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Glenn Gamst
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Interests
My current research interests focus on how cultural factors impact mental health service delivery to diverse consumer populations.
Toward this end, I have been examining, with students and colleagues, the role of client-practitioner ethnic/racial match, client acculturation status, client ethnic/racial identity, and practitioner cultural competence on mental health consumers' clinical outcomes.
Recently, colleagues and I have developed a new self-report scale that measures therapist cultural competence. This scale is called the California Brief Multicultural Competence Scale (CBMCS). The CBMCS is currently being used across the United States. Additionally, we have developed a 32-hour multicultural training program that flows directly from the CBMCS. This training program has been sponsored by the California Department of Mental Health, and is currently being pilot-tested in various California counties.
In my "spare time", when I am not teaching undergraduate or graduate courses, doing administrative chores, or engaging in my multicultural research program, I pursue other intellectual interests. For example, I recently helped write a graduate-level multivariate statistics textbook (Meyers, Gamst, & Guarino, 2006) titled: "Applied Multivariate Research: Design and Interpretation". We now use this text in our graduate statistics sequence.
I also enjoy spending time with my family, reading, rooting for the Saint Louis Rams, and working on my 1956 Chevy Nomad.
Representative Publications
- Gamst, G. Meyers, L. S., & Guarino, A.J. (2008). Analysis of variance designs: A conceptual and computational approach with SPSS and SAS. New York: Cambridge University Press.
- Dana, R.H., Gamst, G., & Der-Karabetian, A. (2008). CBMCS Multicultural Training Program. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
- Gamst, G., Der-Karabetian, A., & Dana, R.H. (2008). Readings in multicultural practice. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publication.
- Gamst, G., Der-Karabetian, A., & Dana, R.H. (2008). CBMCS multicultural reader. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publication.
- Der-Karabetian, A., Dana, R.H., Gamst, G. (2008). CBMCS multicultural training program: Participant workbook. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publication.
- Gamst, G. Rogers, R., Der-Karabetian, A., Dana, R.H. (2006). Addressing mental health disparities: A preliminary test of the Multicultural Assessment Intervention Process (MAIP) model. In E. V. Metrosa (Ed.), Racial and ethnic disparities in health and healthcare. Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
- Gamst, G., Herdina, A., Mondragon, E., Munguia, F., Pleitez, A., Stephens, H., & Vo, D. (2006). Relationship among ethnic identity, acculturation, and homeless status on a homeless population's functional status. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 62, 1485-1501.
- Meyers, L.S., Gamst, G., & Guarino, A. (2006). Applied multivariate research: Design and interpretation. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publishers.
- Gamst, G., Dana, R.H., Der-KJarabetian, A., Aragon, M., Arellano, L., Morrow, G., & Martenson, L. (2004). Cultural competency revised: The California Brief Multicultural Competence Scale. Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 37, 163-183.
- Gamst, G., Dana, R., Der-Karabetian, A., & Kramer, T. (2004). Ethnic match and treatment outcomes for child and adolescent mental health center clients. Journal of Counseling Development, 82, 457-465.
- Gamst, G., Aguilar-Kitibutr, A., HJerdina, A., Hibbs, S., Krishtal, E., Lee, R., Robert., R., Ryan, E., Stephens, H., & Martenson, L. (2003). Effects of racial match on Asian American mental health consumer satisfaction. Mental Health Services Research, 5, 197-208.
Contact Information
University of La Verne
Psychology Department
Hoover 202
1950 Third Street
La Verne, CA 91750
(909) 593-3511 ext. 4176
gamstg@ulv.edu