Amanda Cromhout
Amanda Cromhout initially pursued a career in Law and obtained her LLB degree (cum laude) from the North-West University in 2001. Thereafter she served articles for two years in private practice where she obtained experience mainly in private and commercial law. She was admitted as an attorney in 2004.
In 2008 she decided to pursue her passion to help people in psychological need and enrolled for part time study in Psychology at the University of South Africa. In 2013 she obtained her BA Hons Psychology (cum laude) from the University of Johannesburg and in 2015 she obtained her MA (Positive Psychology) cum laude from the North-West University. Currently she is enrolled for a PhD in Health Sciences (Positive Psychology) at the North-West University. The title of her thesis is: “Measuring and understanding eudaimonic well-being: A bifactor structural equation modelling approach”.
During 2017 Amanda was employed at the Africa Unit for Transdisciplinary Health Research, North-West University. She chaired the monthly post-doctoral/post-graduate sessions which are aimed at stimulating academic thought and research in transdisciplinary contexts. Amanda was a member of the organising committee of the first Africa Positive Psychology Conference (APPC 2018) and is a member of the founding committee of the South African Positive Psychology Association (SAPPA).
Amanda currently supervises and co-supervises masters degree students in Positive Psychology. Her research was published and presented at national and international conferences. Her research interests include the measurement of psychosocial well-being, with a specific interest in scale development and validation; research methodology; positive psychology; personal growth and development; and family well-being as a constituent of community well-being.
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