Department of Sociology & Crime, Law and Justice
Department of Sociology & Crime, Law and Justice
211 Oswald Tower
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA 16802
Phone: 814-865-2527
Fax: 814-863-7216
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David Johnson
Professor of Sociology and Human Development and Family Studies
Director, Survey Research Center 327A Pond Laboratory |
EDUCATION
Ph.D., in Sociology, Vanderbilt University, 1972
RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS
Areas: Survey research methods; quantitative methodology, family, mental health
Current research interests included marital quality over the life course; analysis of longitudinal panel data; community effects on child neglect; help-seeking for mental disorders; social factors in infertility; and hormones and family behavior. Teaching interests include survey research methods, quantitative methodology, family, and mental health.
PROFESSIONAL AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
Editorial Board Journal of Marriage and the Family 1985-currently
Investigator on the Marital Instability over the Life Course project (Alan Booth, PI) funded by NIA and other agencies from 1980 – 2002.
Principal investigator on “Rural-Urban Comparison of the Help-Seeking Process” funded by NIMH from 1994-1999
Principal investigator on “The Community Context of Rural and Urban Child Neglect” funded by NIMH 2001-2005.
University of Nebraska Distinguished Teaching Award 1989.
Rueben Hill Award for 2002 from National Council on Family Relations (for best article in 2001 combining theory and empirical research in the family)
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2002 Johnson, David R., & Jian Wu. AAn empirical test of crisis, social selection, and role explanations of the relationship between marital disruption and psychological distress: a pooled time-series analysis of four-wave panel data, Journal of Marriage and the Family , 64:211-224.
2001 Vanlaningham, Jody, David R. Johnson, & Paul Amato. AMarital happiness, marital duration, and the U-shaped curve: evidence from a five-wave panel study,@ Social Forces, 79:1313-1342
1999 Booth, Alan, Johnson, David. R., & Granger, Douglas A. ATestosterone and men=s depression: The role of social behavior.@ Journal of Health and Social Behavior. 40 (June).
1998 Johnson, David R. & Elliott, Lisa. ASampling Design Effects: Do They Affect the Analyses of Data from the National Survey of Families and Households (NSFH)? Journal of Marriage and the Family. 60:993-1001.
1998 Johnson, David R. , & Booth, Alan. AIs marital quality a product of the dyadic environment or individual factors? Panel evidence from individuals in successive marriages,@ Social Forces. 76:883-904.
1995 Johnson, David R. & Scheuble, Laurie K. "Marital naming in two generations: A national study," Journal of Marriage and the Family. 57 (August).
1995 Johnson, David R. "Alternative methods for the quantitative analysis of panel data in family research: Pooled time-series models," Journal of Marriage and the Family. 57:1065-1077.
1994 Ortega, Suzanne, Johnson, David R., Beeson, Peter, & Craft, Betty. "The farm crisis and mental health: A longitudinal study of the 1980's," Rural Sociology. 59(4): 598-619.
1992 Johnson, David R., Amoloza, Theodora, & Booth, Alan. "Stability and developmental change in marital quality: a three-wave panel analysis," Journal of Marriage and the Family. 54(3).
1991 Booth, Alan, Johnson, David R., & Edwards, John. "Social integration and divorce," Social Forces 70 (1):207-224.
1991 Johnson, David R., & Scheuble, Laurie K. "Gender bias in the disposition of juvenile court referrals: The effects of time and location," Criminology 29(4): 677-699.