Prof C J Armitage BA(Hons), PhD, C Psychol, AFBPSs
Chair in Health Psychology
Research interests
Current/Recent Research Funding
P Dawes, CJ Armitage, KJ Munro, C Plack, D Moore, & J Ginsborg. Time to face the music: Addressing hearing health in future professional musicians. The Colt Foundation (Jan 2016-Dec 2018): £152,329.
I Leroi, CJ Armitage & 36 others. Ears, Eyes and Mind: The ‘SENSE-Cog Project’ to improve mental well-being for elderly Europeans with sensory impairment. European Commission Horizon 2020 (Nov 2015-Oct 2020) €6 541 591.25
L Byrne-Davis, CJ Armitage, R Emsley, & J Hart. Supporting health partnerships in changing professional practice. The Tropical Health and Education Trust (Sep 2015-Mar 2017): £108,826.
P Callery, CJ Armitage + 6 others. ACORN: Improving orAl health in Cleft lip and/Or palate: a health pRomotion iNtervention for children and parents. NIHR Research for Patient Benefit (Sep 2014-May 2016) £339 774
CJ Armitage, K Munro & M O'Driscoll. Improving auditory outcomes using health behavioural approaches. Central Manchester University Hospitals Foundation Trust (May 2014-Sept 2015. £24 424
CJ Armitage, P Bower, & D Ashcroft. MINIMA: Minimal intervention to improve medication adherence.NIHR Greater Manchester Primary Care Patient Safety Translational Research Centre core budget (Jan 2014-Mar 2015) £68 593
CJ Armitage & DP French. A brief psychological intervention to promote physical activity. North American Foundation for the University of Manchester (Oct 2014-Sept 2017) £29 000
I Jacobs, CJ Armitage, B Borrelli, DP French, S Skevington & A Wearden. Developing a programme of cancer research. Cancer Research UK (Sept 2013-Aug 2016) £300 000.
M Conner, CJ Armitage + 4 others. Smoking prevention in young people: A cluster randomised controlled trial of implementation intentions. Medical Research Council (May 2012-Dec 2016) £1 211 802.
RC O'Connor, CJ Armitage + 4 others. A volitional help sheet to reduce hospital treated self-harm: A randomised controlled trial. Chief Scientist’s Office, Scotland (Mar 2012-Feb 2015) £224 865
MS Hawley, CJ Armitage + 18 others. Overcoming barriers to mainstreaming of Assisted Living Technologies. Technology Strategy Board (Mar 2011-Nov 2014) £1 710 000
Research Interests: Psychological Intervention and Behaviour Change
1) The development and testing of brief interventions that draw on psychological theories, including: transtheoretical model, theory of planned behaviour, self-determination theory, self-affirmation theory and the Rubicon model.
2) Changing behaviours, including: alcohol consumption, weight management, dietary intake, oral health, self-harm, physical activity, use of telehealth, screening, smoking, antisocial behaviour, safe sex and drug use.
3) Among diverse populations, including: people with low socioeconomic status, children and adolescents, clinical and nonclinical samples.
Methodological knowledge
Quantitative research methods
Randomised controlled trials
Field experiments
Survey research
Multivariate and univariate statistics
Meta-analysis
Systematic reviews
Projects
Research and projects
Enhancing the Quality of Psychological Interventions Delivered by Telephone (EQUITy).
Bee, P., Ainsworth, J., Arden Armitage, C., Bower, P., Davies, L., Lovell, K. & Wilson, P.
2/04/18 → 1/10/23
Project: Research
NIHR Gtr Manchester Patient Safety Translational Research Centre (NIHR PSTRC).
Campbell, S., Arden Armitage, C., Ashcroft, D., Kapur, N., Peek, N., Sanders, C. & Webb, R.
1/08/17 → 31/07/22
Project: Research
NIHR Biomedical Research Centre: Cancer Prevention and Early Detection Theme.
Evans, D., Arden Armitage, C., Astley, S., Black, G., Bristow, R., Bruce, I., Crosbie, E., Crosbie, P., French, D., Harvie, M., Howell, S., Howell, T., Lorigan, P., Maxwell, A., McWilliams, L., Muir, K., Renehan, A., Smith, M., Smith, J., Whetton, A. & Woodward, E.
1/04/17 → 31/03/22
Project: Research
NIHR Biomedical Research Centre: Hearing Health Theme.
Munro, K., Arden Armitage, C., Bruce, I., Buchan, I., Conti-Ramsden, G., Dawes, P., Evans, D., Gaydecki, P., Kluk-De Kort, K., Lambon Ralph, M., Millman, R., Moore, D., Morton, C., Newman, W., Plack, C., Smith, J., Stone, M., Vijayaraghavan, A., Whetton, A. & Young, A.
1/04/17 → 31/03/22
Project: Research
Ears, Eyes and Mind: The 'SENSE-Cog Project' to Improe Mental Wellbeing for Elderly Europeans with Sensory Impairment.
Leroi, I., Arden Armitage, C., Aslam, T., Becares, L., Dawes, P., Gannon, B., Garsden, J., Hann, M., Lovell, K., Meyer, K., Nazroo, J., Pendleton, N., Reeves, D., Swarbrick, C., Symonds, C. & Tampubolon, G.
1/01/16 → 31/12/20
Project: Research
" ACORN: Improving orAL health in Cleft lip and/Or palate: a health pRomotion iNtervention for children and parents"
Callery, P., Arden Armitage, C., O'Brien, K., Tickle, M. & Walsh, T.
1/03/15 → 31/12/17
Project: Research