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Charity Sylvia Akotia

PROFESSOR

Verified email at ug.edu.gh Professor of Social/Community Psychology Google Scholar

CollegeCOLLEGE OF HUMANITIES
School / InstituteSCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
DepartmentDEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY
Mental Health in contextsuicidal behaviourgender
Publications

122

Citations

3,828

H-index

30

i10-index

54

Publication activity
Publication statistics
Average citations
31.4
Most cited paper
595
First publication year
1900
Latest publication year
2026
Last updated
14 Sep 2026, 08:14
Publications

122 matching publications

PublicationYearJournalThematic areaCitations
Love beyond east and west: How cultural models of selfhood predict frequency of being in love
A Okvitawanli, O Gajewska, M Joshanloo, VL Vignoles, VWL Yeung, ...
2025 International journal of intercultural relations 108, 102233, 2025 Social Sciences 2
Physicians attitudes toward suicide, criminalizing attempted suicide, and suicide prevention in Ghana: OR0341
J Osafo, CS Akotia, KE Boakye
2016 International Journal of Psychology 51, 244, 2016 Social Sciences 2
Attitudes of Medical doctors towards suicide and criminalization of attempted suicide in Ghana
J Osafo, CS Akotia, K Boakye
2015 University of Ghana, 2015 Health Sciences 2
How the co-benefits of addressing climate change can motivate action across the world
PG Bain, TL Milfont, Y Kashima, M Bilewicz, G Doron, RB Garðarsdóttir, ...
2015 Nature Climate Change, 2015 Natural Sciences 2
A cross-cultural study on the association between societal conditions and the idealization of happiness
X Lou, BW Haas, JM Zelenski, C Xing, VL Vignoles, CM Vauclair, ...
2025 Applied Research in Quality of Life 20 (3), 1289-1313, 2025 Social Sciences 1
Cultural religiosity moderates the relationship between being in love and subjective well-being
M Olechowski, MR Górski, M Joshanloo, MA Hussain, A Wasiel, ...
2025 International journal of intercultural relations 108, 102227, 2025 Social Sciences 1
“I Am Not the First, and I Won’t Be the Last”: Exploring Women’s Coping Strategies in Cohabitation Relationships in Ghana
LL Larsey, AA Gyasi-Gyamerah, C Quansah, CS Akotia
2025 Athens Journal of Psychology 1, 1-22, 2025 Social Sciences 1
Historical Pathogen Prevalence and the Anticipation for a Brighter Future of All Humanity
BW Haas, X Lou, VWL Yeung, LMW Li, MA Hussain, V Miu-Chi Lun, ...
2024 Humanities 1
Religiosity, social support and social negativity as predictors of mental health of women in Ghana
E Atefoe, C Akotia, K Nyarko
2017 Ghana Social Science 14 (1), 31, 2017 Social Sciences 1
Between morality and pathologisation: Attitudes towards de/criminalisation of suicide in Ghana and implications for the criminal code against attempted suicide
J Osafo, H Hjelmeland, B Knizek, C Akotia
2012 International Journal of Psychology 47, 710, 2012 Social Sciences 1
Experiences of suicide attempters in Ghana: What role does religion play?
C Akotia, E Kinyanda, H Hjelmeland, B Knizek
2012 International Journal of Psychology 47, 152, 2012 Humanities 1
Theoretical and empirical review of the need for African Psychology
A Mogaji, T Bellaj, C Akotia, N Mkhize
2012 International Journal of Psychology 47, 463, 2012 Social Sciences 1
Kitchener-Waterloo Immigrant Settlement and Adaptation Program(ISAP): a process and outcome evaluation.
CS Akotia
1992 Wilfrid Laurier University, 1992 Social Sciences 1
Happiness Meanders: A cross-cultural dataset on happiness, emotions, and models of selfhood from 48 countries
K Krys, J Teyssier, V El Sayed, OM Gajewska, A Kocimska-Bortnowska, ...
2026 Scientific data, 2026 Social Sciences 0
Is Societal Progress Muting the Expressivity of Negative Emotions? Evidence from Two Cross-national Studies
JC Yeung, VMC Lun, LMW Li, MH Bond, M Joshanloo, MR Górski, ...
2026 Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 00220221261471052, 2026 Social Sciences 0
The role of interpersonal trust and personality in the link between sense of community and well‑being
JF Kuwornu, J Andoh‑Arthur, CS Akotia, SB Adjei, F Anyan
2026 Discover Psychology, 2026 Social Sciences 0
Is Societal Progress Muting the Expression of Negative Emotions? Evidence from Two Multinational Studies
JC Yeung, VMC Lun, LMW Li, MH Bond, M Joshanloo, M Górski, ...
2025 Social Sciences 0
Psychological growth and emotional strain: A phenomenological study of orphaned adolescents in Ghana’s care homes
D Awuah, J Andoh-Arthur, A Osei-Tutu, CS Akotia
2025 Ghana Social Science Journal 22 (2), 101-117, 2025 Social Sciences 0
Repositório ISCTE-IUL
MH Bond, M Adamovic, CS Akotia, I Albert, CM Vauclair
2024 Social Sciences 0
Homogeneous or heterogeneous? The significance of traditional and modern eating habits in a cross-country comparison
G Sproesser, MB Ruby, N Arbit, CS Akotia, MS Alvarenga, R Bhangaokar, ...
2023 ERNAHRUNGS UMSCHAU 70 (2), 2023 Social Sciences 0
Homogen oder heterogen?: Die Bedeutung von traditionellem und modernem Essverhalten im Ländervergleich
G Sproesser, MB Ruby, N Arbit, CS Akotia, M dos Santos Alvarenga, ...
2023 Social Sciences 0
Author Correction: Perceptions of the appropriate response to norm violation in 57 societies (Nature Communications,(2021), 12, 1,(1481), 10.1038/s41467-021-21602-9)
K Eriksson, P Strimling, M Gelfand, J Wu, J Abernathy, CS Akotia, ...
2021 Nature Communications 12 (1), 2483, 2021 Social Sciences 0
Entendendo o comer tradicional eo moderno
G Sproesser, MB Ruby, N Arbit, C Akotia, M Alvarenga, R Bangaokar, ...
2021 Social Sciences 0
Perceptions of the appropriate response to norm violation in 57 societies
CS Akotia, A Anum, K Eriksson, P Strimling, M Gelfand, J Wu, J Abernathy, ...
2021 Nature Communications, 2021 Social Sciences 0
Essverhalten gestern und heute: Ein konzeptueller Rahmen für traditionelles und modernes Essverhalten
G Sproesser, MB Ruby, N Arbit, CS Akotia, M Alvarenga, R Bhangaokar, ...
2020 Lebensmittelbrief 31 (3-6), 2020 Social Sciences 0