Nana Yaa Nyarko

University of Ghana — GH

Social Sciences · Social Sciences

4h-index67citations13works0.82yr avg
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Research Topics

Early Childhood Education and Development(4), Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development(2), Mental Health Treatment and Access(2), Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare(2), Reading and Literacy Development(1)

Publications13 total

Understanding pathways to low educational attainment: A multidimensional poverty and educational achievement model
International Journal of Educational Development·2025Open Access
Reimagining Play Spaces: A Visual–Verbal Video Analysis of Children’s Spatial Behavior and Material Engagement in Early Learning Environments
Architecture Image Studies·2025Open Access
Visuospatial working memory of abacus trained and untrained children
PLoS ONE·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Care-giver child interactions and early cognitive development in West and Central Africa
Early Child Development and Care·2024· 3 cited
Predictors Of Teacher-Child Interactions In Early Childhood Institutions: An Exploratory Study
Journal for ReAttach Therapy and Developmental Diversities·2024Open Access
Towards improving the utilisation of counselling centre services by Ghanaian university students: An exploratory study
Journal of Psychology in Africa·2023· 4 cited
Socioeconomic inequalities in learning opportunities, educational achievement, and mental health : impact of COVID-19 school lockdown in Ghana
Strathprints: The University of Strathclyde institutional repository (University of Strathclyde)·2021· 1 citedOpen Access
Marriage, family and schoolwork: A case of married female undergraduate students at the University of Ghana
Gender and Behaviour·2020· 5 cited
Closing the Inequality Gap in Children's Educational Attainment in Malawi - A Research Brief
Strathprints: The University of Strathclyde institutional repository (University of Strathclyde)·2019· 1 citedOpen Access
Conceptions of adulthood: perspectives from Ghana
IFE PsychologIA·2018· 5 cited
Proposing a contextual approach to pre-school teacher education in Ghana
Cogent Education·2016· 1 citedOpen Access
Effects of Teachers Level of Education and Experience on Teacher-Child Interactions in Early Childhood Institutions
Psychology·2013· 7 citedOpen Access
Supernatural belief systems, mental health and perceptions of mental disorders in Ghana
International Journal of Culture and Mental Health·2012· 39 cited

Frequent Co-authors

Diane Fleischer-Djoleto(4), Edward Sosu(3), Sofia M. Pimenta(3), J. Joana Kyei(2), Sheriffa Mahama(2), Isaac Mepenedo(2), Peter Mtika(2), Al Dueck(1), Monica J. Indart(1), Hillar Addo(1), Efua Amoabea Jecty(1), Abigail Oppong-Yeboah(1), Vanessa Adei Hammond(1), Vivian Tackie-Ofosu(1), Pearl Kyei(1), Emmanuel Ansah(1), David Kumador(1), Justice Owusu-Bempah(1), C. Charles Mate-Kole(1), Claire Wilson(1)