Joshua Awua

Biographic Data

ID98733
NAMEJoshua Awua
GIVEN NAMESJoshua
FAMILY NAMEAwua
SIGNATUREAWUA J
AFFILIATIONSThe University of Texas at Arlington
ORCID0000-0003-2488-1079
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS1
AUTHOR COUNT7
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX1

  • Mental health stigma and professional help-seeking in Ghana

    Joshua Awua, Micki Washburn et al.ARTICLESocial Work in Mental Health2026

    In Ghana, many individuals experiencing mental health concerns prefer to seek help from informal sources, including faith-based healers. This study examines whether informal help-seeking mediates the association between stigma and professional help-seeking. A convenience sample of 462 Ghanaian adults aged (M = 31.78, SD = 10.59) was recruited from Accra and Tamale. The results of the mediation analysis indicated that informal help-seeking partial…

  • Perceived Norms and Alcohol-Related Consequences among College Students

    Joshua Awua, Antover P Tuliao et al.ARTICLESubstance Use & Misuse2025

    Background: Alcohol-related Protective Behavioral Strategies (PBS), including manner of drinking, limiting or stopping drinking, and serious harm reduction strategies significantly moderate the relationship between several factors (e.g., drinking motives, alcohol expectancies) associated with alcohol use and alcohol-related problems. However, it is currently unknown whether PBS can also moderate the relationship between perceived norms (i.e., des…

  • Social Achievement Goals and Alcohol Use Outcomes in a Network of College Students

    Open AccessJoshua Awua, Matthew K Meisel et al.ARTICLESubstance Use & Misuse2025

    BACKGROUND: Social achievement goals are individuals' orientations toward attaining competence in social situations. Social achievement goals have been linked to outcomes such as belongingness, loneliness, and bullying perpetration among college students. Given that college students consume alcohol for social reasons, it is possible that a person's orientation toward social competence could be related to their drinking. This research examined whe…

  • Association between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Binge Drinking among Adults

    Open AccessP Baiden, Ann Amuta-Jimenez et al.ARTICLEJournal of Racial and Ethnic…2025

  • Associations between interpersonal communication, perceived norms, and e-cigarette use

    Joshua Awua, Antover P Tuliao et al.ARTICLEAddiction Research & Theory2025

    The results highlight that young adults who are in smaller social networks and frequently discuss e-cigarettes may be susceptible to vaping multiple times per day and days per week. Therefore, interventions to reduce e-cigarette use among young adults may be particularly effective when implemented within smaller social networks

  • The Role of Alcohol-Related Protective Behavioral Strategies in the Relationship Among Facets of Trait Impulsivity, Alcohol Use Severity, and Risky Sexual Behavior Among College Students

    Lilian Ohene, Antover P Tuliao et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Sex Research2025References: 2

    Impulsivity and alcohol consumption are linked to increased risky sexual behaviors, but the role of protective behavioral strategies (PBS) in this relationship is underexplored. This study examined whether PBS moderates the relationship among trait impulsivity, alcohol use (AU) severity, and risky sexual behavior (RSB). A moderated mediation analysis was conducted using cross-sectional data from a study on a text-based intervention among college …

  • Factors influencing bullying and sexual orientation microaggression perpetration

    Nephtaly Joel B Botor, Antover P Tuliao et al.ARTICLEPsychology of Sexual Orientation…2024Cited by: 1