Michael P. Johnson

Michael P. Johnson
Born	Michael Paul Johnson December 20, 1942
Website	www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/m/p/mpj/MPJ/Welcome.html
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Michigan
Thesis title	Power relations and processes of person perception
Thesis year	1974
Academic work
Institutions	Pennsylvania State University
Main interests	Domestic violence
Notable works	A Typology of Domestic Violence: Intimate Terrorism, Violent Resistance, and Situational Couple Violence
Notable ideas	Johnson's Typology

Michael Paul Johnson^[1] (born December 20, 1942)^[2] is emeritus professor of sociology, women's studies and African and African American studies at Penn State,^[3] having taught there for over thirty years^[4] and where he developed his typology (Johnson's Typology) for describing intimate partner violence (IPV).^[5]

Johnson is an "internationally recognized expert on domestic violence"^[6] and travels the world giving lectures and talks on the subject.^[4] He is also a prior member of the editorial boards of the Journal of Family Theory and Review^[7] and the Journal of Marriage and Family.

Education

Johnson gained his degree in sociology from Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois (1965),^[8] his MA in sociology from the University of Iowa (1969),^[9] and his PhD in sociology from University of Michigan (1974).^[1]

PAIR project

In 1981 a long-term study of courtship and marriage of 168 couples was implemented by Ted Huston.^[10] The project began at Penn State and was intended to last through the first two and a half years of marriage, but it was extended and extra waves of data were collected. In 1985 the project transferred to the University of Texas at Austin and a follow-up set of interviews with the participants took place in 1991.^[11] Johnson has been a collaborator on the PAIR project since its early days, with a particular interest in 'conceptions of commitment'.^[12]

Johnson's typology

External video

Lecture by Michael P. Johnson

Types of Domestic Violence: Research Evidence via YouTube[13]

Johnson argues that there are four major types of intimate partner violence,^[5][14] a finding supported by some^[15] but rejected by others.^[16] The types of violence identified by Johnson are:

1. Situational couple violence (SCV).^[15]
2. Intimate terrorism (IT).^[15][17]
3. Violent resistance (VR).^[15]
4. Mutual violent control (MVC): Johnson describes this as a couple who "could be viewed as two intimate terrorists battling for control".^[15]

View on feminism

Johnson describes his definition of feminism as:

“

You're a feminist if you believe that (1) men are privileged relative to women, (2) that's not right, and (3) you're going to do something about it, even if it's only in your personal life.

”

He goes on to add, "I have been fortunate to be able to devote myself to this goal in both my personal and professional lives."^[18][19]

Personal life

Johnson is retired and living in the foothills of the Appalachians with his partner Maureen; he also has two children and a grandchild. He enjoys music, reading (particularly Robert B. Parker), hiking and birding.^[20]

Bibliography

Thesis

• Johnson, Michael P. (1969). Courtship and commitment: a study of cohabitation on a university campus (MA thesis). University of Iowa. OCLC 64678496.
• Johnson, Michael P. (1974). Power relations and processes of person perception (PhD thesis). University of Michigan. OCLC 68283273.

Books

• Johnson, Michael P. (2008). A typology of domestic violence: Intimate terrorism, violent resistance, and situational couple violence. Boston Hanover, New Hampshire: Northeastern University Press. ISBN 9781555536947.

Chapters in books

• Johnson, Michael P. (1981), "Social and cognitive features of the dissolution of commitment to relationships", in Duck, Steve, Personal relationships, London New York: Academic Press, pp. 51–73, ISBN 9780122228049.
• Johnson, Michael P. (1991), "Commitment to personal relationships", in Jones, Warren H.; Perlman, Daniel, Advances in personal relationships, volume 3, London: Jessica Kingsley, pp. 117–143, ISBN 9781853020780. With comments from Levinger and Rusbult, plus a reply from Johnson. Pdf.
• Johnson, Michael P. (1995), "Commitment", in Levinson, David, Encyclopedia of marriage and the family, New York London: Macmillan Library Reference USA Simon & Schuster and Prentice Hall International, pp. 121–125, ISBN 9780028972374.
• Johnson, Michael P. (1995), "Violence against women in the family in Vietnam and the United States", in Quy, Bui Thi Kim, The family and the status of women, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam: Center for Women's Studies, Institute for Social Research.
• Johnson, Michael P. (1996), "Violence against women in the family: the United States and Vietnam", in Barry, Kathleen, Vietnam's women in transition, International Political Economy Series, New York, New York: St. Martin's Press, pp. 287–296, ISBN 9780333646694.
• Johnson, Michael P. (1999), "Personal, moral and structural commitment to relationships: experiences of choice and constraint", in Jones, Warren H.; Adams, Jeffrey M., Handbook of interpersonal commitment and relationship stability, New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum, ISBN 9780306461484. Pdf.
• Klein, Renate; Johnson, Michael P. (2000), "Strategies of couple conflict", in Milardo, Robert M.; Duck, Steve, Families as relationships, Chichester New York: Wiley, pp. 79–97, ISBN 9780471491521.
• Johnson, Michael P. (2001), "Conflict and control: images of symmetry and asymmetry in domestic violence", in Booth, Alan; Crouter, Ann C.; Clements, Mari, Couples in conflict, Mahwah, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum, pp. 95–104, ISBN 9781410600134. Pdf.
• Johnson, Michael P. (2006), "Violence and abuse in personal relationships: conflict, terror, and resistance in intimate partnerships", in Vangelisti, Anita; Perlman, Daniel, The Cambridge handbook of personal relationships, Cambridge New York: Cambridge University Press, pp. 557–576, ISBN 9780521533591. Word doc.
• Johnson, Michael P. (2006), "Gendered communication and intimate partner violence", in Dow, Bonnie; Wood, Julie T., The SAGE handbook of gender and communication, Thousand Oaks, California: Sage, pp. 71–87, ISBN 9781412904230. Word doc.
• Johnson, Michael P. (2002), "Domestic violence: the intersection of gender and control", in Cherlin, Andrew J., Public & private families: an introduction, Boston: McGraw-Hill College, ISBN 9780072405446. Word doc.
• Johnson, Michael P. (2007), "Domestic violence: the intersection of gender and control", in O'Toole, Laura L.; Schiffman, Jessica R.; Kiter Edwards, Margie L., Gender violence: interdisciplinary perspectives (2nd ed.), New York: New York University Press, pp. 257–268, ISBN 9780814762103. Word doc.
• Johnson, Michael P. (2009), "Differentiating among types of domestic violence: implications for healthy marriages", in Peters, H. Elizabeth; Kamp Dush, Claire M., Marriage and family perspectives and complexities, New York: Columbia University Press, pp. 281–297, ISBN 9780231520027. Pdf.
• Hardesty, Jennifer L.; Haselschwerdt, Megan L.; Johnson, Michael P. (2012), "Domestic violence and child custody", in Kuehnle, Kathryn; Drozd, Leslie, Parenting plan evaluations: applied research for the family court, New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 442–475, ISBN 9780199921256. Pdf.
• Johnson, Michael P. (2014), "Distinguishing among types of intimate partner violence: intimate terrorism, violent resistance, and situational couple violence", in Rinfret-Raynor, Maryse; Lesieux, Élisabeth; Cousineau, Marie-Marthe; Gauthier, Sonia; Harper, H. Elizabeth, Violences envers les femmes: réalités complexes et nouveaux enjeux dans un monde en transformation [Violence against women: complex realities and new issues in a changing world], Québec, Québec Ottawa, Ontario: Presses de l'Université du Québec, Canadian Electronic Library, pp. 15–31, ISBN 9782760539150. Word doc.

Journal articles

• Johnson, Michael P. (June 1973). "Commitment: a conceptual structure and empirical application". The Sociological Quarterly. Wiley. 14 (3): 395–406. doi:10.1111/j.1533-8525.1973.tb00868.x. JSTOR 4105686. Pdf.
• Blair, Sampson L.; Johnson, Michael P. (August 1992). "Wives' perceptions of the fairness of the division of household labor: the intersection of housework and ideology". Journal of Marriage and Family. Wiley for the National Council on Family Relations. 54 (3): 570–581. doi:10.2307/353243. JSTOR 353243.
• Johnson, Michael P.; Huston, Ted L.; Gaines, Jr., Stanley O.; Levinger, George (August 1992). "Patterns of married life among young couples". Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. Sage. 9 (3): 343–364. doi:10.1177/0265407592093002.
• Johnson, Michael P.; Johnson, J.R. (December 1994). "Migration of undocumented aliens to Pennsylvania". Globehead!: the journal of extreme geography. State College, Pennsylvania. 1: 30–31. ISSN 1074-9950. (A satirical regression.)
• Johnson, Michael P. (May 1995). "Patriarchal terrorism and common couple violence: two forms of violence against women". Journal of Marriage and Family. Wiley for the National Council on Family Relations. 57 (2): 283–294. doi:10.2307/353683. JSTOR 353683. Pdf.
• Johnson, Michael P.; Caughlin, John P.; Huston, Ted L. (February 1999). "The tripartite nature of marital commitment: personal, moral, and structural reasons to stay married". Journal of Marriage and Family. Wiley for the National Council on Family Relations. 61 (1): 160–177. doi:10.2307/353891. JSTOR 353891. Pdf.
• Johnson, Michael P.; Ferraro, Kathleen J. (November 2000). "Research on domestic violence in the 1990s: making distinctions". Journal of Marriage and Family. Wiley for the National Council on Family Relations. 62 (4): 948–963. doi:10.1111/j.1741-3737.2000.00948.x. JSTOR 1566718. Pdf.
• Johnson, Michael P. (January 2001). "Reviewed work The Violences of Men: How Men Talk about and How Agencies Respond to Men's Violence to Women by Jeff Hearn". Contemporary Sociology. American Sociological Association via JSTOR. 30 (1): 26–27. JSTOR 2654326.
• Kapinus, Carolyn A.; Johnson, Michael P. (May 2002). "Personal, moral, and structural commitment to marriage: gender and the effects of family life cycle stage". Sociological Focus. Taylor and Francis. 35 (2): 189–205. doi:10.1080/00380237.2002.10570697. JSTOR 20832162.
• Kapinus, Carolyn A.; Johnson, Michael P. (March 2003). "The utility of family life cycle as a theoretical and empirical tool: commitment and family life-cycle stage". Journal of Family Issues. Sage. 24 (2): 155–184. doi:10.1177/0192513X02250135. Pdf.
• Leone, Janel M.; Johnson, Michael P.; Cohan, Catherine L.; Lloyd, Susan E. (May 2004). "Consequences of male partner violence for low-income minority women". Journal of Marriage and Family. National Council on Family Relations via JSTOR. 66 (2): 472–490. JSTOR 3599849. Pdf.
• Johnson, Michael P.; Leone, Janel M. (April 2005). "The differential effects of intimate terrorism and situational couple violence: Findings from the National Violence Against Women Survey". Journal of Family Issues. Sage. 26 (3): 322–349. doi:10.1177/0192513X04270345. Pdf.
• Johnson, Michael P. (December 2005). "Domestic violence: it's not about gender--or is it?". Journal of Marriage and Family. Wiley for the National Council on Family Relations. 67 (5): 1126–1130. doi:10.1111/j.1741-3737.2005.00204.x. JSTOR 3600300. Pdf.

Also see: Holtzworth-Munroe, Amy (December 2005). "Male versus female intimate partner violence: putting controversial findings into context". Journal of Marriage and Family. Wiley for the National Council on Family Relations. 67 (5): 1120–1125. doi:10.1111/j.1741-3737.2005.00203.x. JSTOR 3600299. Pdf.

• Johnson, Michael P. (January 2006). "Apples and oranges in child custody disputes: intimate terrorism vs. situational couple violence". Journal of Child Custody. Taylor and Francis. 2 (4): 43–52. doi:10.1300/J190v02n04_03. Word doc.

A response to: Dutton, Donald G. (January 2006). "Domestic abuse assessment in child custody disputes: beware the domestic violence research paradigm". Journal of Child Custody. Taylor and Francis. 2 (4): 23–42. doi:10.1300/J190v02n04_02. Word doc.

• Johnson, Michael P. (November 2006). "Conflict and control: gender symmetry and asymmetry in domestic violence". Violence Against Women. Sage. 12 (11): 1003–1018. doi:10.1177/1077801206293328. PMID 17043363. Pdf.
• Leone, Janel M.; Johnson, Michael P.; Cohan, Catherine L. (December 2007). "Victim help seeking: differences between intimate terrorism and situational couple violence". Family Relations. Wiley for the National Council on Family Relations. 56 (5): 427–439. doi:10.1111/j.1741-3729.2007.00471.x. Pdf.
• Kelly, Joan B.; Johnson, Michael P. (July 2008). "Differentiation among types of intimate partner violence: research update and implications for interventions". Family Court Review. Wiley for the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts. 46 (3): 476–499. doi:10.1111/j.1744-1617.2008.00215.x. Pdf.
• Johnson, Michael P. (February 2010). "Langhinrichsen-Rolling's confirmation of the feminist analysis of intimate partner violence: comment on "Controversies Involving Gender and Intimate Partner Violence in the United States"". Sex Roles. Springer. 62 (3–4): 212–219. doi:10.1007/s11199-009-9697-2. Pdf.

A response to: Langhinrichsen-Rohling, Jennifer (February 2010). "Controversies involving gender and intimate partner violence in the United States". Sex Roles. Springer. 62 (3–4): 179–193. doi:10.1007/s11199-009-9628-2.

Erratum: Johnson, Michael P. (February 2010). "Erratum to: Langhinrichsen-Rolling's confirmation of the feminist analysis of intimate partner violence: comment on "Controversies Involving Gender and Intimate Partner Violence in the United States"". Sex Roles. Springer. 62 (3–4): 220. doi:10.1007/s11199-010-9767-5.

• Johnson, Michael P. (July–August 2011). "Gender and types of intimate partner violence: a response to an anti-feminist literature review". Aggression and Violent Behavior special issue, Current Controversies on the Role of Gender in Partner Violence. Elsevier. 16 (4): 289–296. doi:10.1016/j.avb.2011.04.006. Pdf.
• Johnson, Michael P.; Leone, Janel M.; Xu, Yili (February 2014). "Intimate terrorism and situational couple violence in general surveys: ex-spouses required". Violence Against Women. Sage. 20 (2): 186–207. doi:10.1177/1077801214521324. Pdf.
• Hardesty, Jennifer L.; Crossman, Kimberly A.; Haselschwerdt, Megan L.; Raffaelli, Marcela; Ogolsky, Brian G.; Johnson, Michael P. (August 2015). "Toward a standard approach to operationalizing coercive control and classifying violence types". Journal of Marriage and Family. Wiley for the National Council on Family Relations. 77 (4): 833–843. doi:10.1111/jomf.12201. Pdf.

Papers

• Derrington, Rachel; Johnson, Michael P.; Menard, Anne; Ooms, Theodora; Stanley, Scott (April 2010). Making distinctions among different types of intimate partner violence: a preliminary guide. National Healthy Marriage Resource Center (NHMRC) and the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence. Pdf.

Book reviews

• Johnson, Michael P. (January 2004). "Reviewed work The Violences of Men: How Men Talk about and How Agencies Respond to Men's Violence to Women by Jeff Hearn". Contemporary Sociology. 30 (1): 26–27 for the American Sociological Association. JSTOR 2654326.

Review of: Hearn, Jeff (1998). The violences of men: how men talk about and how agencies respond to men's violence to women. London. ISBN 9780803979406.

• Johnson, Michael P. (April 2003). "Review of Home Truths about Domestic Violence: Feminist Influences on Policy and Practice". Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. Sage. 20 (2): 263. doi:10.1177/02654075030202010.

Review of: Hanmer, Jalna; Itzin, Catherine (2000). Home truths about domestic violence: feminist influences on policy and practice: a reader. London New York: Routledge. ISBN 9780415241564.

• Johnson, Michael P. (January 2004). "Reviewed work Restorative Justice and Family Violence by Heather Strang, John Braithwaite". Contemporary Sociology. Sage for the American Sociological Association. 33 (1): 96–98. doi:10.1177/009430610403300166. JSTOR 3593640.

Review of: Strang, Heather; Adams, Jeffrey (1999). Handbook of interpersonal commitment and relationship stability. New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum. ISBN 9780306461484.

• Johnson, Michael P. (May–June 2004). "Reviewed work Fleeing the House of Horrors: Women Who Have Left Abusive Partners by Aysan Sev'er". Canadian Journal of Sociology Online. University of Alberta. 41 (1): 116–117. Archived from the original on March 9, 2005. Pdf.

Review of: Sevʼer, Aysan (2002). Fleeing the house of horrors women who have left abusive partners. Toronto, Ontario: University of Toronto Press. ISBN 9781282023260.

• Johnson, Michael P. (August 2010). "Reviewed work: Battle Cries: Black Women and Intimate Partner Abuse by Hillary Potter". Journal of Marriage and Family. Wiley for the National Council on Family Relations. 72 (4): 1034–1036. doi:10.1111/j.1741-3737.2010.00747.x. Pdf.

Review of: Potter, Hillary (2008). Battle cries Black women and intimate partner abuse. New York: New York University Press. ISBN 9780814768471.

Further reading

Interview

• Ooms, Theodora (2006). A sociologist's perspective on domestic violence: a conversation with Michael Johnson, PhD (pdf). Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP).

Johnson's Typology

• Bates, Elizabeth A.; Graham-Kevan, Nicola; Archer, John (January 2014). "Testing predictions from the male control theory of men's partner violence". Aggressive Behavior. Wiley. 40 (1): 42–55. doi:10.1002/ab.21499. PMID 23878077.
• Graham-Kevan, Nicola; Archer, John (November 2003). "Intimate terrorism and common couple violence: a test of Johnson's predictions in four British samples". Journal of Interpersonal Violence. Sage. 18 (11): 1247–1270. doi:10.1177/0886260503256656. PMID 19774764.
• Hamberger, L. Kevin; Lohr, Jeffrey M.; Bonge, Dennis; Tolin, David F. (Winter 1996). "A large sample empirical typology of male spouse abusers and its relationship to dimensions of abuse". Violence & Victims. Springer. 11 (4): 277–292. PMID 9210273.
• Holtzworth-Munroe, Amy; Meehan, Jeffrey C.; Herron, Katherine; Rehman, Uzma; Stuart, Gregory L. (December 2000). "Testing the Holtzworth-Munroe and Stuart (1994) batterer typology". Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. American Psychological Association via PsycNET. 68 (6): 1000–1019. doi:10.1037/0022-006x.68.6.1000. PMID 11142534.
• Jacobson, Neil; Gottman, John M. (1998). When men batter women: new insights into ending abusive relationships. New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 9781416551331.
• Nicolson, Paula (2010), "What is domestic abuse?", in Nicolson, Paula, Domestic violence and psychology: a critical perspective, London New York: Taylor and Francis, p. 40, ISBN 9781136698613. Preview.
• Rosen, Karen H.; Stith, Edd Sandra M.; Few, April L.; Daly, Kathryn L.; Tritt, Dari R. (2005). "A qualitative investigation of Johnson's typology". Violence & Victims. Springer. 20 (3): 319–334. doi:10.1891/vivi.20.3.319. PMID 16180370.

References

1. Johnson, Michael P. (1974). Power relations and processes of person perception (PhD thesis). University of Michigan. OCLC 68283273.
2. "Johnson, Michael P., 1942-". Library of Congress. Retrieved 23 November 2015. (b. Dec. 20, 1942)
3. Staff writer (2012). "2012 News: Women's Refuge Conference 2012 Different kinds of domestic violence need a different response, argues USA academic – 17 October 2012". womensrefuge.org.nz. Women's Refuge New Zealand. Retrieved 10 January 2016. Pdf of conference flyer.
4. Staff writer (19 February 2014). "Intimate terrorism explained at US experts domestic violence lecture". gcu.ac.uk. Glasgow School for Business and Society, Glasgow Caledonian University. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
5. Staff writer. "Johnson's IPV Typology". intimatepartnerviolence.150m.com. Intimate Partner Violence ...toward a fuller understanding of male and homosexual victims. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
6. Chris Laidlaw (presenter) and Michael P. Johnson (guest) (28 October 2012). Sunday Morning (mp3) (Radio). New Zealand: RNZ National. Retrieved 10 January 2016. 15:39
7. "Editorial board: Journal of Family Theory and Review". Wiley. Archived from the original on 27 June 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
8. Johnson, Michael P. (August 2015). "Michael P. Johnson". psu.edu. Pennsylvania State University. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
9. Johnson, Michael P. (1969). Courtship and commitment: a study of cohabitation on a university campus (MA thesis). University of Iowa. OCLC 64678496.
10. Staff writer. "Welcome to the PAIR project". utexas.edu. University of Texas at Austin. Archived from the original on 29 October 2004. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
11. Staff writer. "A biographical sketch of the PAIR project". utexas.edu. University of Texas at Austin. Archived from the original on 24 October 2004. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
12. Johnson, Michael P. "Michael P. Johnson". utexas.edu. University of Texas at Austin. Archived from the original on 23 October 2004. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
13. Terje Knutheim (konferanseleder / conference leader) and Michael P. Johnson (speaker) (September 2012). Types of Domestic Violence: Research Evidence (Video). Norway: forebygging.no via YouTube. Retrieved 10 January 2016. 1:09:09 Presented at Third Nordic Conference on Barnet og Rusen. Sandefjord, Norway.
14. Johnson, Michael P. (November 2006). "Conflict and control: gender symmetry and asymmetry in domestic violence". Violence Against Women. Sage. 12 (11): 1003–1018. doi:10.1177/1077801206293328. PMID 17043363. Pdf.
15. Nicolson, Paula (2010), "What is domestic abuse?", in Nicolson, Paula, Domestic violence and psychology: a critical perspective, London New York: Taylor & Francis, p. 40, ISBN 9781136698613. Preview.
16. Bates, Elizabeth A.; Graham-Kevan, Nicola; Archer, John (January 2014). "Testing predictions from the male control theory of men's partner violence". Aggressive Behavior. Wiley. 40 (1): 42–55. doi:10.1002/ab.21499. PMID 23878077.
17. Johnson, Michael P.; Ferraro, Kathleen J. (November 2000). "Research on domestic violence in the 1990s: making distinctions". Journal of Marriage and Family. Wiley for the National Council on Family Relations. 62 (4): 948–963. doi:10.1111/j.1741-3737.2000.00948.x. JSTOR 1566718.
18. Johnson, Michael P. "We haven't reached post-feminism yet" (PDF). Feminist Perspectives. p. 9. Archived from the original (pdf) on July 13, 2014.
19. "Michael P. Johnson: welcome". psu.edu. Pennsylvania State University. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
20. "Michael P. Johnson: personal". psu.edu. Pennsylvania State University. Retrieved 10 January 2016.

External links

• Michael P. Johnson's website.