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Abstract
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Johnson's typology of intimate partner violence, first published in 1995, intended to resolve the gender symmetry debate and alter the way scholars studied intimate partner violence. This scoping review explores the empirical reach of Johnson's typology over 25 years.
Methods
Articles were identified through searches of four databases and were included if they were an empirical journal article with Johnson's typology central to the analysis (n = 82) and published between 1996 and 2020.
Results
Empirical work reached its highest points in 2014 and 2016, with 10 articles published each year, but has since declined. The mean number of articles published per year is less than four (M = 3.28). Authorship appears to have diffused well, as there were 56 different lead authors of the 82 articles, and no one author contributed to more than 10% of the empirical work. Articles appeared in 37 journals and were heavily concentrated in journals on interpersonal violence and in the disciplines of Family Studies and Psychology.
Conclusions
Empirical engagement with Johnson's typology is modest yet extends across a large number of independent authors and appears in journals across multiple disciplines. It is not clear why there has not been more empirical engagement given the widespread and increasing citation of Johnson's work, but perhaps this is part of the reason why the typology has not ended the gender symmetry debate. Moving forward requires better understanding of why intimate partner violence researchers often choose not to empirically test Johnson's typology.
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