Amy Johnson
Biographic Data
| ID | 3640308 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Amy Johnson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Amy |
| FAMILY NAME | Johnson |
| SIGNATURE | JOHNSON A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Central Queensland University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4228-6265 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 35 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 40 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 35 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1956 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Promises and Pitfalls of Crafting Coherence Around a District-Wide Vision for Equity-Centered Instruction
Although ample scholarship has examined the coherence of district-level instructional systems, the literature pays limited attention to crafting coherence around district visions for equitable instruction. In this multiple case study, we use interviews, documents, and observations to examine four districts’ efforts to craft coherence around a shared vision for equitable mathematics. We found that in only one district did district and school leade…
How the Covid-19 lockdowns influenced journalists to change the way they react to online and digitally enhanced dangerous and fake content
The COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns prompted the elevation of technology facilitated online and digital resources as vital mainstays for journalists to conduct their professional duties. The pivot towards digital and online resources, already in motion within the journalism industry, was accelerated by the changes to work and life patterns in the wake of the pandemic. The same reliance correspondingly increased the exposure journalists experience to …
How to Be a Military Spouse: Short-Form Video and the New Genre of Wife Content
Military spouses have frequently turned to social media platforms to navigate the complexities of military life. As civilians who are connected to, but not formally part of, the military, they experience many of the impacts of service and can feel unseen and unsupported. This paper draws on a qualitative analysis of TikTok and Instagram content produced by military spouses to reveal how this social media content serves as both a performative spac…
Social and emotional wellbeing of children from Australian military families: Insight from early childhood educators
During their careers, many Australian early childhood educators will teach children from military and veteran families; one in 20 households includes someone with military experience. Children from these families are impacted by the stressors of military family life, including frequent relocations, parental absences, and potential parental injuries. This mixed‐methods study explored the perceptions of 27 educators about supporting young children …
Young children's understanding of military family life: Co‐creating educational and therapeutic resources using children's voices
Young children from military families often struggle to comprehend the changes occurring within their households due to parental training and deployment. This paper (a) presents children's understandings of their experiences in Australian military families in a study, and then (b) provides an example of how we used children's voices to co‐create free psychosocial resources to better support this cohort, which can be employed by those working with…
Strengthening and supporting parent–child relationships through digital technology: Benefits and challenges
Adapting the Advance group program for digitally-supported delivery to reduce intimate partner violence by men in substance use treatment: A feasibility study
The digitally-supported delivery of ADVANCE-D was feasible and acceptable. Remote delivery has applicability post-pandemic, providing greater flexibility and access. Given the small sample size and study design, we do not know if reductions in IPV were due to ADVANCE-D, time, participant factors, or chance. More research is needed before conclusions can be made about the efficacy of ADVANCE-D
Determining consistency in the attitudes and actions of providers of animal-assisted services regarding their alignment with standards and ethical practice
The current mixed methods study sought to investigate the actual as well as the perceived practices and alignment with animal-assisted interventions (AAI) ethics and standards of mental health practitioners that partner with an animal in their practice. While the quantitative findings suggested awareness and integration of standards and ethical practice, the qualitative results painted a somewhat different picture. Qualitative findings suggest a …
Direct and indirect links between children’s socio-economic status and education: Pathways via mental health, attitude, and cognition
A child’s socio-economic environment can profoundly affect their development. While existing literature focusses on simplified metrics and pair-wise relations between few variables, we aimed to capture complex interrelationships between several relevant domains using a broad assessment of 519 children aged 7–9 years. Our analyses comprised three multivariate techniques that complimented each other, and worked at different levels of granularity. F…
Pit bulls and prejudice
Settler Sensibilities and Environmental Change
Malaria eradication arrived in Nepal in the 1950s as part of a global initiative to make malarial landscapes available for land reclamation and universal settlement. This article situates period reports from World Health Organization personnel involved in the Nepal Malaria Eradication Organization alongside testimonies from two malaria eradication workers from the country's Farwestern Tarai region to disentangle the socioecological and political …
Avoidant Attachment Mediates Cultural Differences in Likelihood to Surrender Pets
Across two studies, pet owners residing in Western and Eastern countries completed surveys documenting their experiences with a particular pet and their likelihood of surrendering that pet in the future. In study 1, we targeted dog owners from the USA, Pakistan, and Hong Kong (n = 266). In study 2, we targeted both dog and cat owners from the same countries, as well as the UK, Canada, and the Netherlands (n = 236). Results were largely replicated…
Substance Use and Intimate Partner Abuse (IPA): A Descriptive Model of the Pathways Between Substance Use and IPA Perpetration for Men
Intimate partner abuse (IPA) is a pervasive public health and human rights issue disproportionately affecting women. There is a complex link between IPA and substance use; substance use can increase both the frequency and severity of IPA. Pathway models have been applied to explore heterogeneous trajectories into other behaviours and to identify areas for intervention. This approach has not previously been applied in the area of substance use and…
The Implementation of Whole-School Approaches to Transform Mental Health in UK Schools: A Realist Evaluation Protocol
Evidence suggests that mental health interventions are more effective when they consider the whole context of schools; addressing the needs of all students, their families, and staff; otherwise known as a whole-school approach (WSA). The UK Government is piloting WSAs to transform mental health and wellbeing by locating educational mental health practitioners in educational settings across England. This study aims to develop a 'bottom-up' underst…
Archetype Profiles of Military Spouses in Australia-Identifying Perfect Partners and Mean Girls
Military spouses are situated at the junction of the military and civilian worlds. They provide necessary support to military strategic and operational objectives and are also expected to perform a traditional spousal role of the 'good' military wife. This article demonstrates the existence of strong military partner archetypes which guide military community norms and expectations of spousal behaviour. In 14 qualitative interviews and five focus …
Interventions to Reduce Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration by Men Who Use Substances: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Efficacy
A systematic review of quantitative studies capturing measures of psychological and mental health for Gay and Lesbian individuals of faith
Advance integrated group intervention to address both substance use and intimate partner abuse perpetration by men in substance use treatment: A feasibility randomised controlled trial
ISRCTN79435190 prospectively registered 22nd May 2018
Scoping Review: Ethical Considerations in Online Ethnographic Research With Military Populations
Researchers using online ethnographic methods to study military communities must employ higher standards of ethical practice. Military populations may face significant risk if reidentified in research. These requirements are especially salient for online data collection. This review questions how and to what extent military online ethnographers are addressing ethics considerations. We charted evidence from seven military studies using an online e…
Removing the Mask: Trust, Privacy and Self-protection in Closed, Female-focused Facebook Groups
Facebook groups are spaces where women form communities and share their lived experiences. These peer-created and peer-moderated groups have 'closed' security settings, indicating that interactions within the group are to be considered private. They attract membership from women who desire safe, 'trusted', gender-specific spaces, though as this article demonstrates, these perceived 'safe spaces' are often fraught with difficulties. This article c…
The Challenges of Conducting Qualitative Research on "couples" in Abusive Intimate Partner Relationships Involving Substance Use
Undertaking qualitative dyad or couple interviews involving intimate partner abuse and substance use presents considerable ethical, safeguarding, and theoretical challenges throughout the research process from recruitment to conducting interviews and analysis. These challenges and how they were managed are outlined using the experience from a qualitative study of 14 heterosexual "couples" that explored the complex interplay between intimate partn…
Evaluating the Impact of In-Home Behavioral Health Services on Housing First Residents' Emergency Room and Inpatient Utilization
Individuals experiencing chronic homelessness are highly marginalized and frequently access acute healthcare services. This program evaluation used secondary data collected from adults experiencing chronic homelessness (n=133) who participated in a Housing First program offering in-home behavioral health services within a large Midwestern city. Participant demographics (e.g., gender, race, age) and data on health factors (e.g., substance misuse a…
Language, The Internet, and Digital Communication
Following the global proliferation of technologies of digital communication, linguistic anthropologists have investigated the associated signifying practices. Such practices intimately intertwine with sociotechnical systems: devices and programming architecture are designed to support particular communicative practices, and communicative practices are shaped by devices and architecture. Prominent linguistic anthropological approaches to digital c…
A systematic review of qualitative studies capturing the subjective experiences of Gay and Lesbian individuals’ of faith or religious affiliation
Club Fit: Development of a Physical Activity and Healthy Eating Intervention at a Boys & Girls Club After School Program
Exploring Factors That Underlie Racial/Ethnic Disparities in HIV Risk among Young Men Who Have Sex with Men
Removing the Mask: Trust, Privacy and Self-protection in Closed, Female-focused Facebook Groups
Facebook groups are spaces where women form communities and share their lived experiences. These peer-created and peer-moderated groups have 'closed' security settings, indicating that interactions within the group are to be considered private. They attract membership from women who desire safe, 'trusted', gender-specific spaces, though as this article demonstrates, these perceived 'safe spaces' are often fraught with difficulties. This article c…
The Dynamics of Domestic Abuse and Drug and Alcohol Dependency
This article elucidates the dynamics that occur in relationships where there have been both substance use and domestic abuse. It draws interpretively on in-depth qualitative interviews with male perpetrators and their current and former partners. These interviews were undertaken for the National Institute for Health Research-funded ADVANCE programme. The article’s analysis highlights the diverse ways in which domestic abuse by substance-using mal…
Settler Sensibilities and Environmental Change
Malaria eradication arrived in Nepal in the 1950s as part of a global initiative to make malarial landscapes available for land reclamation and universal settlement. This article situates period reports from World Health Organization personnel involved in the Nepal Malaria Eradication Organization alongside testimonies from two malaria eradication workers from the country's Farwestern Tarai region to disentangle the socioecological and political …
Scoping Review: Ethical Considerations in Online Ethnographic Research With Military Populations
Researchers using online ethnographic methods to study military communities must employ higher standards of ethical practice. Military populations may face significant risk if reidentified in research. These requirements are especially salient for online data collection. This review questions how and to what extent military online ethnographers are addressing ethics considerations. We charted evidence from seven military studies using an online e…
Avoidant Attachment Mediates Cultural Differences in Likelihood to Surrender Pets
Across two studies, pet owners residing in Western and Eastern countries completed surveys documenting their experiences with a particular pet and their likelihood of surrendering that pet in the future. In study 1, we targeted dog owners from the USA, Pakistan, and Hong Kong (n = 266). In study 2, we targeted both dog and cat owners from the same countries, as well as the UK, Canada, and the Netherlands (n = 236). Results were largely replicated…
Archetype Profiles of Military Spouses in Australia-Identifying Perfect Partners and Mean Girls
Military spouses are situated at the junction of the military and civilian worlds. They provide necessary support to military strategic and operational objectives and are also expected to perform a traditional spousal role of the 'good' military wife. This article demonstrates the existence of strong military partner archetypes which guide military community norms and expectations of spousal behaviour. In 14 qualitative interviews and five focus …
The Challenges of Conducting Qualitative Research on "couples" in Abusive Intimate Partner Relationships Involving Substance Use
Undertaking qualitative dyad or couple interviews involving intimate partner abuse and substance use presents considerable ethical, safeguarding, and theoretical challenges throughout the research process from recruitment to conducting interviews and analysis. These challenges and how they were managed are outlined using the experience from a qualitative study of 14 heterosexual "couples" that explored the complex interplay between intimate partn…
Decision Making About Nonparental Child Care by Fathers: What Is Important to Fathers in a Nonparental Child Care Program
While research exists on maternal preferences and decisions about child care, fathers are an underrepresented population in this literature. In an effort to fill this gap, this study examines the types of child care preferred, the level of involvement in the decision-making process, as well as the importance of certain characteristics of nonparental care in a sample of 130 fathers of children under the age of 6 years (6.2% of whom did not live wi…
The Implementation of Whole-School Approaches to Transform Mental Health in UK Schools: A Realist Evaluation Protocol
Evidence suggests that mental health interventions are more effective when they consider the whole context of schools; addressing the needs of all students, their families, and staff; otherwise known as a whole-school approach (WSA). The UK Government is piloting WSAs to transform mental health and wellbeing by locating educational mental health practitioners in educational settings across England. This study aims to develop a 'bottom-up' underst…
The Emotionally Disturbed Child
Reevaluating Frank Norris's Concept of Naturalism: The "Summer in Arcady" Review
Frank Norris, in the 25 July 18% issue of The Wave, wrote a telling review of James Lane Allen's Summer in Arcady: A Tale of Nature (18%), which must be taken into account in any definition of American Literary Naturalism, and particularly Norris's own. Popular conceptions have it that Norris's Naturalism was shaped either by the evolutionary theism espoused by his one-time professor at Berkeley, Joseph Le Conte, or by Zola's pessimistic determin…
Section II: Poster Sessions
African Americans experience the greatest amount of tobacco related health disparities. Recent tobacco control programs have not closed the gap in disparities for African Americans. This poster see~s to pr~vide a theoretical framework for addressing the health inequities in tobacco among African Americans usmg the work of critical race theorists Richard Delgado and Kimberlie Crenshaw. Critical race theory has been used predominately in the legal …
Exploring Factors That Underlie Racial/Ethnic Disparities in HIV Risk among Young Men Who Have Sex with Men
A Randomized Controlled Trial of Personalized Text Message Reminders to Promote Medication Adherence Among HIV-Positive Adolescents and Young Adults
Twitter and Public Scholarship
Additional informationNotes on contributorsAmy JohnsonAmy Johnson is a linguistic anthropologist and digital ethnographer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. A doctoral candidate in MIT’s HASTS program (History, Anthropology, and Science, Technology and Society), Amy investigates Twitter parody as a form of social critique coconstructed by users, policymakers, platform designers and commentators. She asks what mediated communities of un…
Agrarian Change and Agricultural Development
In the late nineteenth century evolutionary theories shaped anthropological thinking about society's development and the diffusion of innovations like agricultural production, which was framed as a natural progression from hunter‐gatherer lifeways. Cultural ecology models of the 1950s looked at functional relationships between the environment and adaptation, interpreting cultural traits as homeostatic systems that ensured equilibrium between peop…
Animal assisted therapy for incarcerated youth: A randomized controlled trial
Teacher's Pet, an animal assisted therapy (AAT) was assessed in a randomized controlled trial with incarcerated youth from two Midwestern United States detention facilities. The AAT was expected to increase empathy and reduce behavior problems. Participants trained dogs one hour, twice weekly for 10 weeks. A control group walked but did not train dogs for the same duration. Both groups attended one hour, twice weekly animal didactics. Of 138 part…
Decision Making About Nonparental Child Care by Fathers: What Is Important to Fathers in a Nonparental Child Care Program
While research exists on maternal preferences and decisions about child care, fathers are an underrepresented population in this literature. In an effort to fill this gap, this study examines the types of child care preferred, the level of involvement in the decision-making process, as well as the importance of certain characteristics of nonparental care in a sample of 130 fathers of children under the age of 6 years (6.2% of whom did not live wi…
The Dynamics of Domestic Abuse and Drug and Alcohol Dependency
This article elucidates the dynamics that occur in relationships where there have been both substance use and domestic abuse. It draws interpretively on in-depth qualitative interviews with male perpetrators and their current and former partners. These interviews were undertaken for the National Institute for Health Research-funded ADVANCE programme. The article’s analysis highlights the diverse ways in which domestic abuse by substance-using mal…
Language, The Internet, and Digital Communication
Following the global proliferation of technologies of digital communication, linguistic anthropologists have investigated the associated signifying practices. Such practices intimately intertwine with sociotechnical systems: devices and programming architecture are designed to support particular communicative practices, and communicative practices are shaped by devices and architecture. Prominent linguistic anthropological approaches to digital c…
A systematic review of qualitative studies capturing the subjective experiences of Gay and Lesbian individuals’ of faith or religious affiliation
Club Fit: Development of a Physical Activity and Healthy Eating Intervention at a Boys & Girls Club After School Program
Interventions to Reduce Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration by Men Who Use Substances: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Efficacy
A systematic review of quantitative studies capturing measures of psychological and mental health for Gay and Lesbian individuals of faith
Advance integrated group intervention to address both substance use and intimate partner abuse perpetration by men in substance use treatment: A feasibility randomised controlled trial
ISRCTN79435190 prospectively registered 22nd May 2018
Scoping Review: Ethical Considerations in Online Ethnographic Research With Military Populations
Researchers using online ethnographic methods to study military communities must employ higher standards of ethical practice. Military populations may face significant risk if reidentified in research. These requirements are especially salient for online data collection. This review questions how and to what extent military online ethnographers are addressing ethics considerations. We charted evidence from seven military studies using an online e…
Removing the Mask: Trust, Privacy and Self-protection in Closed, Female-focused Facebook Groups
Facebook groups are spaces where women form communities and share their lived experiences. These peer-created and peer-moderated groups have 'closed' security settings, indicating that interactions within the group are to be considered private. They attract membership from women who desire safe, 'trusted', gender-specific spaces, though as this article demonstrates, these perceived 'safe spaces' are often fraught with difficulties. This article c…
The Challenges of Conducting Qualitative Research on "couples" in Abusive Intimate Partner Relationships Involving Substance Use
Undertaking qualitative dyad or couple interviews involving intimate partner abuse and substance use presents considerable ethical, safeguarding, and theoretical challenges throughout the research process from recruitment to conducting interviews and analysis. These challenges and how they were managed are outlined using the experience from a qualitative study of 14 heterosexual "couples" that explored the complex interplay between intimate partn…
Evaluating the Impact of In-Home Behavioral Health Services on Housing First Residents' Emergency Room and Inpatient Utilization
Individuals experiencing chronic homelessness are highly marginalized and frequently access acute healthcare services. This program evaluation used secondary data collected from adults experiencing chronic homelessness (n=133) who participated in a Housing First program offering in-home behavioral health services within a large Midwestern city. Participant demographics (e.g., gender, race, age) and data on health factors (e.g., substance misuse a…
Substance Use and Intimate Partner Abuse (IPA): A Descriptive Model of the Pathways Between Substance Use and IPA Perpetration for Men
Intimate partner abuse (IPA) is a pervasive public health and human rights issue disproportionately affecting women. There is a complex link between IPA and substance use; substance use can increase both the frequency and severity of IPA. Pathway models have been applied to explore heterogeneous trajectories into other behaviours and to identify areas for intervention. This approach has not previously been applied in the area of substance use and…
The Implementation of Whole-School Approaches to Transform Mental Health in UK Schools: A Realist Evaluation Protocol
Evidence suggests that mental health interventions are more effective when they consider the whole context of schools; addressing the needs of all students, their families, and staff; otherwise known as a whole-school approach (WSA). The UK Government is piloting WSAs to transform mental health and wellbeing by locating educational mental health practitioners in educational settings across England. This study aims to develop a 'bottom-up' underst…
Archetype Profiles of Military Spouses in Australia-Identifying Perfect Partners and Mean Girls
Military spouses are situated at the junction of the military and civilian worlds. They provide necessary support to military strategic and operational objectives and are also expected to perform a traditional spousal role of the 'good' military wife. This article demonstrates the existence of strong military partner archetypes which guide military community norms and expectations of spousal behaviour. In 14 qualitative interviews and five focus …
Determining consistency in the attitudes and actions of providers of animal-assisted services regarding their alignment with standards and ethical practice
The current mixed methods study sought to investigate the actual as well as the perceived practices and alignment with animal-assisted interventions (AAI) ethics and standards of mental health practitioners that partner with an animal in their practice. While the quantitative findings suggested awareness and integration of standards and ethical practice, the qualitative results painted a somewhat different picture. Qualitative findings suggest a …
Direct and indirect links between children’s socio-economic status and education: Pathways via mental health, attitude, and cognition
A child’s socio-economic environment can profoundly affect their development. While existing literature focusses on simplified metrics and pair-wise relations between few variables, we aimed to capture complex interrelationships between several relevant domains using a broad assessment of 519 children aged 7–9 years. Our analyses comprised three multivariate techniques that complimented each other, and worked at different levels of granularity. F…
Psychology (18 works) · Medicine (14 works) · Sociology (13 works) · Political science (10 works) · Psychiatry (10 works) · Computer Science (7 works) · Nursing (6 works) · Qualitative research (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Clinical Psychology (5 works)