Browsing by Author "Adriaan Cornet"

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A Closer Look at the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Mental Health of Students from CamEd Business School
(CamEd Business School, November 30, 2021) Adriaan Cornet
The COVID-19 pandemic brought unprecedented changes in people’s lives and more specifically to the life of many students around the world. This study aims to analyse the psychological distress related with the COVID-19 outbreak in students from CamEd business school. Common factors in psychological distress in students during the COVID-19 pandemic where analyzed in a literature review and used as focus to further understand psychological distress in this studies participants. Psychological distress and trauma symptoms related to the COVID-19 pandemic of 319 respondents where measured by the SRQ-20 and the IES-R. Scores on psychological distressed where compared between genders and the factors ‘amount of COVID-19 related media consumption’ and ‘levels of (self)-isolation’ where tested for correlation with psychological distress. This study found relatively high levels of distress and trauma related symptoms in this population. 51.4% of the participants reported levels of distress that brings them at risk for mental health disorders and 50.5% reported levels of trauma related symptoms bringing them at risk for PTSD. Further analysis showed that trauma related symptoms account for 36.7% of the variance in psychological distress. There was a significantly higher amount of psychological distress in females compared with males. The factors ‘amount of COVID-19 related media consumption’ and ‘levels of (self)-isolation’ did not show any correlation with psychological distress in this study. Limitations and implications of these findings are discussed. Factors in psychological distress for this specific population needs further research. General interventions and supportive measures for at risk students are discussed. Keywords: COVID-19; Psychological Distress; Students; factors on Psychological distress; Cambodia.
Character Strengths in CamEd Students and Their Implications
(CamEd Business School, June 30, 2019) Adriaan Cornet
This study aims to analyze ad compare common character strengths in first and fourth year CamEd students and discusses interventions for growing strengths in CamEd students using this data. The VIA-IS 120 was used to measure strength profiles. Common reported character strengths in the total population are: Honesty, Kindness, Fairness, Teamwork & Leadership, which are different from common reported characer strengths in the total South East Asian population. Furthermore only the strength Humility shows a significant difference between both years, with higher reports in year 1. Interventions can be targeted on growing Hope and Gratitude and can be implemented in existing courses giving at CamEd. The findings show a need for further research on character strengths in Cambodian students, using a bigger population ranging from different educational providers in order to develop tailor made interventions which improve mental well-being and academic achievement in Cambodian students. Keywords: Character Strengths, Positive Psychology, Students
Mind Your Students-A First Exploration in Mental Health Support for Cambodian Students
(CamEd Business School, December 30, 2017) Adriaan Cornet
This paper tries to explore the necessity and different possibilities of mental health support for students enrolled in the higher education field in Cambodia. The paper stresses the importance of mental health support in Cambodian students by highlighting the high prevalence of mental health disorders in the Cambodian population in general and the rise in mental distress within students worldwide. It gives broad recommendations on how to raise mental health knowledge in students and school employees as a starting point for better mental health support in Cambodian higher education. Furthermore it stresses the importance of more research on (study) related mental health distress in Cambodian students to develop tailor made interventions to ensure a better mental health for Cambodia’s future generation. Keywords: Freedom; Non-competition; Jurisprudence.
Psychological Distress and Academic Achievement: A Study on CamEd’s Freshman Year Students
(CamEd Business School, May 30, 2021) Adriaan Cornet
This study aims to analyse the influence of Psychological Distress on grades of freshman years student on CamEd Business school to further increase data on metal well-being in CamEd students. Psychological distress of 208 respondents was measured by the SRQ-20.112 SRQ-20 scores where compared with there course psychology grades. Differences on Psychological Distress between Gender and amount of enrolled schools where also analysed. High levels of Psychological distress where found in this study (above 60% at risk for mental health disorders), which is in line with earlier findings. There was no significant difference in PD between gender although a difference was found in gender and having a high risk for mental health disorders. No significant differences where found for number of enrolled schools and there was no correlation between PD and grades. Limitations and possible explanations are discussed. The findings of this study show the need to further research to the relationship between PD and academic achievements for this specific population. Keywords: Psychological Distress; Students; Academic Achievement; Cambodia
Teaching Hope : A Study to the Effect of a Positive Psychology Based Intervention on Cambodian Students’ Hope
(CamEd Business School, December 30, 2020) Adriaan Cornet
This study aims to analyze the effect of a positive psychology based intervention on the state of Hope in 20 CamEd students. The intervention was focused on analyzing character strengths through the VIA-IS 120, practicing gratitude and techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy to create positive thinking and positive self-talk. The ADHS was used to measure participants state of Hope prior and after the intervention. Results show no significant difference in experienced Hope after the intervention. Different explanations are discussed to why this intervention was unsuccessful in changing experienced hope. The collected data was also used to compare trait Hope, as measured with the VIA-IS Hope scale, with state Hope. A positive correlation was found which suggests both constructs behave in similar ways as argued in Snyder’s (1996) Hope theory. These findings show a need to further develop interventions which are targeted on hope to improve well-being and academic achievement in CamEd students. Keywords: Hope; Positive Psychology; Character Strengths; Students; Cambodia