Amina Abubakar

Amina Abubakar

UU
a.abubakar@uu.nl
  1. Abubakar, A., Ssewanyana, D., de Vries, P. J., & Newton, C. R. (2016). Autism spectrum disorders in sub-Saharan Africa. The Lancet Psychiatry, 3(9), 800-802.
  2. Abubakar, A., Van de Vijver, F. J., Fischer, R., Hassan, A. S., Gona, J., Dzombo, J. T.,Katana, K. Bomu, G & Newton, C. R. (2016). ‘Everyone has a secret they keep close to their hearts’: challenges faced by adolescents living with HIV infection at the Kenyan coast. BMC public health, 16(1), 1.
  3. Ruparelia, K., Abubakar, A., Badoe, E., Bakare, M., Visser, K., Chugani, D. C., ... & Skuse, D. (2016). Autism Spectrum Disorders in Africa: Current Challenges in Identification, Assessment, and Treatment A Report on the International Child Neurology Association Meeting on ASD in Africa, Ghana, April 3-5, 2014. Journal of child neurology, 0883073816635748.
  4. Abubakar, A., Kalu, R. B., Katana, K., Kabunda, B., Hassan, A. S., Newton, C. R., & Van de Vijver, F. (2016). Adaptation and Latent Structure of the Swahili Version of Beck Depression Inventory-II in a Low Literacy Population in the Context of HIV. PloS one, 11(6), e0151030.
  5. Kitsao-Wekulo, P., Holding, P., Abubakar, A., Kvalsvig, J., Taylor, H. G., & King, C. L. (2016). Describing normal development in an African setting: The utility of the Kilifi Developmental Inventory among young children at the Kenyan coast. Learning and Individual Differences.
  6. Kariuki, S. M., Abubakar, A., Murray, E., Stein, A., & Newton, C. R. (2016). Evaluation of psychometric properties and factorial structure of the pre-school child behaviour checklist at the Kenyan Coast. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, 10(1), 1-10.
  7. Abubakar, A., van de Vijver, F., Alonso-Arbiol, I., He, J., Adams, B., Aldhafri, S., ... & Tair, E. (2016). Measurement Invariance of the Brief Multidimensional Student’s Life Satisfaction Scale Among Adolescents and Emerging Adults Across 23 Cultural Contexts. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 0734282915611284.
  8. Hapunda, G., Abubakar, A., Pouwer, F., & Van de Vijver, F. (2016). Validity and reliability of the Zambian version of the Problem Areas in Diabetes (PAID) scale: a triangulation with cognitive interviews. South African Journal of Diabetes and Vascular Disease, 13(1), 4-12.
  9. Abubakar, A., & Dimitrova, R. (2016). Social connectedness, life satisfaction and school engagement: moderating role of ethnic minority status on resilience processes of Roma youth. European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 1-16.
  10. Abubakar, A., van de Vijver, F. J., Alonso-Arbiol, I., Suryani, A. O., Pandia, W. S., Handani, P., ... & Murugumi, M. (2016). Assessing Sense of School Belonging Across Cultural Contexts Using the PSSM Measurement and Functional Invariance. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 0734282915607161.
  11. Gona, J. K., Newton, C. R., Rimba, K. K., Mapenzi, R., Kihara, M., Vijver, F. V., ... & Abubakar, A. (2016). Challenges and coping strategies of parents of children with autism on the Kenyan coast. Rural and remote health, 16(3517).
  12. Gona, J. K., Newton, C. R., Rimba, K., Mapenzi, R., Kihara, M., Van de Vijver, F. J., & Abubakar, A. (2015). Parents’ and Professionals’ Perceptions on Causes and Treatment Options for Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) in a Multicultural Context on the Kenyan Coast. PloS one, 10(8), e0132729.
  13. Abubakar, A. Kariuki, S.M. Tumaini, J.D. Gona, J. Katana, K, Owen, JP, Newton ,C.R.(2015) Community Perceptions of Developmental and Behavioural Problems Experienced by Children Living with Epilepsy at the Kenyan Coast: A Qualitative Study.  Epilepsy and Behaviour. ;45:74-8. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2015.02.023.
  14. Hapunda, G. Abubakar, A. Van de Vijver, F, Pouwers, F (2015). Living with type 1 diabetes is challenging for Zambian adolescents: qualitative data on stress, coping with stress and quality of care and life.  BMC Endocrine Disorders  2015 Apr 18;15:20. doi: 10.1186/s12902-015-0013-6.
  15. Abubakar, A. (2015) Equivalence and transfer problems in cross-cultural researchWright J.D. (Ed) Encyclopaedia of Social and Behavioural Sciences. Elsevier Ltd
  16. Abubakar,  A & Kitsao-Wekulo, P (2015) Gender and health inequalities in Sub-Saharan Africa: The case of HIV. Sadfar, S. & Kosakowska-Berezecka, N. (eds.). Psychology of gender through the lens of culture : theories and applications.  Springer, p. 395-408 14 p.
  17. Hapunda, G. Abubakar, A. Van de Vijver, F, Pouwers, F (2015). Diabetes mellitus and co-morbid depression in Zambia.  Diabetic medicine.32, 6, p. 814-818 5 p.
  18. Abubakar, A. (2014). Biomedical risk, psychosocial influences, and developmental outcomes: Lessons from the Pediatric HIV Population in Africa. New directions for child and adolescent development, 2014(146), 23-41.
  19. Fernandes, M. Stein, A. Newton, C.R.,Cheikh-Ismail, L,.Kihara,M,  Wulff, K,de Leon, E, Aranzeta, A.. Soria- Frisch, A Acedo, J,  Ibanez, D, Abubakar, A. Giuliani, F, Lewis, T.Kennedy, S & Villar, J for the International Fetal and Newborn Growth Consortium for the 21st Century (INTERGROWTH-21st) (2014) The INTERGROWTH-21st Project Neurodevelopment Package: A novel method for the multi-dimensional assessment of neurodevelopment in pre-school age children.
  20. 20.  Kariuki SM, Abubakar A, Newton CR, Kihara M. (2014) Impairment of executive function in Kenyan children exposed to severe falciparum malaria with neurological involvement. Malaria  Journal. 13:365. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-13-365.
  21. 21.  Alcock KJ, Rimba K, Holding P, Kitsao-Wekulo P, Abubakar A, Newton CR.(2014) Developmental inventories using illiterate parents as informants: Communicative Development Inventory (CDI) adaptation for two Kenyan languages. Journal of  Child Language. Aug 27:1-23. [Epub ahead of print]
  22. 22.  Prado EL, Abubakar AA, Abbeddou S, Jimenez EY, Somé JW, Ouédraogo JB. (2014) Extending the Developmental Milestones Checklist for use in a different context in Sub-Saharan Africa.Acta Paediatrica. 2014 Apr;103(4):447-54. doi: 10.1111/apa.12540. Epub 2014 Jan 7.
  23. Abubakar, A. Aldhafri, S.. & Van de Vijver, F.J.R  (2014) Ethnic Identity and its relationship to life satisfaction and mental health among Omani Youth. F.  Sarracino &  M. Malgorzata (Eds)Beyond Money: The Social Roots of Health and Well-Being (1-16). New York:  Nova Publishers
  24.   Abubakar A., Van Baar, A .L., Fischer, R., Gona, J. K.,Bomu, G.,Newton. C. J. R. (2013). Ethnotheories on Sub-Optimal Child Development at the Kenyan Coast:  Maternal and Paternal Perspectives. ISSBD bulletin, supplement to International Journal of Behavioural Development, 37, 35-40.
  25.  Abubakar, A.  Dimitrova, R., Adams, B., Jordanov, V., & Stefenel, D. (2013). Procedures for translating and evaluating equivalence in questionnaires for use in cross-cultural studies. Bulletin of Transilvania University of Brasov, [ Conference proceedings]
  26. Kitsao-Wekulo P, Holding P, Taylor HG, Abubakar A, Kvalsvig J, Connolly K. Nutrition as an important mediator of the impact of background variables on outcome in middle childhood. Front Hum Neurosci. 2013 Oct 25;7:713. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00713.
  27.   Abubakar, A.  Van Baar, A.  Fischer, R.. Bomu, G & Newton, C,R (2013) Socio-cultural determinants of health seeking behaviour at the Kenyan Coast. PLOS one Nov 18;8(11):e71998. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071998.