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Thomson, Rachel; Kehily, Mary Jane; Hadfield, Lucy and Sharpe, Sue (2011). Making Modern Mothers. Bristol: Policy Press.

McLeod, Julie and Thomson, Rachel (2009). Researching social change: Qualitative approaches. London: Sage.

Thomson, Rachel (2009). Unfolding lives: Youth, gender, change. Bristol: Policy Press.

Henderson, Sheila J.; Holland, Janet; McGrellis, Sheena; Sharpe, Sue and Thomson, Rachel (2006). Inventing adulthoods: a biographical approach to youth transitions. London, UK: Sage Publications in association with the Open University.

Sharpe, Sue and Thomson, Rachel (2005). All you need is love? The morality of sexual relationships through the eyes of young people. London, UK: National Children's Bureau.

McGrellis, Sheena; Henderson, Sheila; Holland, Janet; Sharpe, Sue and Thomson, Rachel (2001). Through the moral maze: A qualitative study of young people's moral values. London: Tufnell Press.

Holland, Janet; Ramazanoglu, Caroline; Sharpe, Sue and Thomson, Rachel (1998). The male in the head: Young people, heterosexuality and power. London: Tufnell Press.

Thomson, Rachel (1994). Developing and reviewing a school sex education policy: A positive strategy. London: National Children's Bureau.

Thomson, Rachel and Scott, Sue (1991). Learning about sex: young women and the social construction of sexual identity. London: The Tufnell Press.

Robb, Martin and Thomson, Rachel eds. (2010). Critical Practice with Children and Young People. Bristol: Policy Press.

Roche, Jeremy; Tucke, Stanley; Thomson, Rachel and Flynn, Ronny eds. (2004). Youth in Society: Contemporary Theory, Policy and Practice. London, UK: Sage.

Thomson, Rachel ed. (1993). Religion, ethnicity and sex education: exploring the issues. London: National Children's Bureau.

Thomson, Rachel (2010). Using biographical and longitudinal methods: researching mothering. In: Mason, Jennifer and Dale, Angela eds. Understanding Social Research: Thinking Creatively about Method. London: Sage Publications Ltd, pp. 62–74.

Rudoe, Naomi and Thomson, Rachel (2009). Class cultures and the meaning of young motherhood. In: Graham, Hilary ed. Understanding Health Inequalities, Volume Second edi. Maidenhead: Open University Press, pp. 162–178.

Thomson, Rachel; Kehily, Mary; Hadfield, Lucy and Sharpe, Sue (2009). The making of modern motherhoods: Storying an emergent identity. In: Wetherell, Margaret ed. Identity in the 21st Century: New Trends in Changing Times. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 197–212.

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Thomson, Rachel (2009). Transitions to adulthood. In: Taylor, Wayne; Earle, Rod and Hester, Richard eds. Youth Justice Handbook: Theory, policy and practice. Cullompton: Willan.

Thomson, Rachel (2007). A Biographical Perspective. In: Kehily, Mary ed. Understanding Youth: Perspectives, Identities & Practices. London, UK: Sage.

Elliott, Jane; Holland, Janet and Thomson, Rachel (2007). Longitudinal and Panel Studies. In: Bickman, Leonard; Brannen, Julia and Alasuutari, Pertti eds. Handbook of Social Research Methods. London, UK: Sage Publications, pp. 228–248.

Thomson, Rachel (2004). Sexuality and young people: Policies, practices and identities. In: Carabine, Jean ed. Sexualities: Personal lives and social policy. Bristol, UK: The Policy Press/ Open University.

Thomson, R.; Holland, J.; McGrellis, S. and Sharpe, S. (2002). Researching Childhood: Time, memory and Method. In: Allan, Graham and Jones, Gill eds. Social relations and the life course. Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave.

Thomson, Rachel; McGrellis, Sheena; Holland, Janet; Henderson, Sheila and Sharpe, Sue (2001). From 'Peter Andre's six pack' to 'I do knees': The body in young people's moral discourse. In: Backett-Milburn, Kathryn and Mckie, Linda eds. Constructing Gendered Bodies: Explorations in Sociology. Basingstoke: Palgrave, pp. 141–161.

Holland, J.; Bell, R.; Henderson, S.; McGrellis, S.; Sharpe, S. and Thomson, R. (2001). Youth values and transitions: Young people's participation in the research process. In: Clark, J.; Dyson, A.; Meagher, N.; Robson, E. and Wootten, M. eds. Young people as researchers: Possibilities, problems and politics. Leicester: National Youth Agency.

Thomson, Rachel (2000). Sex education. In: Kramerae, Cheris and Spender, Dale eds. Routledge International Encyclopedia of Women. New York: Routledge.

Thomson, Rachel (2000). Legal, protected and timely: Young people's reflections on the age of heterosexual consent. In: Bridgeman, Jo and Monk, Daniel eds. Feminist perspectives on child law. London: Cavendish Press, pp. 169–186.

Thomson, Rachel (2000). Authority. In: Rutherford, Jonathan ed. The art of life: On living, love and death. Lawrence and Wishart.

Thomson, Rachel (1999). 'It was the way we were watching it': Young men negotiate pornography. In: Hearn, Jeff and Roseneil, Sasha eds. Consuming cultures: Power and resistance. London: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 178–198.

Thomson, Rachel and Holland, Janet (1998). Sexual relationships, negotiation and decision making. In: Coleman, John and Roker, Debi eds. Teenage sexuality: Health, risk and education. Reading: Harwood Academic, pp. 59–80.

Holland, Janet; Ramazanoglu, Caroline; Sharpe, Sue and Thomson, Rachel (1997). Feminist methodology and young people's sexuality. In: Paker, Richard and Aggleton, Peter eds. Culture, society and sexuality: A reader. Sexuality, Culture and Health. London: Taylor & Francis, pp. 457–472.

Thomson, Rachel (1996). Sex education and the law. In: Harris, N. D. ed. Children, sex education and the law. London: National Children's Bureau.

Holland, Janet; Ramazanoglu, Caroline and Thomson, Rachel (1996). In the same boat? The gendered (in)experience of first heterosex. In: Richardson, Diane ed. Theorising heterosexuality: Telling it straight. Buckingham: Open University Press, pp. 143–160.

Holland, J.; Ramazanoglu, C.; Sharpe, S. and Thomson, R. (1996). Reputations: Journeying into gendered power and relations. In: Weeks, Jeffery and Holland, Janet eds. Sexual cultures: Communities, values and intimacy. London: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 239–260.

Holland, Janet; Ramazanoglu, Caroline; Scott, Sue; Sharpe, Sue and Thomson, Rachel (1996). 'Don't die of ignorance' I nearly died of embarrassment: Condoms in context. In: Jackson, Stevi and Scott, Sue eds. Feminism and sexuality: A reader. Columbia University Press, pp. 117–129.

Holland, Janet; Ramazanoglu, Caroline; Scott, Sue; Sharpe, Sue and Thomson, Rachel (1994). Methodological issues in researching young women's sexuality. In: Boulton, Mary ed. Challenge and Innovation: Methodological Advances in Social Research on HIV/AIDS. Social Aspects of AIDS. London: Falmer Press, pp. 219–240.

Holland, Janet; Ramazanoglu, Caroline; Scott, Sue and Thomson, Rachel (1994). Desire, risk and control: The body as a site of contestation. In: Doyal, Lesley; Naidoo, Jennie and Wilton, Tamsin eds. AIDS: Setting a feminist agenda. London: Taylor & Francis, pp. 61–79.

Holland, Janet; Ramazanoglu, Caroline; Sharpe, Sue and Thomson, Rachel (1994). Achieving masculine sexuality: Young men's strategies for managing vulnerability. In: Doyal, L; Naidoo, J and Wilton, T eds. AIDS: Setting a feminist agenda. London: Taylor & Francis, pp. 122–150.

Thomson, Rachel and Holland, Janet (1994). Young women and safer sex: Context, constraints and strategies. In: Wilkinson, Sue and Kitzinger, Celia eds. Women and Health: Feminist perspectives. London: Taylor & Francis, pp. 13–32.

Holland, J.; Ramazanoglu, C.; Scott, S.; Sharpe, S. and Thomson, R. (1993). Don't die of ignorance, I nearly died of embarrassment: condoms in context. In: Berer, M. and Ray, S. eds. Women and HIV/AIDS: An International Resource Book. Pandora Press. London.

Holland, Janet; Ramazanoglu, Caroline; Scott, Sue; Sharpe, Sue and Thomson, Rachel (1992). Pressure, resistance, empowerment: Young women and the negotiation of safer sex. In: Aggleton, Peter; Davies, Peter and Hart, Graham eds. AIDS: Rights, risk and reason. Social Aspects of AIDS. UK: Routledge, pp. 142–162.

Holland, Janet; Ramazanoglu, Caroline; Scott, Sue; Sharpe, Sue and Thomson, Rachel (1991). Between embarrassment and trust: Young women and the diversity of condom use. In: Aggleton, Peter; Davies, Peter and Hart, Graham eds. AIDS: Responses, Interventions and Care. Social Aspects of AIDS. UK: Routledge, pp. 127–148.

Thomson, Rachel; Hadfield, Lucy; Kehily, Mary Jane and Sharpe, Sue (2012). Acting up and acting out: encountering children in a longitudinal study of mothering. Qualitative Research, 12(2) pp. 186–201.

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Kehily, Mary Jane and Thomson, Rachel (2011). Figuring families: generation, situation and narrative in contemporary mothering. Sociological Research Online, 16(4) Article 16.

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Thomson, Rachel and Kehily, Mary Jane (2011). Troubling reflexivity: the identity flows of teachers becoming mothers. Gender and Education, 23(3) pp. 233–245.

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Holland, Janet and Thomson, Rachel (2010). Revisiting youthful sexuality: continuities and changes over two decades. Sexual and Relationship Therapy, 25(3) pp. 342–350.

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Thomson, Rachel; Hadfield, Lucy; Kehily, Mary Jane and Sharpe, Sue (2010). Family fortunes: an intergenerational perspective on recession. Twenty-First Century Society, 5(2) pp. 149–157.

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Thomson, Rachel (2009). Thinking intergenerationally about motherhood. Studies in the Maternal, 1(1) pp. 1–24.

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Holland, Janet and Thomson, Rachel (2009). Gaining a perspective on choice and fate: revisiting critical moments. European Societies, 11(3) pp. 451–469.

Gordon, Tuula; Holland, Janet; Lahelma, Elina and Thomson, Rachel (2008). Young female citizens in education: emotions, resources and agency. Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 16(2) pp. 177–191.

Thomson, Rachel (2007). The qualitative longitudinal case history: practical, methodological and ethical reflections. Social Policy and Society, 6(4) pp. 571–582.

Holland, Janet; Henderson, Sheila and Thomson, Rachel (2006). Making the Long View: Perspectives on context from a qualitative longitudinal (QL) study. Methodological Innovations Online, 1(2) pp. 47–63.

Thomson, Rachel (2005). Between cosmopolitanism and the locals: mobility as a resource in the transition to adulthood. Young: Nordic Journal of Youth Research, 13(4) pp. 327–342.

Gordon, Tuula; Holland, Janet; Lahelma, Elina and Thomson, Rachel (2005). Imagining gendered adulthood: Anxiety, ambivalence, avoidance and anticipation. European Journal of Women's Studies, 12(1) pp. 83–103.

Thomson, Rachel and Holland, Janet (2005). Thanks for the memory: Memory books as a methodological resource in biographical research. Qualitative Research, 5(2) pp. 201–291.

Franklin, Jane and Thomson, Rachel (2005). Reclaiming the social: a conversation between feminist, late modern and social capital theories. Feminist Theory, 6(2) pp. 161–172.

Thomson, Rachel; Holland, Janet; McGrellis, Sheena; Bell, Robert; Henderson, Sheila and Sharpe, Sue (2004). Inventing adulthoods: a biographical approach to understanding youth citizenship. The Sociological Review, 52(2) pp. 218–239.

Thomson, Rachel (2004). ‘An adult thing'? Young people’s perspectives on the heterosexual age of consent’. Sexualities, 7(2) pp. 133–149.

Plumridge, L. and Thomson, R. (2003). Longitudinal qualitative studies and the reflexive self. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 6(3) pp. 213–222.

Thomson, Rachel and Holland, Janet (2003). Hindsight, foresight and insight: the challenges of longitudinal qualitative research. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 6(3) pp. 233–244.

Thomson, Rachel; Plumridge, Libby and Holland, Janet (2003). Editorial: Longitudinal qualitative research - a developing methodology. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 6(3) pp. 185–187.

Thomson, Rachel; Henderson, Sheila and Holland, Janet (2003). 'Making the most of what you’ve got: Resources, values and inequalities in young people’s transitions to adulthood’. Educational Review, 55(1) pp. 33–46.

Thomson, Rachel; Henderson, Sheila and Holland, Janet (2003). Making the most of what you've got: Resources, values and inequalities in young people's transitions to adulthood. Educational Review, 55(1) pp. 33–46.

Thomson, Rachel and Holland, Janet (2002). Imagined adulthood: resources, plans and contradictions. Gender and Education, 14(4) pp. 337–350.

Thomson, Rachel and Blake, Simon (2002). Editorial: Two steps forward and one step back - the changing context for sex education. Sex Education, 2(3) pp. 187–193.

Thomson, Rachel; Bell, Robert; Holland, Janet; Henderson, Sheila; McGrellis, Sheena and Sharpe, Sue (2002). Critical moments: choice, chance and opportunity in young people's narratives of transition. Sociology, 36(2) pp. 335–354.

Thomson, Rachel and Holland, Janet (2002). Young people, social change and the negotiation of moral authority. Children and Society, 16(2) pp. 103–115.

Henderson, Sheila; Taylor, Rebecca and Thomson, Rachel (2002). In touch: Young people, communication and technologies. Information, Communication and Society, 5(4) pp. 494–512.

Holland, Janet; Ramazanoglu, Caroline; Sharpe, Sue and Thomson, Rachel (2000). Deconstructing virginity: Young people's accounts of first sex. Sexual and Relationship Therapy, 15(3) pp. 221–232.

Holland, J.; Thomson, R.; Henderson, S.; McGrellis, S. and Sharpe, S. (2000). Catching on, wising up and learning from your mistakes: Young people's accounts of moral development. The International Journal of Children's Rights, 8(3) pp. 271–294.

Thomson, Rachel (2000). Dream on: the logic of sexual practice. Journal of Youth Studies, 3(4) pp. 407–427.

Thomson, Rachel (1997). Diversity, values and social change: Renegotiating a consensus on sex education. Journal of Moral Education, 26(3) pp. 257–272.

Thomson, Rachel (1994). Moral Rhetoric and public health pragmatism: the contemporary politics of sex education. Feminist Review(48) pp. 40–60.

Holland, Janet; Ramazanoglu, Caroline; Sharpe, Sue and Thomson, Rachel (1994). Power and desire: The embodiment of female sexuality. Feminist Review, 1994(46) pp. 21–38.

Thomson, Rachel and Holland, Janet (1993). Young women and safer sex. Health Psychology Update, 12 pp. 10–16.

Holland, J.; Ramazanoglu, C.; Scott, S.; Sharpe, S. and Thomson, R. (1992). Risk, power and the possibility of pleasure: Young women and safer sex. AIDS Care: Psychological and Socio-medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV, 4(3) pp. 273–283.

Holland, Janet; Ramazanoglu, Caroline; Sharpe, Sue and Thomson, Rachel (1992). Pleasure, pressure and power: Some contradictions of gendered sexuality. Sociological Review, 40(4) pp. 645–674.

Holland, J.; Ramazanoglu, C.; Scott, S.; Sharpe, S and Thomson, R. (1991). Painostus, vastarinta, vahvistuminen: Nuoret naiset ja turvaseksista sopiminen (Pressure, resistance, empowerment: Young women and the negotiation of safer sex). Nuorisotutkimus (Youth Research), 9(2) pp. 15–26.

Holland, Janet; Ramazanoglu, Caroline; Scott, Sue; Sharpe, Sue and Thomson, Rachel (1990). Sex, gender and power: young women's sexuality in the shadow of AIDS. Sociology of Health and Illness, 12(3) pp. 336–350.

Hadfield, Lucy; Kehily, Mary Jane; Sharpe, Sue and Thomson, Rachel (2010). The QLR 'workbook': A recursive approach to data generation. In: Timescapes 2010: The craft of qualitative longitudinal research, 20 Jan 2010, Cardiff School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University.

Kehily, M. J. and Thomson, R. (2009). Situations in a common culture: Interdisciplinary strategies for mapping modern motherhood. In: ESRC Research Seminar Series: Cross Cultural and Interdisciplinary Issues in Research on Motherhoods, Markets and Consumption, 16 Jan 2009, Keele University.

Kehily, M. J. and Thomson, R. (2009). Troubling reflexivity: The identity flows of teachers becoming mothers. In: Gender and Education International Conference: 'Gender: Regulation and Resistance in Education', 25-27 Mar 2009, Institute of Education, University of London.

Hadfield, Lucy; Kehily, Mary Jane; Thomson, Rachel and Sharpe, Sue (2009). Acting up and acting out: encountering children in a longitudinal study of mothering. In: 9th Conference of the European Sociological Association: European society or European societies, 2-5 Sep 2009, Lisbon, Portugal.

Thomson, R. and Kehily, M. J. (2008). Maternal subjectivities over time: The reconfiguration of generational and biographical resources. In: Subjectivity Conference: International Conference in Critical Psychology, 27-29 Jun 2008, Cardiff University.

Thomson, Rachel and Hadfield, Lucy (2008). Creating case histories: subjects, selves and family dynamics. In: Health and Social Care Real Life Methods Seminar, 7 Oct 2008, Open University, Milton Keynes.

Thomson, R.; Kehily, M. J. and Hadfield, L. (2005). The making of modern motherhoods. In: British Sociological Association Family Studies Group Conference: Time Space and Family Practices, 14-15 Jan 2005, Keele University, UK.

Thomson, R. and Kehily, M. J. (2005). Thinking intergenerationally. In: 7th Conference of European Sociological Association: Rethinking Inequalities, 9-12 Sep 2005, Torun, Poland.