Rev. (Prof.) Frances Emily Owusu-Ansah

Associate Professor


Research Areas/Interests

Subjective wellbeing. Psychotherapy practice. Disability research....~more

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Publications

    Owusu-Ansah, F.E. et al., (2021Mask up!’ Who is likely to do it? Psychological Correlates of COVID Safety Protocol Adherence Among University Students’ (under review, GMJ)

    Owusu-Ansah, F.E. (2021). Caregiving and support in African context: A personal perspective. In Disability in Africa: Inclusion, care, and ethics of humanity. University of Rochester Press, Boydell & Brewer Inc.

    Owusu-Ansah ,F. E., Akua Afriyie Addae, Bernice Ofosuhene Peasah, Kwaku Oppong Asante & Joseph Osafo (2020), Suicide among university students: Prevalence, risks and protective factors; Health Psychology & Behavioral Medicine, 8:1, 220-233.

    Owusu-Ansah, F.E., Bigelow, A. & Powers, M. (2019). The effect of mother-infant skin-to-skin contact on Ghanaian infants’ response to the Still Face Task: Comparison between Ghanaian and Canadian mother-infant dyads, Infant Behavior and Development, Special Issue.

    Owusu-Ansah, F. E., Addae, A.A., DeGraft-Adjei, V., Yawson, S., Gyawu, J., & Peasah, B.O.  Is this the end? The impact of psychological counselling on psychological distress among buyout staff in a public Ghanaian organization, Ghana International Journal of Mental Health, 2017; Vol 6&7, 134-155.

    Owusu-Ansah, F.E & Donnir, G. (2016). Psychotherapy in indigenous context: A Ghanaian perspective on provision of culturally competent care. In the Handbook of research on theoretical perspectives on indigenous knowledge systems in developing countries; IGI Global, International Publisher of Progressive Information Sciences and Technology Research.

    Owusu-Ansah, F.E.; Adusei-Nkrumah, J.  “Make my burden lighter”: depression and social support in persons with disability in Ghana. Journal of Depression Therapy, 2017; 1(4), 15-29

    Owusu-Ansah, F.E.; Tagoe, A. & Tagbor, H. Access to health in city slums: The case of Sodom and Gomorra in Accra, Ghana. African Journal of Primary Health Care and Family Medicine, 2016; Vol. 8 (No.1), 7 pages, a822.http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/phcfm.v8i1.822

    Owusu-Ansah, F. E., 2015, ‘Sharing in the life of the Person with Disability: A Ghanaian perspective’, African Journal of Disability, 4(1), Art. # 185, 8 pages; http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/ajod.v4i1.185

    Edusei, A. K., Owusu-Ansah, F. E., Dogbe, J.A., Morgan, J. & Sarpong, K., 2015, ‘Perspectives in musculoskeletal injury management by Traditional Bone Setters in Ashanti, Ghana’, African Journal of Disability, Vol. 4 (1), 8 pages; http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/ajod.v4i1.97

    Kwofie, T.B. & Owusu-Ansah, F. E., 2013, ‘Towards HIV prevention and education among university students: the case of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology’, Journal of Biological and Food Science Research, October Issue, 62-68.

    Owusu-Ansah, F.E. & Mji, G., 2013, ‘African indigenous knowledge and research’, African Journal of Disability, Vol. 2(1), Art.#30 5 pages. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/ajod.v2i1.30

    Owusu-Ansah, F.E.; Agyei-Baffour, P & Edusei, K., 2012, ‘Perceived control, academic performance and wellbeing of Ghanaian college students with disability’, African Journal of Disability, Vol 1 (1), Art.#34, 6pages.http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/ajod.v1i1.34

    Danso, A. K.; Owusu-Ansah, F.E.; & Alorwu, D., 2012, ‘Designed to deter: Barriers to facilities at secondary schools in Ghana’, African Journal of Disability 1(1), Art. #2, 9 pages. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/ajod.v1i1.2

    Owusu-Ansah, F.E., Frempong, E., Mensah, D., Dumakor, D., 2011, Self-esteem & HIV/AIDS: The Case of University Students, Ghana International Journal of Mental Health, Volume, 3 (1), 32-40.

    Owusu-Ansah, F.E. (2010), Do Cultural Identity and Control Perceptions have any bearing on how satisfied we are with our lives? Ghana International Journal of Mental Health, Vol.1, 25-43.

    Owusu-Ansah, F.E. (2008), Control Perceptions and Control Appraisal: Implications for Subjective Well-being, Ghana Medical Journal, 42(2), 61-67.

    Owusu-Ansah, F.E. (2005), Cultural Orientation and Subjective Well-being, Journal of the University of Science and Technology, 24(2), 77-83.

    Owusu-Ansah, F.E. (2008), Managing Stress at the Work Place and in the Home, Mediscope, 5, 28-29.


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