Victoria Armstrong
Biographic Data
| ID | 281738 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Victoria Armstrong |
| GIVEN NAMES | Victoria |
| FAMILY NAME | Armstrong |
| SIGNATURE | ARMSTRONG V |
| AFFILIATIONS | St Mary's University College |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6332-2849 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Air A’ Chùl Fraoin
A community model of parent–infant art therapy is explored in na h-Eileanan an iar , where Gàidhlig language and culture are endangered. Arts-based autoethnography combined with decolonizing methodology informs the intersectional reflexivity of art therapist researcher. Drawing on portable indigeneity, the group shapeshifts into therapeutic improvisation. Transmission of Gàidhlig language is supported in shared community space. The amplification …
Art at the Start
This two‐part study seeks to evidence art therapy intervention for parent‐infant attachment relationships, looking at improvements to wellbeing and relationships. Study one was a controlled trial with 105 participating parent/caregivers and their infants (0–3‐years), identified due to concerns about their relationship. They were quasi‐randomized to attend a 12‐week art therapy group or treatment as usual. Measures focused on parents’ wellbeing an…
Parent-Infant Art Psychotherapy
Art psychotherapy involves the use of the image-making process within a therapeutic relationship to help clients explore and communicate feelings and experiences. This article explores whether art psychotherapy groups can be an effective intervention for parent–infant dyads who may be involved with social work and health teams due to concerns about their relationship, possibly due to postnatal depression or attachment difficulties. We describe a …
Women's Musical Lives
While opportunities for women have certainly improved and they are far better represented today in a range of music sectors. Creative and Cultural Skills (2010) found that women occupy only 32.2% of all music industry related jobs, they earn less, give up their careers sooner and experience more barriers to progression than their male counterparts. It has been shown that while ‘creative labour’ can be rewarding and fulfilling it is also a source …
Boundary setting in breast cancer research
Drawing on a research collaboration between a group of medical physicists and social scientists, this paper aims to explore female volunteers' experiences of participating in a project for developing a new breast disease diagnostic technology using an optical imaging system. In order to understand how these women make sense of being a volunteer, we examine the complexities of their experiences in this type of research setting through an empirical…
Constructing a safe research environment
This paper analyses how talk between researchers and their volunteer human subjects works to construct a safe and supportive environment in a laboratory setting where women volunteers participate in the development of a new imaging technology with potential for diagnosing breast cancer. Drawing on discourse analysis perspectives, we explore the work talk has to do in order to facilitate the instrumental, ethical and social dimensions of the inter…
Hard bargaining on the hard drive
Drawing on empirical data, this paper examines gender issues around the use of digital technologies for music composition. Increased investment in digital music technologies in music classrooms in the United Kingdom has produced a situation whereby ‘composition’ has become synonymous with ‘music technology suite’. While this has generated much discussion around issues of pedagogy and educational outcomes, there has been less attention paid to the…
Techno, Identité, Corps
Theorizing Gender and Musical Composition in the Computerized Classroom
Classroom The increased use of information technology in schools is generally perceived as a positive, dynamic step into the future. By providing IT facilities for all children throughout their education we are affording them access to a wider range of career opportunities and educational experiences. Feminists have long debated the extent to which technology can be exclusionary for women because of its construction as a masculine domain, emphasi…
Women's Musical Lives
While opportunities for women have certainly improved and they are far better represented today in a range of music sectors. Creative and Cultural Skills (2010) found that women occupy only 32.2% of all music industry related jobs, they earn less, give up their careers sooner and experience more barriers to progression than their male counterparts. It has been shown that while ‘creative labour’ can be rewarding and fulfilling it is also a source …
Parent-Infant Art Psychotherapy
Art psychotherapy involves the use of the image-making process within a therapeutic relationship to help clients explore and communicate feelings and experiences. This article explores whether art psychotherapy groups can be an effective intervention for parent–infant dyads who may be involved with social work and health teams due to concerns about their relationship, possibly due to postnatal depression or attachment difficulties. We describe a …
Boundary setting in breast cancer research
Drawing on a research collaboration between a group of medical physicists and social scientists, this paper aims to explore female volunteers' experiences of participating in a project for developing a new breast disease diagnostic technology using an optical imaging system. In order to understand how these women make sense of being a volunteer, we examine the complexities of their experiences in this type of research setting through an empirical…
Hard bargaining on the hard drive
Drawing on empirical data, this paper examines gender issues around the use of digital technologies for music composition. Increased investment in digital music technologies in music classrooms in the United Kingdom has produced a situation whereby ‘composition’ has become synonymous with ‘music technology suite’. While this has generated much discussion around issues of pedagogy and educational outcomes, there has been less attention paid to the…
Art at the Start
This two‐part study seeks to evidence art therapy intervention for parent‐infant attachment relationships, looking at improvements to wellbeing and relationships. Study one was a controlled trial with 105 participating parent/caregivers and their infants (0–3‐years), identified due to concerns about their relationship. They were quasi‐randomized to attend a 12‐week art therapy group or treatment as usual. Measures focused on parents’ wellbeing an…
Techno, Identité, Corps
Theorizing Gender and Musical Composition in the Computerized Classroom
Classroom The increased use of information technology in schools is generally perceived as a positive, dynamic step into the future. By providing IT facilities for all children throughout their education we are affording them access to a wider range of career opportunities and educational experiences. Feminists have long debated the extent to which technology can be exclusionary for women because of its construction as a masculine domain, emphasi…
Theorizing Gender and Musical Composition in the Computerized Classroom
Classroom The increased use of information technology in schools is generally perceived as a positive, dynamic step into the future. By providing IT facilities for all children throughout their education we are affording them access to a wider range of career opportunities and educational experiences. Feminists have long debated the extent to which technology can be exclusionary for women because of its construction as a masculine domain, emphasi…
Techno, Identité, Corps
Hard bargaining on the hard drive
Drawing on empirical data, this paper examines gender issues around the use of digital technologies for music composition. Increased investment in digital music technologies in music classrooms in the United Kingdom has produced a situation whereby ‘composition’ has become synonymous with ‘music technology suite’. While this has generated much discussion around issues of pedagogy and educational outcomes, there has been less attention paid to the…
Constructing a safe research environment
This paper analyses how talk between researchers and their volunteer human subjects works to construct a safe and supportive environment in a laboratory setting where women volunteers participate in the development of a new imaging technology with potential for diagnosing breast cancer. Drawing on discourse analysis perspectives, we explore the work talk has to do in order to facilitate the instrumental, ethical and social dimensions of the inter…
Boundary setting in breast cancer research
Drawing on a research collaboration between a group of medical physicists and social scientists, this paper aims to explore female volunteers' experiences of participating in a project for developing a new breast disease diagnostic technology using an optical imaging system. In order to understand how these women make sense of being a volunteer, we examine the complexities of their experiences in this type of research setting through an empirical…
Women's Musical Lives
While opportunities for women have certainly improved and they are far better represented today in a range of music sectors. Creative and Cultural Skills (2010) found that women occupy only 32.2% of all music industry related jobs, they earn less, give up their careers sooner and experience more barriers to progression than their male counterparts. It has been shown that while ‘creative labour’ can be rewarding and fulfilling it is also a source …
Parent-Infant Art Psychotherapy
Art psychotherapy involves the use of the image-making process within a therapeutic relationship to help clients explore and communicate feelings and experiences. This article explores whether art psychotherapy groups can be an effective intervention for parent–infant dyads who may be involved with social work and health teams due to concerns about their relationship, possibly due to postnatal depression or attachment difficulties. We describe a …
Art at the Start
This two‐part study seeks to evidence art therapy intervention for parent‐infant attachment relationships, looking at improvements to wellbeing and relationships. Study one was a controlled trial with 105 participating parent/caregivers and their infants (0–3‐years), identified due to concerns about their relationship. They were quasi‐randomized to attend a 12‐week art therapy group or treatment as usual. Measures focused on parents’ wellbeing an…
Air A’ Chùl Fraoin
A community model of parent–infant art therapy is explored in na h-Eileanan an iar , where Gàidhlig language and culture are endangered. Arts-based autoethnography combined with decolonizing methodology informs the intersectional reflexivity of art therapist researcher. Drawing on portable indigeneity, the group shapeshifts into therapeutic improvisation. Transmission of Gàidhlig language is supported in shared community space. The amplification …
Psychology (7 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Political science (5 works) · Art (3 works) · Art Therapy and Mental Health (3 works) · Child Therapy and Development (3 works) · Diverse Music Education Insights (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Public relations (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works)