Research interests

• Investigating intergroup bullying amongst adolescents: how do peer bystanders respond?
• How can we encourage peer bystanders to actively challenge bullying? What are the inhibitors and motivators?
• Ways of reducing bullying amongst children and adolescents: what are the developmental differences?
• Evaluating existing anti-bullying interventions to reduce bullying and forms of discrimination amongst young people.

Thesis Title

“The development of bystander intervention in children and adolescents: When and why do children and adolescents challenge intergroup discrimination?”  

Supervisor

Dr Lindsey Cameron

Professor Adam Rutland

Source of Funding

ESRC

Publications and Conference Presentations

Palmer, S. & Rutland, A. (2011). Do children like skinny peers? The role of 'weight' in the development of children's prejudice. [Special Issue]. Anales de Psicologia.

Palmer, S., Abrams, D. & Rutland, A. (2011, July). Loyalty in the Olympics: Norms, threat and children's understanding of intergroup dynamics. Paper session presented at the 16th EASP General Meeting, Stockholm, Sweden.

Palmer, S. & Cameron, L. (2011, May). What are the moderators and mediators of children's bystander behaviour in the context of intergroup discrimination? Paper session presented at the UNA Global Biennial Conference 2011: Building Peaceable Communities:
The Power of Early Childhood, Amsterdam, Holland.

Hennessy, D. & Palmer, S. (2010, Summer). Tackling racism amongst adolescents: A route to greater well-being and community cohesion. Race Equality Teaching, 28 (3), 29-33.

Palmer, S. & Cameron, L. (2010, July). Bystander intervention in subtle and explicit racist incidents. Paper session presented at the meeting of Developmental Perspectives on Intergroup Prejudice: Advances in Theory, Measurement, and Intervention, EASP small group meeting, Lisbon, Portugal.

Palmer, S. & Cameron, L. (2010, June). Where do your loyalties lie? Racism and adolescent bystander intervention. Paper session presented at the International Conference on Discrimination and Tolerance in Intergroup relations, Jena, Germany.

Palmer, S., Rutland, A., Cameron, L., Powell, C. & Holman-Nicholas, R. (2009, September). The bigger picture: promoting positive attitudes using imagined contact intervention. Poster session presented at the meeting of British Social Psychology, Sheffield, UK.

Teaching Commitments

I teach 2nd year undergraduate Social Psychology and Developmental Psychology seminars.

I work with the University of Kent's Partnership Schools outreach programme, delivering Psychology taster sessions to students at Primary and Secondary schools in Kent.

School of Psychology
Keynes College
University of Kent
Canterbury, Kent
CT2 7NP
United Kingdom

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