Byron Johnson
Biographic Data
| ID | 3885645 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Byron Johnson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Byron |
| FAMILY NAME | Johnson |
| SIGNATURE | JOHNSON B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Baylor University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 48 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Swedish Well-Being: The Rising Importance of Age Among Demographic, Personality, and Social Relationship Factors
The main demographic and psychological correlates of Well-Being (WB) are well-established, but have not yet been assessed in the Swedish population–regularly ranked among the world’s top five ranked WB nations–based on large, nationally representative data. Using 2023 Global Flourishing Study data ( N = 15,068), this paper analyzes Swedish WB across three domains: demography (e.g., gender, age, and income), individual personality traits (e.g., Bi…
Flourishing in critical dialogue
We discuss various critiques of the research literature on flourishing. We fully agree with calls for greater attention to qualitative work, to cultural differences, and to questions of power and justice concerning flourishing. We argue, however, that in spite of notable differences in understandings of flourishing across cultures, there is also a great deal that is held in common, including on topics considered by some as more controversial, suc…
Perceptions of Accountability to God and Psychological Well-Being Among US Adults
Does Religious Affiliation Protect People's Well-Being? Evidence from the Great Recession after Correcting for Selection Effects
This paper investigates the effect of religious affiliation on individual well-being. Using Gallup's U.S. Daily Poll between 2008 and 2017, we find that those who are engaged in their local church and view their faith as important to their lives have not only higher levels of subjective well-being, but also acyclical levels. We show that the acyclicality of subjective well-being among Christians is not driven by selection effects or the presence …
The Angola Prison Seminary: Effects of Faith-Based Ministry on Identity Transformation, Desistance, and Rehabilitation
Corrections officials faced with rising populations and shrinking budgets have increasingly welcomed "faith-based" providers offering services at no cost to help meet the needs of inmates. Drawing from three years of on-site research, this book utilizes survey analysis along with life-history interviews of inmates and staff to explore the history, purpose, and functioning of the Inmate Minister program at Louisiana State Penitentiary (aka "Angola…
The Resurgence of Religion in America's Prisons
This article discusses the growing prominence of "faith-based" programs in American corrections and the historical context of penal regime change during periods of economic crisis. The article traces areas of overlap and divergence in recent discussions of penal reform in the U.S. The article suggests a new American penitentiary movement is emerging, noting central tenets of faith-based programs have salience for both conservatives and liberals: …
More God, Less Crime: Why Faith Matters and How It Could Matter More
The Liberalization of Young Evangelicals: A Research Note
Media outlets and observers of American religion suggest that young evangelicals are retreating from the ranks of the “Christian right” and are embracing more liberal positions on controversial social issues. We test this hypothesis using the Baylor Religion Survey. We examine two separate measures of evangelical identity as well as a wide variety of political identifications and attitudes. Our study indicates that young evangelicals (1) are sign…
Deregulation and The Religious Market in Taiwan: A Research Note
The religious economy model predicts that when encountered with competition, loosely organized religions will fail or will be transformed into congregational religions. Over time, competition will drive congregational religions to establish an extended relationship with their consumers by generating exclusivist claims and exclusivist socialization. And thus exclusive religion tends to occupy the biggest market share. This model, however, has rare…
The Intervention Selection Bias: An Underrecognized Confound in Intervention Research
Selection bias can be the most important threat to internal validity in intervention research, but is often insufficiently recognized and controlled. The bias is illustrated in research on parental interventions (punishment, homework assistance); medical interventions (hospitalization); and psychological interventions for suicide risk, sex offending, and juvenile delinquency. The intervention selection bias is most adequately controlled in random…
Have Faith, Will Travel: Implementing Full Faith and Credit Under the 1994 Violence Against Women Act
In this exploratory article we draw attention to the full faith and credit guarantees offered by the 1994 Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). We begin by noting the significance of new interstate protections for battered women in light of the difficulties and dangers they face as they flee across state lines in search of safety. We argue that full faith and credit guarantees are a progressive development in the struggle against domestic violence. …
The policing of domestic violence in rural and urban areas: The voices of battered women in Kentucky
Two main lacunae in the literature on domestic violence and its policing set the stage for our research. The first is the absence of the "voices of women" and the publication of their opinions and perceptions of police performance at domestic disputes. The second is the failure to address rural domestic violence and its policing. Using ethnographic research as a starting point, we formulate two propositions that guide the current research project…
Violence in America: Opposing Viewpoints
The Formulation of a Fowler Scale; An Empirical Assessment among Catholics
Michael Barnes, Dennis Doyle, Byron Johnson, The Formulation of a Fowler Scale; An Empirical Assessment among Catholics, Review of Religious Research, Vol. 30, No. 4, In Memoriam: Barbara June Watts Hargrove (Jun., 1989), pp. 412-420
The Liberalization of Young Evangelicals: A Research Note
Media outlets and observers of American religion suggest that young evangelicals are retreating from the ranks of the “Christian right” and are embracing more liberal positions on controversial social issues. We test this hypothesis using the Baylor Religion Survey. We examine two separate measures of evangelical identity as well as a wide variety of political identifications and attitudes. Our study indicates that young evangelicals (1) are sign…
Deregulation and The Religious Market in Taiwan: A Research Note
The religious economy model predicts that when encountered with competition, loosely organized religions will fail or will be transformed into congregational religions. Over time, competition will drive congregational religions to establish an extended relationship with their consumers by generating exclusivist claims and exclusivist socialization. And thus exclusive religion tends to occupy the biggest market share. This model, however, has rare…
The policing of domestic violence in rural and urban areas: The voices of battered women in Kentucky
Two main lacunae in the literature on domestic violence and its policing set the stage for our research. The first is the absence of the "voices of women" and the publication of their opinions and perceptions of police performance at domestic disputes. The second is the failure to address rural domestic violence and its policing. Using ethnographic research as a starting point, we formulate two propositions that guide the current research project…
The Intervention Selection Bias: An Underrecognized Confound in Intervention Research
Selection bias can be the most important threat to internal validity in intervention research, but is often insufficiently recognized and controlled. The bias is illustrated in research on parental interventions (punishment, homework assistance); medical interventions (hospitalization); and psychological interventions for suicide risk, sex offending, and juvenile delinquency. The intervention selection bias is most adequately controlled in random…
The Resurgence of Religion in America's Prisons
This article discusses the growing prominence of "faith-based" programs in American corrections and the historical context of penal regime change during periods of economic crisis. The article traces areas of overlap and divergence in recent discussions of penal reform in the U.S. The article suggests a new American penitentiary movement is emerging, noting central tenets of faith-based programs have salience for both conservatives and liberals: …
Does Religious Affiliation Protect People's Well-Being? Evidence from the Great Recession after Correcting for Selection Effects
This paper investigates the effect of religious affiliation on individual well-being. Using Gallup's U.S. Daily Poll between 2008 and 2017, we find that those who are engaged in their local church and view their faith as important to their lives have not only higher levels of subjective well-being, but also acyclical levels. We show that the acyclicality of subjective well-being among Christians is not driven by selection effects or the presence …
The Formulation of a Fowler Scale; An Empirical Assessment among Catholics
Michael Barnes, Dennis Doyle, Byron Johnson, The Formulation of a Fowler Scale; An Empirical Assessment among Catholics, Review of Religious Research, Vol. 30, No. 4, In Memoriam: Barbara June Watts Hargrove (Jun., 1989), pp. 412-420
Violence in America: Opposing Viewpoints
The policing of domestic violence in rural and urban areas: The voices of battered women in Kentucky
Two main lacunae in the literature on domestic violence and its policing set the stage for our research. The first is the absence of the "voices of women" and the publication of their opinions and perceptions of police performance at domestic disputes. The second is the failure to address rural domestic violence and its policing. Using ethnographic research as a starting point, we formulate two propositions that guide the current research project…
Have Faith, Will Travel: Implementing Full Faith and Credit Under the 1994 Violence Against Women Act
In this exploratory article we draw attention to the full faith and credit guarantees offered by the 1994 Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). We begin by noting the significance of new interstate protections for battered women in light of the difficulties and dangers they face as they flee across state lines in search of safety. We argue that full faith and credit guarantees are a progressive development in the struggle against domestic violence. …
The Intervention Selection Bias: An Underrecognized Confound in Intervention Research
Selection bias can be the most important threat to internal validity in intervention research, but is often insufficiently recognized and controlled. The bias is illustrated in research on parental interventions (punishment, homework assistance); medical interventions (hospitalization); and psychological interventions for suicide risk, sex offending, and juvenile delinquency. The intervention selection bias is most adequately controlled in random…
Deregulation and The Religious Market in Taiwan: A Research Note
The religious economy model predicts that when encountered with competition, loosely organized religions will fail or will be transformed into congregational religions. Over time, competition will drive congregational religions to establish an extended relationship with their consumers by generating exclusivist claims and exclusivist socialization. And thus exclusive religion tends to occupy the biggest market share. This model, however, has rare…
The Liberalization of Young Evangelicals: A Research Note
Media outlets and observers of American religion suggest that young evangelicals are retreating from the ranks of the “Christian right” and are embracing more liberal positions on controversial social issues. We test this hypothesis using the Baylor Religion Survey. We examine two separate measures of evangelical identity as well as a wide variety of political identifications and attitudes. Our study indicates that young evangelicals (1) are sign…
More God, Less Crime: Why Faith Matters and How It Could Matter More
The Resurgence of Religion in America's Prisons
This article discusses the growing prominence of "faith-based" programs in American corrections and the historical context of penal regime change during periods of economic crisis. The article traces areas of overlap and divergence in recent discussions of penal reform in the U.S. The article suggests a new American penitentiary movement is emerging, noting central tenets of faith-based programs have salience for both conservatives and liberals: …
The Angola Prison Seminary: Effects of Faith-Based Ministry on Identity Transformation, Desistance, and Rehabilitation
Corrections officials faced with rising populations and shrinking budgets have increasingly welcomed "faith-based" providers offering services at no cost to help meet the needs of inmates. Drawing from three years of on-site research, this book utilizes survey analysis along with life-history interviews of inmates and staff to explore the history, purpose, and functioning of the Inmate Minister program at Louisiana State Penitentiary (aka "Angola…
Does Religious Affiliation Protect People's Well-Being? Evidence from the Great Recession after Correcting for Selection Effects
This paper investigates the effect of religious affiliation on individual well-being. Using Gallup's U.S. Daily Poll between 2008 and 2017, we find that those who are engaged in their local church and view their faith as important to their lives have not only higher levels of subjective well-being, but also acyclical levels. We show that the acyclicality of subjective well-being among Christians is not driven by selection effects or the presence …
Perceptions of Accountability to God and Psychological Well-Being Among US Adults
Flourishing in critical dialogue
We discuss various critiques of the research literature on flourishing. We fully agree with calls for greater attention to qualitative work, to cultural differences, and to questions of power and justice concerning flourishing. We argue, however, that in spite of notable differences in understandings of flourishing across cultures, there is also a great deal that is held in common, including on topics considered by some as more controversial, suc…
Swedish Well-Being: The Rising Importance of Age Among Demographic, Personality, and Social Relationship Factors
The main demographic and psychological correlates of Well-Being (WB) are well-established, but have not yet been assessed in the Swedish population–regularly ranked among the world’s top five ranked WB nations–based on large, nationally representative data. Using 2023 Global Flourishing Study data ( N = 15,068), this paper analyzes Swedish WB across three domains: demography (e.g., gender, age, and income), individual personality traits (e.g., Bi…
Sociology (11 works) · Political science (9 works) · Law (7 works) · Criminology (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (5 works) · Social science (5 works) · Theology (5 works) · Faith (4 works) · Medicine (4 works)