A senior lecturer in Psychology at the University of Ghana, he has a PhD from Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada.

Research Area(s) (including ongoing research).

His research covers issues in mental health and cross-cultural issues in cognition. He is typically interested in explanatory factors in development and measurement of cognition and intelligence in children, particularly, exploring differences among different socioeconomic groups. Current interests/projects are on measurement of intelligence in non-Western populations, psychoticism among adolescents, and a cross-cultural study on the transmission of scientific and religious knowledge among children and adults.

Teaching

Teaches both undergraduate and graduate courses in psychology

Scientific Publications

Dzokoto, V., Anum, A., Affram, A. A., Agbavitoh, J. K., Dadzie, H. A., Mintah, R. K., ... & Osei-Tutu, A. (2021). “A lot of Ghanaians really don’t understand the work we do”: Cultural Adaptations and Barriers in Ghanaian Psychotherapy Practice.” International Perspectives in Psychology: Research, Practice, Consultation

Anum, A., Adjorlolo, S. Akotia, C. S. & de-Graft Aikins (2021). Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the multidimensional WHOQOL-OLD in Ghana: a study among population-based healthy adults in three ethnically different districts. Brain and Behavior. doi.org/10.1002/BRB3.2193

Adjorlolo, S. & Adote Anum. (2021). Positive and Negative Psychosis Risk Symptoms among Adolescents in Ghana. Journal of Adolescence and Youth. doi.org/10.1080/02673843.2021.1933110

Anum, A., Washington-Nortey, M., & Dzokoto, V. (2020). Strategic planning in LAMIC mental health research: A Ghana case study. International Journal of Mental Health, 1-29. doi.org/10.1080/00207411.2020.1719621

Ahulu, L., Gyasi-Gyamerah, A. & Anum, A. (2019). Predicting risk and protective factors of generalized anxiety disorder: a comparative study among adolescents in Ghana. International Journal of Adolescence and Youth, 25(1), 574-584. doi.org/10.1080/02673843.2019.1698440

Holding, P., Anum, A., van de Vijver, F. J. R, Vokhiwa, M. Bugase, N., Hossen, T. …Gomes (2016). Can we measure cognitive constructs consistently within and across cultures? Evidence from a test battery in Bangladesh, Ghana, and Tanzania. Applied Neuropsychology: Child, 7(1), 1-13, DOI:10.1080/21622965.2016.1206823