Joana Salifu Yendork
PROFESSOR
CollegeCOLLEGE OF HUMANITIES
School / InstituteSCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
DepartmentDEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY
Child and Adolescent mental healthreligion and mental health
Publication activity
Publication statistics
Publications
83 matching publications
| Publication | Year | Journal | Thematic area | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The lancet public health commission on gambling H Wardle, L Degenhardt, V Marionneau, G Reith, C Livingstone, ... |
2024 | The Lancet Public Health 9 (11), e950-e994, 2024 | Health Sciences | 397 |
| Depression and quality of life in patients on long term hemodialysis at a nationalhospital in Ghana: a cross-sectional study VJ Ganu, V Boima, DN Adjei, JS Yendork, ID Dey, E Yorke, CC Mate-Kole, ... |
2018 | Ghana medical journal 52 (1), 22, 2018 | Social Sciences | 121 |
| Stress, coping and quality of life: An exploratory study of the psychological well-being of Ghanaian orphans placed in orphanages JS Yendork, NZ Somhlaba |
2014 | Children and Youth Services Review 46, 28-37, 2014 | Social Sciences | 113 |
| Do social support, self-efficacy and resilience influence the experience of stress in Ghanaian orphans? An exploratory study J Salifu Yendork, NZ Somhlaba |
2015 | Child Care in Practice 21 (2), 140-159, 2015 | Social Sciences | 95 |
| Understanding child marriage in Ghana: The constructions of gender and sexuality and implications for married girls EA Sarfo, J Salifu Yendork, AV Naidoo |
2022 | Child Care in Practice 28 (2), 228-241, 2022 | Social Sciences | 82 |
| Patterns of spiritual connectedness during adolescence: Links to coping and adjustment in low-income urban youth AW Wright, JS Yendork, W Kliewer |
2018 | Journal of youth and adolescence 47 (12), 2608-2624, 2018 | Social Sciences | 70 |
| “I am Happy Because of God”: Religion and Spirituality for Well-Being in Ghanaian Orphanage-Placed Children. J Salifu Yendork, NZ Somhlaba |
2016 | Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, 2016 | Humanities | 59 |
| Psychometric properties of multidimensional scale of perceived social support among Ghanaian adolescents A Wilson, JS Yendork, NZ Somhlaba |
2017 | Child Indicators Research 10 (1), 101-115, 2017 | Social Sciences | 56 |
| Regulation of gambling in Sub-Saharan Africa: findings from a comparative policy analysis JM Sichali, C Bunn, D McGee, VK Marionneau, JS Yendork, F Glozah, ... |
2023 | Public health 214, 140-145, 2023 | Health Sciences | 55 |
| “It’s only ‘madness’ that I know”: analysis of how mental illness is conceptualised by congregants of selected Charismatic churches in Ghana J Salifu Yendork, L Kpobi, EA Sarfo |
2016 | Mental Health, Religion & Culture 19 (9), 984-999, 2016 | Social Sciences | 43 |
| The burden of care: Psychosocial experiences and coping strategies among caregivers of persons with mental illness in Ghana DA Dadson, F Annor, J Salifu Yendork |
2018 | Issues in Mental health nursing 39 (11), 915-923, 2018 | Health Sciences | 41 |
| Gambling among youth in contemporary Ghana: understanding, initiation, and perceived benefits VNK Tagoe, JS Yendork, KO Asante |
2018 | Africa today 64 (3), 52-68, 2018 | Social Sciences | 40 |
| Vulnerabilities in Ghanaian orphans: Using the ecological systems theory as a lens JS Yendork |
2020 | New Ideas in Psychology 59, 100811, 2020 | Social Sciences | 38 |
| Examining the intersection between marriage, perceived maturity and child marriage: perspectives of community elders in the Northern region of Ghana EA Sarfo, JS Yendork, AV Naidoo |
2021 | Culture, health & sexuality 23 (7), 991-1005, 2021 | Social Sciences | 34 |
| Community-based mental health care: stigma and coping strategies among professionals and family caregivers in the eastern region of Ghana AS Bonsu, J Salifu Yendork |
2019 | Issues in mental health nursing 40 (5), 444-451, 2019 | Health Sciences | 34 |
| Mental illness has multiple causes: Beliefs on causes of mental illness by congregants of selected neo-prophetic churches in Ghana J Salifu Yendork, GB Brew, EA Sarfo, L Kpobi |
2018 | Mental Health, Religion & Culture 21 (7), 647-666, 2018 | Social Sciences | 31 |
| The role of demographic and positive psychological factors on quality of life in Ghanaian orphans placed in orphanages: An exploratory study J Salifu Yendork, NZ Somhlaba |
2016 | Child Indicators Research 9 (2), 429-443, 2016 | Social Sciences | 26 |
| Problems, coping, and efficacy: An exploration of subjective distress in orphans placed in Ghanaian orphanages J Salifu Yendork, NZ Somhlaba |
2015 | Journal of Loss and Trauma 20 (6), 509-525, 2015 | Social Sciences | 25 |
| COVID-19 in Ghana: Changes and the way forward J Salifu Yendork, S James |
2020 | Journal of Comparative Family Studies 51 (3-4), 369-384, 2020 | Social Sciences | 24 |
| “When you talk about virginity It’s about females”: views on virginity Among University of Ghana students P Ababio, J Salifu Yendork |
2017 | Sexuality & Culture 21 (2), 549-568, 2017 | Social Sciences | 24 |
| Exploring married girls’ subjective experiences of well‐being and challenges H Baba, J Salifu Yendork, S Atindanbila |
2020 | Journal of Adolescence 79 (1), 193-207, 2020 | Social Sciences | 23 |
| The influence of caregiver stress and affiliate stigma in community-based mental health care on family caregiver wellbeing AS Bonsu, J Salifu Yendork, E Teye-Kwadjo |
2020 | International Journal of Mental Health 49 (1), 35-55, 2020 | Health Sciences | 23 |
| " Exiled Life, or Home Away from Home?": Exploring Ghanaian Orphan Narratives of Orphanage Placement JS Yendork, NZ Somhlaba |
2015 | Africa Today 62 (2), 26-42, 2015 | Social Sciences | 20 |
| “I married because…”: Motivations to marry early among female spouses in child marriages in northern Ghana EA Sarfo, JS Yendork, AV Naidoo |
2024 | Children and Youth Services Review 166, 107917, 2024 | Social Sciences | 19 |
| Maternal and family correlates of intrinsic religiosity profiles among low-income urban African American adolescents W Kliewer, M Washington-Nortey, J Salifu Yendork, DW Sosnowski, ... |
2020 | Journal of youth and adolescence 49 (1), 323-334, 2020 | Social Sciences | 18 |