Sylvia Esther Gyan

Biographic Data

ID278760
NAMESylvia Esther Gyan
GIVEN NAMESSylvia Esther
FAMILY NAMEGyan
SIGNATUREGYAN S E
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Ghana
ORCID0000-0001-8517-4162
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS11
TOTAL CITATIONS5
AUTHOR COUNT11
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2017
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX2

  • Housing and Water Insecurity as Structural Predictors of Intimate Partner Violence

    Open AccessSylvia Esther Gyan, Patrick Owuor et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2026

  • Spiritual Abuse in Ghana

    Open AccessE Y Tenkorang, Adobea Y Owusu et al.ARTICLEJournal for the Scientific Study…2026

    Anecdotal evidence suggests spiritual/religious abuse is rife globally, but more so in Ghana, where spiritual and religious practices are commonplace. Yet little scholarly work explores spiritual abuse and its relationship with other documented types of abuse. We used data collected from 1702 ever‐married Ghanaian women to explore the various dimensions of spiritual abuse and examined its relationship with physical, sexual, emotional, and economi…

  • Child marriage in Ghana

    Open AccessSylvia Esther Gyan, Samuel OkyereARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2026

    This article contributes to debates on the drivers of girl child marriage drawing on qualitative research with 15 Ghanaian women who married before the age of 18. The findings show that these women’s entry into marriage emerged less from tradition than from intersecting structural constraints, including poverty, limited access to sexual and reproductive health services, unintended pregnancy, gendered power relations and the absence of viable live…

  • Why give birth to many children when you cannot take care of them?' Determinants of family size among dual-earner couples in Ghana

    Open AccessSylvia Esther Gyan, Albert KpoorARTICLECurrent Sociology2024References: 29

    The family size in Ghana is increasingly changing from large to small family sizes due to modernization. As societies become modernized, couples begin to limit their family size despite the high value society places on children in marriage and the family. In this study, we explore the factors influencing reproductive behaviour among Ghanaian dual-earner couples by highlighting the subjective views on factors that influence the number of children …

  • Assessing tertiary students’ self-engagement characteristics in the online environment

    Open AccessYvette A A Ussher, Rabiu K B Asante et al.ARTICLESN Social Sciences2023

  • Intimate Partner Violence and Health Outcomes Among Women Living With HIV/Aids in Ghana

    Open AccessE Y Tenkorang, Adobea Yaa Owusu et al.ARTICLEHealth Education & Behavior2023

    Intimate partner violence (IPV) is known to have negative health consequences for victims. For women living with HIV/AIDS, whose health may be compromised, exposure to IPV can be devastating. Yet few (if any) studies have explored the health implications of exposure to IPV among HIV-positive women. We begin to fill this gap by examining the effects of various dimensions of IPV (physical, sexual, psychological/emotional, and economic) on the cardi…

  • I Am on a Family Planning Program, but I Have Not Told My Husband

    Open AccessSylvia Esther Gyan, George Domfe et al.ARTICLEJournal of Family Issues2023References: 34

    This study explores the factors that influence child bride's decision making, either independently or jointly on modern contraceptive use in Ghana. The findings of this study are based on qualitative data collected through in-depth interviews with 15 child brides aged 15-24 years from four administrative regions in Ghana. It was observed that knowing about contraceptives, quality of the knowledge, attitude and sociocultural influences affected ch…

  • Exploring Adolescents’ (Non-)Use of Modern Contraceptives in Ghana Through the Lens of the Theory of Gender and Power

    Open AccessSylvia Esther Gyan, Stephanie Marhefka-DayARTICLEArchives of Sexual Behavior2021References: 25

  • "Passing as "Normal

    Open AccessSylvia Esther GyanARTICLESAGE Open2018Cited by: 3References: 17

    Premarital sex and premarital childbearing is a source of stigma in many African communities and can negatively affect adolescent girls' sexual and reproductive health experiences. This study seeks to provide insight into the strategies adolescent girls adopt to avoid stigmatization due to premarital sex and/or childbearing by their community members and families. Using a mixed methods approach, data were collected from a survey of 500 adolescent…

  • Social Capital and Adolescent Girls’ Resilience to Teenage Pregnancy in Begoro, Ghana

    Open AccessSylvia Esther Gyan, Collins Ahorlu et al.ARTICLEJournal of Biosocial Science2017

    This study focuses on how older adolescent girls access and utilize social capital to develop resilience against teenage pregnancy in Begoro, Ghana. A survey of 419 non-pregnant girls aged 15–19 years, selected using a multi-stage cluster sampling technique, was conducted in 2012. Qualitative data were gathered through in-depth interviews with ten girls purposively selected from the survey respondents. Parents, relatives, teachers and religious g…

  • Adolescent girls’ resilience to teenage pregnancy and motherhood in Begoro, Ghana

    Sylvia Esther GyanARTICLEVulnerable Children and Youth…2017Cited by: 2References: 2

    Adolescent childbearing in contemporary times are determinants of their outcome in the future. This paper draws on Bourdieu’s concept of capitals, specifically economic capital to examine how adolescent girls avoid and/or adjust to the challenges they are predisposed to in their sexual and reproductive experiences. Data were collected from a survey of 500 older adolescent girls. These were supported with data gathered from 20 in-depth interviews …