2020, Maternal and Child Nutrition
  • Play, Learn, and Teach Outdoors-Network (PLaTO-Net): terminology, taxonomy, and ontology, 2022, International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Martyn Standage frequently collaborates with a number of co-authors, including Raj Sengupta, Peter Rouse, Mark S. Tremblay, Thomas Curran, and Fiona Gillison. Each of these collaborators has worked with Standage on multiple projects, indicating ongoing research partnerships.

Best Publications

  • A test of self-determination theory in school physical education

    Martyn Standage;Joan Duda;Nikolaos Ntoumanis

  • A model of contextual motivation in physical education: Using constructs from self-determination and achievement goal theories to predict physical activity intentions.

    Martyn Standage;Joan L. Duda;Nikos Ntoumanis

  • Global Matrix 3.0 Physical Activity Report Card Grades for Children and Youth: Results and Analysis From 49 Countries

    Salomé Aubert;Joel D. Barnes;Chalchisa Abdeta;Patrick Abi Nader;Patrick Abi Nader

  • Students' motivational processes and their relationship to teacher ratings in school physical education: a self-determination theory approach.

    Martyn Standage;Joan L. Duda;Nikos Ntoumanis

  • The psychology of passion: A meta-analytical review of a decade of research on intrapersonal outcomes.

    Thomas Curran;Andrew P. Hill;Paul R. Appleton;Robert J. Vallerand;Robert J. Vallerand

  • Compositional data analysis for physical activity, sedentary time and sleep research

    Dorothea Dumuid;Tyman E Stanford;Josep-Antoni Martin-Fernández;Željko Pedišić

  • A Self-Determination Theory Approach to Understanding the Antecedents of Teachers' Motivational Strategies in Physical Education

    Ian M. Taylor;Nikos Ntoumanis;Martyn Standage

  • Global Matrix 4.0 Physical Activity Report Card Grades for Children and Adolescents: Results and Analyses From 57 Countries.

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  • Predicting students' physical activity and health-related well-being: A prospective cross-domain investigation of motivation across school physical education and exercise settings

    Martyn Standage;Fiona B. Gillison;Nikos Ntoumanis;Darren C. Treasure

  • Physical Activity of Children: A Global Matrix of Grades Comparing 15 Countries

    Mark S. Tremblay;Casey E. Gray;Kingsley Akinroye;Dierdre M. Harrington

  • A meta-analysis of techniques to promote motivation for health behaviour change from a self-determination theory perspective

    Fiona B. Gillison;Peter Rouse;Martyn Standage;Simon J. Sebire

  • Examining intrinsic versus extrinsic exercise goals: cognitive, affective, and behavioral outcomes.

    Simon J. Sebire;Martyn Standage;Maarten Vansteenkiste

  • Motivational predictors of physical education students' effort, exercise intentions, and leisure-time physical activity: a multilevel linear growth analysis.

    Ian M. Taylor;Nikos Ntoumanis;Martyn Standage;Christopher M. Spray

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

    Pedro J. Teixeira;Marta M. Marques;Marlene N. Silva;Jennifer Brunet

  • The International Study of Childhood Obesity, Lifestyle and the Environment (ISCOLE): design and methods.

    Peter T. Katzmarzyk;Tiago V. Barreira;Stephanie T. Broyles;Catherine M. Champagne

  • Relationship among achievement goal orientations and multidimensional situational motivation in physical education

    Martyn Standage;Darren C. Treasure

  • Relationships among adolescents' weight perceptions, exercise goals, exercise motivation, quality of life and leisure-time exercise behaviour: a self-determination theory approach

    Fiona B. Gillison;Martyn Standage;Suzie M. Skevington

  • Motivation in Physical Education Classes: A Self-Determination Theory Perspective

    Nikos Ntoumanis;Martyn Standage

  • Correlates of Total Sedentary Time and Screen Time in 9-11 Year-Old Children around the World: The International Study of Childhood Obesity, Lifestyle and the Environment.

    Allana G. LeBlanc;Peter T. Katzmarzyk;Tiago V. Barreira;Tiago V. Barreira;Stephanie T. Broyles

  • The effects of exercise interventions on quality of life in clinical and healthy populations; a meta-analysis.

    Fiona Bridget Gillison;Suzanne M. Skevington;Ayana Sato;Martyn Standage

  • Predicting motivational regulations in physical education: the interplay between dispositional goal orientations, motivational climate and perceived competence.

    Martyn Standage;Joan L Duda;Nikos Ntoumanis

Frequent Co-Authors

Fiona Gillison
Fiona Gillison University of Bath
Sean P. Cumming
Sean P. Cumming University of Bath
Nikos Ntoumanis
Nikos Ntoumanis University of Southern Denmark
Joan L. Duda
Joan L. Duda University of Birmingham
Mark R. Beauchamp
Mark R. Beauchamp University of British Columbia
Maarten Vansteenkiste
Maarten Vansteenkiste Ghent University
Suzanne M. Skevington
Suzanne M. Skevington University of Manchester
Peter R.E. Crocker
Peter R.E. Crocker University of British Columbia
Bruno D. Zumbo
Bruno D. Zumbo University of British Columbia
Richard M. Ryan
Richard M. Ryan Australian Catholic University

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