A qualitative investigation of Johnson's typology.
The couple typology described by Johnson and Ferraro (2000) provided the framework for this analysis of narrative accounts of couples in violent heterosexual relationships. Participants were 15 bidirectionally violent couples who were interviewed separately for about 1 hour each. Modified analytic induction guided the analyses. We categorized the violence in the relationships of these 15 couples in the following ways: 11 were categorized as "common couple" violence; two as "violent resistance"; one as "mutual violent control"; and one couple was categorized as what we named "pseudo-intimate terrorism." We present rich descriptions of each category and motivations for and impacts of aggressive behavior as well as our rationale for classifying couples the way we did. Implications for intervention and future research are discussed.
Rosen
Karen H
KH
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Falls Church, VA 22043-2311, USA.
Stith
Sandra M
SM
Few
April L
AL
Daly
Kathryn L
KL
Tritt
Dari R
DR
D000328:Adult; D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005260:Female; D020010:Heterosexuality / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008960:Models, Psychological; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000145:classification / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014768:Virginia