Prof. Dr. Andrew Gloster
Ordentlicher Professor für Klinische Psychologie
T +41 41 229 51 78
andrew.gloster@unilu.ch
Frohburgstrasse 3, Raum 1.B13
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Andrew Gloster ist ordentlicher Professor für Klinische Psychologie an der Universität Luzern, Prodekan der Fakultät für Verhaltenswissenschaften und Psychologie und Studiengangleiter der Weiterbildung in Prozessbasierter Psychotherapie. Nach seinem Studium an der Boston University und der Universität Leipzig promovierte er 2006 an der Eastern Michigan University und habilitierte 2016 an der Universität Basel. 2006 bis 2016 war Andrew Gloster als Postdoktorand und Oberassistent an der Technischen Universität Dresden und der Universität Basel tätig. Von 2016 bis 2022 hatte er eine SNF-Förderprofessur an der Universität Basel inne. Er ist zudem als Psychotherapeut, Trainer und Supervisor tätig.
Zu seinen Hauptforschungsinteressen gehören die Entwicklung und Implementierung psychologischer Interventionen sowie die Faktoren, die den Erfolg oder Misserfolg einer Behandlung beeinflussen; Psychotherapieprozesse, psychische Gesundheit, digitale Interventionen, methodologische Innovationen in klinischen Studien und prosoziales Verhalten. Seine Forschung zielt darauf ab, die psychische Gesundheit in verschiedenen Kontexten zu fördern und Instrumente zu entwickeln, die Psychotherapeuten bei ihrer Arbeit unterstützen. Er ist approbierter Psychotherapeut und ein leidenschaftlicher Mentor. Derzeit ist er Präsident der Association of Contextual Behavioral Science (ACBS), wo er auch Fellow ist.
Publikationen
- Paiva, T., Nunes da Silva, A., Dias Neto, D., Karekla, M., Kassianos, A. P., & Gloster, A. (2024). The Effect of Psychological Flexibility on Well-Being during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Multiple Mediation Role of Mindfulness and Coping. Behavioral Sciences, 14 (7). https://doi.org/10.3390/bs14070545
- Gloster, A., Nadler, M., Block, V., Haller, E., Rubel, J., Benoy, C., … Hayes, S. C. (2024). When Average Isn’t Good Enough: Identifying Meaningful Subgroups in Clinical Data. Cognitive Therapy and Research, (48), 537–551. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10608-023-10453-x
- Dias Neto, D., Mouadeb, D., Lemos, N., Nunes da Silva, A., Gloster, A., & Perez, W. (2024). Contextual Similarities in Psychological Flexibility: the Brazil-Portugal Transcultural Adaptation of Psy-Flex. Current Psychology, 31 (43), 25595–25603. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-024-06241-9
- Villanueva, J., Meyer, A. H., Block, V. J., Benoy, C., Bader, K., Brogli, S., … Gloster, A. (2024). How Mood Is affected by Environment and Upsetting Events: The Moderating Role of Psychological Flexibility. Psychotherapy Research, 34 (4), 490–502. https://doi.org/10.1080/10503307.2023.2215392
- Ciarrochi, J., Hernández, C., Hill, D., Ong, C., Gloster, A., Levin, M. E., … Hayes, S. C. (2024). Process-based Therapy: A Common Ground for Understanding and Utilizing Therapeutic Practices. Journal of Psychotherapy Integration, 92 (2), 124–132. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14525697
- Ciarrochi, J., Sahdra, B. K., Hayes, S. C., Hofmann, S. G., Sanford, B., Stanton, C., … Gloster, A. (2024). A Personalised Approach to Identifying Important Determinants of Well-being. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 48, 1–22. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10608-024-10486-w
- Konstantinou, P., Trigeorgi, A., Georgiou, C., Michaelides, M., Gloster, A., McHugh, L., … Karekla, M. (2024). Coping with Emotional Pain: An Experimental Comparison of Acceptance vs. Avoidance Coping. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 33. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcbs.2024.100820
- Rutschmann, R., Romanczuk-Seiferth, N., Gloster, A., & Richter, C. (2024). Increasing Psychological Flexibility Is Associated with Positive Therapy Outcomes Following a Transdiagnostic ACT Treatment. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 15. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1403718
- Li, S. N., Chien, W. T., Lam, S. K. K., Chong, Y. Y., & Gloster, A. T. (2024). Psychometric Properties of the Chinese Version of the Psy-Flex Among Parents of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-024-06610-0
- Ciarrochi, J., Sahdra, B. K., Fraser, M. I., Hayes, S. C., Yap, K., & Gloster, A. (2024). The Compassion Connection: Experience Sampling Insights Into Romantic Attraction. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcbs.2024.100749
- Sahdra, B. K., Ciarrochi, J., Fraser, M. I., Yap, K., Haller, E., Hayes, S. C., … Gloster, A. (2023). The Compassion Balance: Understanding the Interrelation of Self- and Other-Compassion for Optimal Well-being. Mindfulness, 14 (8), 1997–2013. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-023-02187-4
- Chong, Y. Y., Frey, E., Chien, W. T., Cheng, H. Y., & Gloster, A. T. (2023). The Role of Psychological Flexibility in the Relationships between Burnout, Job Satisfaction, and Mental Health among Nurses in Combatting COVID-19: A Two-Region Survey. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 55 (5), 1068–1081. https://doi.org/10.1111/jnu.12874
- Alvarez-Galvez, J., Anastasiou, A., Lamnisos, D., Constantinou, M., Nicolaou, C., Papacostas, S., … Kassianos, A. P. (2023). The Impact of Government Actions and Risk Perception on the Promotion of Self-Protective Behaviors During the COVID-19 Pandemic. PLOS ONE, 18 (4). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0284433
- Gloster, A., Rinner, M. T. B., Haller, E., Hoyer, J., Mikoteit, T., Imboden, C., … Meyer, A. H. (2023). Is Helping You Helping Me? The Assessment of Helping Others Using Event Sampling Methodology in a Clinical and a Non‐Clinical Sample. British Journal of Social Psychology, 62 (2). https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12593
- Ribeiro, S., Nunes da Silva, A., Dias Neto, D., Gloster, A., Kassianos, A. P., & Karekla, M. (2023). Psychological Impact of COVID-19: Moderated-Mediation Effect of Social Support and of Psychological Flexibility (Impacto psicológico COVID-19: efeito mediação-moderada do suporte social e da flexibilidade psicológica). Revista Psicologia, Saúde & Doenças, 24 (2), 632–643. https://doi.org/10.15309/23psd240217
- Gloster, A., Haller, E., Villanueva, J., Block, V., Benoy, C., Meyer, A. H., … Lang, U. (2023). Psychotherapy for Chronic In- and Outpatients with Common Mental Disorders: The “Choose Change” Effectiveness Trial. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 92 (2), 124–132. https://doi.org/10.1159/000529411
- Chong, Y. Y., Chien, W. T., Cheng, H. Y., Lamnisos, D., Ļubenko, J., Presti, G., … Karekla, M. (2023). Predictors of Changing Patterns of Adherence to Containment Measures during the Early Stage of COVID-19 Pandemic: An International Longitudinal Study. Globalization and Health, 19 (1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12992-023-00928-7
- Elmer, T., Ram, N., Gloster, A., & Bringmann, L. F. (2023). Studying Daily Social Interaction Quantity and Quality in Relation to Depression Change: A Multi-Phase Experience Sampling Study. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 0 (0). https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672231211469
- Konstantinou, P., Trigeorgi, A., Georgiou, C., Michaelides, M., Gloster, A., Georgiou, E., … Karekla, M. (2023). Functional Versus Dysfunctional Coping with Physical Pain: An Experimental Comparison of Acceptance vs. Avoidance Coping. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 167. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2023.104339
- Konstantinou, P., Ioannou, M., Melanthiou, D., Georgiou, K., Almas, I., Gloster, A., … Karekla, M. (2023). The Impact of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) on Quality of Life and Symptom Improvement among Chronic Health Conditions: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 29, 240–253. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcbs.2023.08.004
- Aydın, G., Kassianos, A. P., Karekla, M., & Gloster, A. (2022). Perceived Stress in COVID-19 and the First Post-Lockdown Activities (COVID-19 PANDEMİSİNDE ALGILANAN STRES VE “EVDEKAL” UYGULAMASI BİTTİKTEN SONRA YAPILMAK İSTENEN İLK ETKİNLİKLER). Trakya Journal of Education (Trakya Eğitim Dergisi), 12 (3), 1372–1385. https://doi.org/10.24315/tred.983179
- Čolić, J., Bassett, T. R., Latysheva, A., Imboden, C., Bader, K., Hatzinger, M., … Hoyer, J. (2022). Predictors of Embarrassment in Daily Social Interactions in Social Phobia, Major Depression and Healthy Controls. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 41 (2). https://doi.org/10.1521/jscp.2022.41.2.105
- Rinner, M. T., Haller, E., Meyer, A. H., & Gloster, A. (2022). Is Giving Receiving? The Influence of Autonomy on the Association between Prosocial Behavior and Well-being. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcbs.2022.03.011
- Karekla, M., Demosthenous, G., Georgiou, C., Konstantinou, P., Trigiorgi, A., Koushiou, M., & Panayiotou, G. (2022). Machine Learning Advances the Classification and Prediction of Responding from Psychophysiological Reactions. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcbs.2022.07.006
- Block, V. J., Haller, E., Villanueva, J., Meyer, A., Benoy, C., Walter, M., & Lang, U. E. (2022). Meaningful Relationships in Community and Clinical Samples: Their Importance for Mental Health. Frontiers in Psychology, 13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.832520
- Haller, E., Lubenko, J., Presti, G., Squatrito, V., Constantinou, M., Nicolaou, C., … Gloster, A. T. (2022). To Help or not To Help? Prosocial Behavior, Its Association with Well-being, and Predictors of Prosocial Behavior during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Frontiers in Psychology, 12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.775032
- Rus, C. L., Oţoiu, C., Băban, A. S., Vâjâean, C., Kassianos, A. P., Karekla, M., & Gloster, A. T. (2022). Working as a Healthcare Professional and Wellbeing During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Work Recovery Experiences and Need for Recovery as Mediators. Frontiers in Psychology, 13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.718422
Weitere Forschungsleistungen
- Inproving Psychotherapy by Combining Clinical Trials and Process Research: On the Path to Individualizing Treatment. University of Bern, Department of Psychology Colloquium, Bern, 2024
- Psychological Flexibility as a Facilitator of Resilience: Examples from the Clinic and Everyday Life. University of Zürich, Department of Psychology Colloquium, Zürich, 2024
Interessenbindungen
- Swiss Psychological Society, Mitglied, Schweiz, 2014–
- Association of Contextual Behavioral Science, Vize/Präsident/in, Schweiz, 2022–2025
- Kommissionsmitglied, Swiss Psychological Society - Commision for Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, 2024–
- Vize/Präsident/in, Association of Contextual Behavioral Science, 2022–2025
- Past-Present, Association of Contextual Behavioral Science, 2024–2025
- Member, Research and Development Committee, Institute for Better Health, 2023–
- Mitgründer, Schweizer Institut für nachhaltige Gesundheit, 2022–
