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Owton, Helen (2022). “Oh Shit!” Moments: Motorcycling, “Thrownness,” and the Startle Effect. Cultural Studies ↔ Critical Methodologies, 22(5) pp. 513–519.

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Owton, Helen (2022). Quest for Freedom: Intense Embodied Experiences of Motorcycling. Cultural Studies - Critical Methodologies, 22(2) pp. 154–162.

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Yusuf, Z. K.; Wensley, D.; Owton, Helen; Singh, S. J. and Allen Collinson, J. A. C. (2021). P43 Experiences of asthma in the UK-resident adult South Asian population: a qualitative study. In: Thorax, 76 A88-A89.

Owton, Helen (2021). The Thrill of Motorcycling: Quest for Flow. http://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/OU-Sport/?p=2721.

Yusuf, ZK; Wensley, D; Singh, SJ; Owton, H and Allen-Collinson, JAC (2021). Experiences of asthma in the UK-resident adult South Asian population: a qualitative study. Thorax, 76, article no. A88-A89.

Allen-Collinson, Jacquelyn; Jennings, George; Vaittinen, Anu and Owton, Helen (2019). Weather-wise? Sporting embodiment, weather work and weather learning in running and triathlon. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 54(7) pp. 777–792.

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Owton, Helen (2019). Interview with Austrian Radio [radio FM4]. ORF (Österreichischer Rundfunk).

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Clegg, Helen; Owton, Helen and Allen-Collinson, Jacquelyn (2019). Attracting and Retaining Boys in Ballet: A Qualitative Study of Female Dance Teachers. Journal of Dance Education, 19(4) pp. 158–167.

Allen-Collinson, Jacquelyn; Vaittinen, Anu; Jennings, George and Owton, Helen (2018). Exploring Lived Heat, “Temperature Work,” and Embodiment: Novel Auto/Ethnographic Insights from Physical Cultures. Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, 47(3) pp. 283–305.

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Owton, Helen (2018). Sorry. Journal of Poetry Therapy, 31(1) pp. 68–69.

Clegg, Helen; Owton, Helen and Allen-Collinson, Jacquelyn (2018). Challenging conceptions of gender: UK dance teachers’ perceptions of boys and girls in the ballet studio. Research in Dance Education, 19(2) pp. 128–139.

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Owton, Helen (2017). Austria Radio interview on Women's EURO 2017. Radio FM 4.

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Owton, Helen (2017). Women’s Euro 2017 football preview - all you need to know. The Conversation.

Owton, Helen (2017). The video space in sensitive research: Using arts based methods. In: The Annual British Psychological Society Conference, 3-5 May 2017, Hilton Metropole, Brighton, UK.

Owton, Helen and Sparkes, Andrew C. (2017). Sexual abuse and the grooming process in sport: Bella’s story. Sport, Education and Society, 22(6) pp. 732–743.

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Owton, Helen and Allen-Collinson, Jacquelyn (2017). ‘It stays with you’: multiple evocative representations of dance and future possibilities for studies in sport and physical cultures. Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health, 9(1) pp. 49–55.

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Owton, Helen and Allen-Collinson, Jacquelyn (2017). Athlete Domestic Violence: contaminating acts and the violation of self-boundaries. In: Milner, Adrienne and Braddock, II, J.H. eds. Women in Sports: Breaking Barriers, Facing Obstacles. ABC-CLIO, pp. 185–202.

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McMahon, Jennifer; MacDonald, Abbey and Owton, Helen (2017). A/r/tographic inquiry in sport and exercise research: A pilot study examining methodology versatility, feasibility and participatory opportunities. Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health, 7(4) pp. 403–417.

Owton, Helen (2017). Doing Poetic inquiry. Palgrave Pivot. Palgrave.

Owton, Helen (2016). Pro athletes are helping victims report sexual abuse in youth soccer. Good Magazine.

Owton, Helen (2016). Sexual Abuse in Sport: A Qualitative Case Study. London: Palgrave Macmillan.

Owton, Helen (2016). We must challenge the culture of silence about child sexual abuse in football. The Conversation.

Clegg, Helen; Owton, Helen and Allen-Collinson, Jacquelyn (2016). The cool stuff!: Gender, dance and masculinity. Psychology of Women Section Review, 18(2) pp. 6–16.

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Owton, Helen; Clegg, Helen and Allen-Collinson, Jacquelyn (2016). “I wanted to be Darcey Bussell”: Motivations and expectations of female dance teachers. Qualitative Methods in Psychology Bulletin, 22 pp. 55–64.

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Owton, Helen (2016). How universities can help to support student-parents. Times Higher Education.

Owton, Helen and Allen-Collinson, Jacquelyn (2016). Conformers, contesters, creators: vignettes of asthma identities and sporting embodiment. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 51(6) pp. 699–714.

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Owton, Helen (2016). A Father’s Son. Qualitative Inquiry, 22(7) pp. 559–560.

Owton, Helen (2016). Representing taboos in sport: Video representation. In: 5th International Conference in Qualitative Research in Sport and Exercise, 30 Aug - 01 Sep 2016.

Owton, Helen (2016). Why are Olympic athletes copping so much abuse? It all comes down to gender. The Conversation.

Owton, Helen; Clegg, Helen and Allen-Collinson, Jacquelyn (2016). The coolness of dance and masculinity. In: 5th International Conference in Qualitative Research in Sport and Exercise, 30 Aug - 01 Sep 2016, University of Chichester, UK.

Owton, Helen (2016). Visual Methods Workshop. In: 5th International Conference in Qualitative Research in Sport and Exercise, 30 Aug - 01 Sep 2016.

Owton, Helen (2016). Slow moving arts-based methods in sport. In: Psychology of Women's Section Annual Conference, 6-8 Jul 2016, Cumberland Lodge, Windsor.

Owton, Helen (2016). Adam Johnson guilty: Why is there so much depravity in football? International Business Times.

Owton, Helen and Lazard, Lisa (2016). Why sportspeople convicted of violence against women forfeit their right to be ‘stars'. The Conversation.

Owton, Helen; Allen-Collinson, Jacquelyn and Siriwardena, Niro (2016). Response [refers to Lucy Gibson, Jessica Kearney, Lucy Everson, Jonny Coppel, Rahul Chodhari, Childhood Asthma: A Narrative Approach. Chest, 149(1) p. 283.

Allen-Collinson, Jacquelyn; Owton, Helen and Crust, Lee (2016). Opening up dialogues and airways: using vignettes in research to enrich asthma understandings in sport and exercise. Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health, 8(4) pp. 352–364.

Owton, Helen and Clegg, Helen (2016). "I want to be a ballet teacher just like you": Gendered Tensions in Dance. In: Gender and Inequalities in Sport Conference, 17 Mar 2016, Milton Keynes, UK.

Owton, Helen (2016). Tough Old Boots. Psychology of Women Section Review, 18(1)

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Owton, Helen (2016). In conversation with… Lara A. King. Psychology of Women Section Review, 18(1)

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Owton, Helen (2015). Why Tyson Fury’s sexist and homophobic comments make him unfit for BBC Sports Personality of the Year. The Conversation.

Owton, Helen (2015). Paralympians makes waves on the world stage but disability reform is badly needed. The Conversation.

Owton, Helen (2015). Polluted host cities are putting our champion athletes at risk. The Conversation.

Owton, Helen (2015). A student-parent international experience. Qualitative Methods in Psychology Bulletin, 20 pp. 15–17.

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Owton, Helen (2015). The astonishing comebacks at the Athletics World Championships. The Conversation.

Owton, Helen (2015). Reinventing the body-self: intense, gendered and heightened sensorial experiences of women's boxing embodiment. In: Channon, Alexander and Matthews, Christopher R. eds. Global Perspectives on Women in Combat Sport: Women Warriors around the world. Global Culture and Sport Series. Basingstoke: Palgrave MacMillan, pp. 221–236.

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Owton, Helen and Clegg, Helen (2015). The young dancer of the year misses the pointe about gender. The Psychology of Women Section Blog.

Owton, Helen (2015). The psychology behind women footballers' remarkable resilience. The Conversation.

Owton, Helen; Allen-Collinson, Jacquelyn and Siriwardena, Niroshan (2015). Using a narrative approach to enhance clinical care for patients with asthma. Chest, 148(1) pp. 288–293.

Owton, Helen (2015). Sport can help with your asthma if you learn how to listen to your body. The Conversation.

Owton, Helen and Doidge, Mark (2015). Is the not-so beautiful men’s game putting people off women’s football? The Conversation.

Owton, Helen (2015). Learning from Bella’s Story [Video Abstract]. YouTube.

Owton, Helen (2015). Gains for women at European Games eclipsed by Azerbaijan’s appalling human rights record. The Conversation.

Owton, Helen (2015). Women’s World Cup preview: what you need to know. The Conversation.

Owton, Helen (2015). Performative embodiment and unravelling grandparent-grandchild relationships. Qualitative Inquiry, 21(5) pp. 426–435.

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Allen-Collinson, Jacquelyn and Owton, Helen (2015). Intense embodiment: senses of heat in women’s running and boxing. Body & Society, 21(2) pp. 245–268.

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Owton, Helen (2015). Performative female boxing embodiment. In: Martial Arts Studies Conference, 11-12 Jun 2015, Cardiff University.

Owton, Helen (2015). Women’s World Cup primes for kick-off amid corruption allegations at FIFA. The Conversation.

Owton, Helen and Allen-Collinson, Jacquelyn (2015). Take a deep breath: Asthma and auditory work [Video abstract]. YouTube.

Owton, Helen and Allen-Collinson, Jacquelyn (2015). Intense embodiment: Senses of Heat [Video Abstract]. YouTube.

Owton, Helen and Sparkes, Andrew (2015). “You are very special you know”: sexual abuse and the grooming process in sport. In: BPS Psychology of Women Section Annual Conference, 8-10 Jul 2015, Cumberland Lodge, Windsor.

Owton, Helen (2015). Bella’s Story: Sexual abuse in sport. A video representation of child sexual abuse in sport. In: Psychology of Women’s Section Conference, 8-10 Jul 2015, Cumberland Lodge, Windsor.

Owton, Helen (2015). Reinventing the female body-self: transcending gender roles and bodily investment in women’s boxing embodiment. In: QMiP Conference 2015, 2-4 Sep 2015, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Owton, Helen (2015). Video representation as literature review: child sexual abuse in sport. In: Qualitative Methods in Psychology, Sep 2015, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Heaney, Caroline and Owton, Helen (2015). Using social media to raise your profile. In: Faculty of Education and Language Studies Learning and Teaching Conference, Open University, Milton Keynes, 7 Oct 2015, Milton Keynes.

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Allen-Collinson, Jacquelyn; Owton, Helen and Siriwardena, Aloysius Niroshan (2015). It’s scary, scary, scary …”: the lived experience of asthma. In: Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust and University of Lincoln Research Forum, 25 Jun 2015, University of Lincoln.

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Allen-Collinson, Jacquelyn and Owton, Helen (2014). Take a deep breath: Asthma, sporting embodiment and ‘auditory work’. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 49(5) pp. 592–608.

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Owton, Helen (2014). Studying at university as a single mother. BigChoice Group Limited.

Owton, Helen (2014). Unlocking single parents’ potential for studying. Gingerbread.

Owton, Helen (2014). Studying as a Parent: A Handbook for Success. Palgrave Student to Student. Basingstoke: Palgrave MacMillan.

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Owton, Helen and Allen-Collinson, Jacquelyn (2014). Close but not too close: friendship as method(ology) in ethnographic research encounters. Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, 43(3) pp. 283–305.

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Owton, Helen; Bond, Katherine and Tod, David (2014). “It’s my dream to work with Olympic athletes”: neophyte sport psychologists' expectations and initial experiences regarding service delivery. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, 26(3) pp. 241–255.

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Owton, Helen (2014). Emerging feminisms. Psychology of Women Section Review, 16(1)

Batey, Jo and Owton, Helen (2014). Team mums: team sport experiences of athletic mothers. Women in Sport and Physical Activity Journal, 22(1) pp. 30–36.

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Owton, Helen (2014). Book review: Playing with purpose: Adventures in performative social science. Feminism and Psychology, 24(1) pp. 136–141.

Owton, Helen (2014). A review of the Brunel International Research Network for Athlete Welfare (BIRNAW) International Symposium. Division of Sport and Exercise Psychology Review, 10(3) pp. 107–109.

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Owton, Helen (2014). Book review: Leaning: A Poetics of Personal Relations. Journal of Poetry Therapy, 27(3) pp. 157–160.

Owton, Helen (2014). Book review: Advances in Visual Methodology. Qualitative Research in Psychology, 11(1) pp. 115–117.

Owton, Helen and Allen-Collinson, Jacquelyn (2014). Close but not too close: friendship as method(ology) in ethnographic research encounters. Sage [Podcast].

Owton, H. and Allen-Collinson, J. (2013). The lived experiences of asthma in sportspeople: phenomenological perspectives. In: Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust Research Forum, 01 Dec 2013, Sleaford.

Owton, Helen (2013). Integrating multiple representations: fighting asthma. Qualitative Inquiry, 19(8) pp. 600–603.

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Owton, Helen (2013). Sexual abuse in sport: a video literature review. YouTube.

Owton, Helen (2013). Interfacing with older LGBT citizens. Psychology of Women Section Review, 15(2) pp. 73–74.

Owton, Helen (2013). Ecotherapy: Healing with nature in mind. European Journal of Psychotherapy & Counselling, 15(3) pp. 300–302.

Owton, Helen (2013). Narrative affinities of the lived experiences of asthma and sporting embodiment. Leisure Studies Association Newsletter(95) pp. 30–36.

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Owton, Helen (2013). Beyond the book: new forms of academic communication. QmiP Bulletin(15) pp. 42–45.

Owton, Helen (2013). Transformational (the sporting self and the onset of asthma). Sociological Imagination

Owton, Helen (2013). Love. Sociological Imagination.

Owton, Helen (2013). Conference review: The State of Play in Women's Sport: The Psychology of Women Section Annual Conference 2012. Sport & Exercise Psychology Review, 9(1)

Owton, Helen (2013). Events review: Beyond the Book: New Forms of Academic Communicating, London School of Economics and Political Science, 28 February 2013. QMiP Bulletin(15)

Owton, H. and Allen-Collinson, J. (2013). Close but not too close. In: Qualitative Methods in Psychology Section Conference 2013: Making a difference, making ourselves known, 04-06 Sep 2013, Huddersfield University.

Owton, Helen (2012). Streams of bereavement. Qualitative Inquiry, 18(5) pp. 438–441.

Owton, Helen (2012). A Review of Innovative QMiP performances at the BPS Annual Conference. QMiP Bulletin(14)

Owton, Helen (2012). Narrative art of sporting women with asthma. In: BPS Psychology of Women Section Annual Conference, 11-13 Jul 2012, Windsor. UK.

Owton, Helen (2011). Granny's Memoirs: He thought it was paradise. Qualitative Inquiry, 17(5) pp. 459–460.

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Owton, H. (2011). Interviewing 'Granny': balancing the researcher self and the family self. In: BPS Psychology of Women Section Annual Conference, 13-15 Jul 2011, Windsor. UK.

Owton, H. (2011). Investigating the biographical and lived experiences of (sports) people with asthma: 'Contesters, Conformers, and Creators'. In: 26th PsyPAG Annual Conference, 6-8 Jul 2011, University of Bangor.

Owton, H. (2011). Problematising the mode of inquiry. In: 26th PsyPAG Annual Conference, 6-8 Jul 2011, University of Bangor.

Owton, H.; Bond, K. and Day, M. (2010). The 'Coolness' of Sport Psychology. In: British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences Student Conference, 2010, Aberystwyth University.

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Owton, Helen (2010). Granny’s story: Trauma, dance, (smoking & drinking) and chronic illness. In: 6th Meeting of the Transnational Working Group for the Study of Gender and Sport, 26-27 Nov 2010, University of Bath.