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Benjamin Amponsah
Researcher at University of Ghana
Publications - 25
Citations - 1101
Benjamin Amponsah is an academic researcher from University of Ghana. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Internal medicine. The author has an hindex of 11, co-authored 21 publications receiving 873 citations. Previous affiliations of Benjamin Amponsah include Norwegian University of Science and Technology.
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Beyond the 'east-west' dichotomy: Global variation in cultural models of selfhood.
Vivian L. Vignoles,Ellinor Owe,Maja Becker,Peter B. Smith,Matthew J. Easterbrook,Rupert Brown,Roberto González,Nicolás Didier,Diego Carrasco,Maria Paz Cadena,Siugmin Lay,Seth J. Schwartz,Sabrina E. Des Rosiers,Juan A. Villamar,Alin Gavreliuc,Martina Zinkeng,Robert Kreuzbauer,Peter Baguma,Mariana Martin,Alexander Tatarko,Ginette Herman,Isabelle de Sauvage,Marie Courtois,Ragna B. Garðarsdóttir,Charles Harb,Inge Schweiger Gallo,Paula Prieto Gil,Raquel Lorente Clemares,Gabriella Campara,George Nizharadze,Ma. Elizabeth J. Macapagal,Baland Jalal,David Bourguignon,Jianxin Zhang,Shaobo Lv,Aneta Chybicka,Masaki Yuki,Xiao Zhang,Agustín Espinosa,Aune Valk,Sami Abuhamdeh,Benjamin Amponsah,Emre Özgen,E. Ülkü Güner,Nil Yamakoğlu,Phatthanakit Chobthamkit,Tom Pyszczynski,Pelin Kesebir,Elvia Vargas Trujillo,Paola Balanta,Boris Cendales Ayala,Silvia Helena Koller,Jas Laile Suzana Binti Jaafar,Nicolay Gausel,Ronald Fischer,Taciano L. Milfont,Ersin Kusdil,Selinay Çağlar,Said Aldhafri,M. Cristina Ferreira,Kassahun Habtamu Mekonnen,Qian Wang,Márta Fülöp,Ana Raquel Rosas Torres,Leoncio Camino,Flávia Cristina Silveira Lemos,Immo Fritsche,Bettina Möller,Camillo Regalia,Claudia Manzi,Maria Brambilla,Michael Harris Bond +71 more
TL;DR: A new 7-dimensional model of self-reported ways of being independent or interdependent is developed and validated across cultures and will allow future researchers to test more accurately the implications of cultural models of selfhood for psychological processes in diverse ecocultural contexts.
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A world of lies
Toivo Aavik,Maher M. Abu-Hilal,Farrukh Z Ahmad,Barbara Alarco,Benjamin Amponsah,Adnan Atooum,Hadi Bahrami,Peter Banton,Veronica Barca,Charles F. Bond,Trevor I. Case,Letizia Caso,Derek Chandee,Kip Williams +13 more
TL;DR: A dominant pan-cultural stereotype is revealed: that liars avert gaze, which is carried out in 75 different countries and 43 different languages.
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Developing and Evaluating the Social Axioms Survey in Eleven Countries Its Relationship With the Five-Factor Model of Personality
Kwok Leung,Ben C. P. Lam,Michael Harris Bond,Lucian Gideon Conway,Laura Janelle Gornick,Benjamin Amponsah,Klaus Boehnke,Georgi Dragolov,Steven M. Burgess,Maha Golestaneh,Holger Busch,Jan Hofer,Alejandra del Carmen Domínguez Espinosa,Makon Fardis,Rosnah Ismail,Jenny Kurman,Nadezhda Lebedeva,Alexander Tatarko,David L. Sam,Maria Luisa Mendes Teixeira,Susumu Yamaguchi,Ai Fukuzawa,Jianxin Zhang,Fan Zhou +23 more
TL;DR: Based on a deductive, culturally decentered approach, new items were generated to improve the reliability of the original Social Axioms Survey, which measures individuals' general beliefs about the world as mentioned in this paper.
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Associations between seasonal variations in day length (photoperiod), sleep timing, sleep quality and mood: a comparison between Ghana (5°) and Norway (69°)
Oddgeir Friborg,Bjørn Bjorvatn,Bjørn Bjorvatn,Benjamin Amponsah,Ståle Pallesen,Ståle Pallesen +5 more
TL;DR: The hypothesis of whether day length (photoperiod) is an important zeitgeber (time‐giver) for keeping the circadian rhythm entrained to a 24‐hour cycle was examined, as was its association with sleep patterns and mood problems.
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Contextualism as an Important Facet of Individualism-Collectivism Personhood Beliefs Across 37 National Groups
Ellinor Owe,Vivian L. Vignoles,Maja Becker,Rupert Brown,Peter B. Smith,Spike W. S. Lee,Matthew J. Easterbrook,Tanuja Gadre,Xiao Zhang,Mirona Gheorghiu,Peter Baguma,Alexander Tatarko,Said Aldhafri,Martina Zinkeng,Seth J. Schwartz,Sabrina E. Des Rosiers,Juan A. Villamar,Kassahun Habtamu Mekonnen,Camillo Regalia,Claudia Manzi,Maria Brambilla,Ersin Kusdil,Selinay Çaǧlar,Alin Gavreliuc,Mariana Martin,Zhang Jian-xin,Shaobo Lv,Ronald Fischer,Taciano L. Milfont,Ana Raquel Rosas Torres,Leoncio Camino,Robert Kreuzbauer,Nicolay Gausel,Johanna H. Buitendach,Flávia Cristina Silveira Lemos,Immo Fritsche,Bettina Möller,Charles Harb,Aune Valk,Agustín Espinosa,Jas Laile Suzana Binti Jaafar,Masaki Yuki,M. Cristina Ferreira,Phatthanakit Chobthamkit,Márta Fülöp,Aneta Chybicka,Qian Wang,Michael Harris Bond,Roberto González,Nicolás Didier,Diego Carrasco,Maria Paz Cadena,Siugmin Lay,Ragna B. Gardarsdottir,George Nizharadze,Tom Pyszczynski,Pelin Kesebir,Ginette Herman,Isabelle de Sauvage,Marie Courtois,David Bourguignon,Emre Özgen,Ülku E. Güner,Nil Yamakoǧlu,Sami Abuhamdeh,Andrew Mogaji,Ma. Elizabeth J. Macapagal,Silvia Helena Koller,Benjamin Amponsah,Girishwar Misra,Preeti Kapur,Elvia Vargas Trujillo,Paola Balanta,Boris Cendales Ayala,Inge Schweiger Gallo,Paula Prieto Gil,Raquel Lorente Clemares,Gabriella Campara,Baland Jalal +78 more
TL;DR: It is concluded that contextualism is an important part of cultural collectivism and highlights the importance of beliefs alongside values and self-representations and contributes to a wider understanding of cultural processes.