2025

Anderson, M. et al. (2025) Social network characteristics associated with mid-to-older aged adults’ co-engagement in physical activity. PLoS ONE, 20(5), e0319981. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0319981) (PMID:40333665)

2024

Olsen, J. R. et al. (2024) Individual, social and area level factors associated with older people’s walking: analysis of an UK household panel study (Understanding Society). Social Science and Medicine, 358, 117083. (doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.117083) (PMID:39226800)

2023

Dibben, G. O. et al. (2023) Adolescents’ interactive electronic device use, sleep and mental health: a systematic review of prospective studies. Journal of Sleep Research, 32(5), e13899. (doi: 10.1111/jsr.13899) (PMID:37029099)

Purcell, Carrie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2651-9201, Dibben, Grace ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7254-5187, Hilton Boon, Michele ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2240-7923, Matthews, Lynsay ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5760-1080, Palmer, Victoria J., Thomson, Meigan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2171-9159, Smillie, Susie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4748-0710, Simpson, Sharon A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6219-1768 and Taylor, Rod S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3043-6011 (2023) Social network interventions to support cardiac rehabilitation and secondary prevention in the management of people with heart disease. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2023(6), CD013820. (doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013820.pub2) (PMID:37378598) (PMCID:PMC10305790)

Bunn, C. et al. (2023) How European Fans in Training (EuroFIT), a lifestyle change program for men delivered in football clubs, achieved its effect: a mixed methods process evaluation embedded in a randomised controlled trial. BMC Public Health, 23, 526. (doi: 10.1186/s12889-023-15419-y) (PMID:36941552) (PMCID:PMC10026416)

2021

Palmer, Victoria J., Gray, Cindy M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4295-6110, Fitzsimons, Claire, Mutrie, Nanette, Wyke, Sally ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7509-8247, Der, Geoff ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8677-073X, Chastin, Sebastien F.M. and Skelton, Dawn A. (2021) Sitting as a moral practice: older adults’ accounts from qualitative interviews on sedentary behaviours. Sociology of Health and Illness, 43(9), pp. 2102-2120. (doi: 10.1111/1467-9566.13383) (PMID:34724232)

Palmer, Victoria, Bowness, James and Tulle, Emmanuelle (2021) (Re)conceptualising physical activity participation as career. Ageing and Society, 41(4), pp. 936-954. (doi: 10.1017/S0144686X19001430)

2019

Palmer, Victoria J., Gray, Cindy M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4295-6110, Fitzsimons, Claire F., Mutrie, Nanette, Wyke, Sally ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7509-8247, Deary, Ian J., Der, Geoff ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8677-073X, Chastin, Sebastien F.M. and Skelton, Dawn A. (2019) What do older people do when sitting and why? Implications for decreasing sedentary behaviour. Gerontologist, 59(4), pp. 686-697. (doi: 10.1093/geront/gny020) (PMID:29771308) (PMCID:PMC6630262)

2018

Palmer, Victoria J., Tulle, Emmanuelle and Bowness, James (2018) Physical activity and the ageing body. In: Nyman, Samuel R., Barker, Anna, Haines, Terry, Horton, Khim, Musselwhite, Charles, Victor, Christina R. and Wolff, Julia Katharina (eds.) The Palgrave Handbook of Ageing and Physical Activity Promotion. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 531-549. ISBN 9783319712901 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-71291-8_26)

Gale, C. R. et al. (2018) The epigenetic clock and objectively measured sedentary and walking behavior in older adults: the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936. Clinical Epigenetics, 10, 4. (doi: 10.1186/s13148-017-0438-z) (PMID:29321814) (PMCID:PMC5759300)

Palmer, Victoria J. (2018) Grandparents’ contribution to a family culture of physical activity. Gerontologie et Societe, 40(156), I-XVI.

2016

Bunn, Christopher ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6604-1305 and Palmer, Victoria (2016) Using Bourdieu’s Toolkit to Critique and Improve Social Science Engagement with Physical Activity. In: Bourdieu Study Group Annual Conference 2016, Bristol, England, 4-6 Jul 2016,

2015

Palmer, Victoria (2015) Keeping it in the family: the generational transmission of physical activity. In: Tulle, Emmanuelle and Phoenix, Cassandra (eds.) Physical Activity and Sport in Later Life: Critical Perspectives. Series: Global culture and sport series. Palgrave Macmillan: Houndmills. ISBN 9781137429315

Palmer, Victoria, Tulle, Emmanuelle and Bowness, James (2015) Neoliberalism in Action? Capturing the Complexities of Sport and Physical Activity Careers. BSA Annual Conference 2015, Glasgow, UK, 15-17 April 2015.

2014

Palmer, V. et al. (2014) Symposium abstracts: pace, penalty and prouette: the sociology of physical culture. Scottish Journal of Performance, 2(1), pp. 87-103. (doi: 10.14439/sjop.2014.0201.05)

Articles

Anderson, M. et al. (2025) Social network characteristics associated with mid-to-older aged adults’ co-engagement in physical activity. PLoS ONE, 20(5), e0319981. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0319981) (PMID:40333665)

Olsen, J. R. et al. (2024) Individual, social and area level factors associated with older people’s walking: analysis of an UK household panel study (Understanding Society). Social Science and Medicine, 358, 117083. (doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.117083) (PMID:39226800)

Dibben, G. O. et al. (2023) Adolescents’ interactive electronic device use, sleep and mental health: a systematic review of prospective studies. Journal of Sleep Research, 32(5), e13899. (doi: 10.1111/jsr.13899) (PMID:37029099)

Purcell, Carrie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2651-9201, Dibben, Grace ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7254-5187, Hilton Boon, Michele ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2240-7923, Matthews, Lynsay ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5760-1080, Palmer, Victoria J., Thomson, Meigan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2171-9159, Smillie, Susie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4748-0710, Simpson, Sharon A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6219-1768 and Taylor, Rod S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3043-6011 (2023) Social network interventions to support cardiac rehabilitation and secondary prevention in the management of people with heart disease. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2023(6), CD013820. (doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013820.pub2) (PMID:37378598) (PMCID:PMC10305790)

Bunn, C. et al. (2023) How European Fans in Training (EuroFIT), a lifestyle change program for men delivered in football clubs, achieved its effect: a mixed methods process evaluation embedded in a randomised controlled trial. BMC Public Health, 23, 526. (doi: 10.1186/s12889-023-15419-y) (PMID:36941552) (PMCID:PMC10026416)

Palmer, Victoria J., Gray, Cindy M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4295-6110, Fitzsimons, Claire, Mutrie, Nanette, Wyke, Sally ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7509-8247, Der, Geoff ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8677-073X, Chastin, Sebastien F.M. and Skelton, Dawn A. (2021) Sitting as a moral practice: older adults’ accounts from qualitative interviews on sedentary behaviours. Sociology of Health and Illness, 43(9), pp. 2102-2120. (doi: 10.1111/1467-9566.13383) (PMID:34724232)

Palmer, Victoria, Bowness, James and Tulle, Emmanuelle (2021) (Re)conceptualising physical activity participation as career. Ageing and Society, 41(4), pp. 936-954. (doi: 10.1017/S0144686X19001430)

Palmer, Victoria J., Gray, Cindy M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4295-6110, Fitzsimons, Claire F., Mutrie, Nanette, Wyke, Sally ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7509-8247, Deary, Ian J., Der, Geoff ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8677-073X, Chastin, Sebastien F.M. and Skelton, Dawn A. (2019) What do older people do when sitting and why? Implications for decreasing sedentary behaviour. Gerontologist, 59(4), pp. 686-697. (doi: 10.1093/geront/gny020) (PMID:29771308) (PMCID:PMC6630262)

Gale, C. R. et al. (2018) The epigenetic clock and objectively measured sedentary and walking behavior in older adults: the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936. Clinical Epigenetics, 10, 4. (doi: 10.1186/s13148-017-0438-z) (PMID:29321814) (PMCID:PMC5759300)

Palmer, Victoria J. (2018) Grandparents’ contribution to a family culture of physical activity. Gerontologie et Societe, 40(156), I-XVI.

Palmer, V. et al. (2014) Symposium abstracts: pace, penalty and prouette: the sociology of physical culture. Scottish Journal of Performance, 2(1), pp. 87-103. (doi: 10.14439/sjop.2014.0201.05)

Book Sections

Palmer, Victoria J., Tulle, Emmanuelle and Bowness, James (2018) Physical activity and the ageing body. In: Nyman, Samuel R., Barker, Anna, Haines, Terry, Horton, Khim, Musselwhite, Charles, Victor, Christina R. and Wolff, Julia Katharina (eds.) The Palgrave Handbook of Ageing and Physical Activity Promotion. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 531-549. ISBN 9783319712901 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-71291-8_26)

Palmer, Victoria (2015) Keeping it in the family: the generational transmission of physical activity. In: Tulle, Emmanuelle and Phoenix, Cassandra (eds.) Physical Activity and Sport in Later Life: Critical Perspectives. Series: Global culture and sport series. Palgrave Macmillan: Houndmills. ISBN 9781137429315

Conference or Workshop Item

Palmer, Victoria, Tulle, Emmanuelle and Bowness, James (2015) Neoliberalism in Action? Capturing the Complexities of Sport and Physical Activity Careers. BSA Annual Conference 2015, Glasgow, UK, 15-17 April 2015.

Conference Proceedings

Bunn, Christopher ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6604-1305 and Palmer, Victoria (2016) Using Bourdieu’s Toolkit to Critique and Improve Social Science Engagement with Physical Activity. In: Bourdieu Study Group Annual Conference 2016, Bristol, England, 4-6 Jul 2016,