In this study, we explored patterns of violence and coercive control in young adult dating relationships by testing and extending Johnson’s typology of intimate partner violence. Young adults (N = 398) between 18 and 27 years old completed an online survey about experiences of violence and coercive control in current and past dating relationships. Using cluster analysis, we classified relationships as no/low coercive control and high coercive control. We then categorized relationship types according to Johnson’s typology using the coercive control clusters and the absence/presence of violence. In total, 35% of relationships were abusive (i.e., violent and/or high coercive control), with 24% of all reported relationships including violence with and without high coercive control, and 11% including nonviolent coercive control. Among violent relationships, situational couple violence was more common than other types of dating violence, and two additional types of violence were found: (a) violence toward a nonviolent coercive controlling partner and (b) nonviolent coercive control toward an intimate terrorist, both of which are potentially types of resistance distinct from Johnson’s concept of violent resistance. Additionally, victims of intimate terrorism and victims of nonviolent coercive control were significantly more fearful of their partners than victims of situational couple violence, and victims of situational couple violence did not differ in their fear of partners compared to respondents in nonabusive relationships. These findings identify additional abusive relationship types and elucidate the importance of extending Johnson’s typology to more comprehensively capture the complex dynamics of coercive control and/or violence in young adult dating relationships.

在这项研究中，我们通过测试和扩展约翰逊的亲密伴侣暴力类型学，探索了年轻成人约会关系中的暴力和强制控制模式。年轻人（N= 398) 18 至 27 岁之间完成了一项关于当前和过去约会关系中的暴力和强制控制经历的在线调查。使用聚类分析，我们将关系分类为无/低强制控制和高强制控制。然后，我们使用强制控制集群和暴力的缺席/存在，根据约翰逊的类型学对关系类型进行分类。总共有 35% 的关系是虐待性的（即暴力和/或高强制控制），所有报告的关系中有 24% 包括有或没有高强制控制的暴力，11% 包括非暴力强制控制。在暴力关系中，情境性夫妻暴力比其他类型的约会暴力更常见，并且发现了另外两种类型的暴力：(a) 对非暴力强制控制伙伴的暴力和 (b) 对亲密恐怖分子的非暴力强制控制，这两者都是与约翰逊的暴力抵抗概念不同的潜在抵抗类型。此外，亲密恐怖主义的受害者和非暴力强制控制的受害者比情景夫妻暴力的受害者更害怕他们的伴侣，与非虐待关系的受访者相比，情景夫妻暴力的受害者对伴侣的恐惧没有差异。这些发现确定了其他虐待关系类型，并阐明了扩展约翰逊类型学以更全面地捕捉年轻成人约会关系中强制控制和/或暴力的复杂动态的重要性。