Gary K. Leak, Ph.D.
Department Chairperson
Professor

Phone # (402) 280-3120
E-mail: gkl@creighton.edu

Teaches Courses in:

Research methods and statistics, social psychology, and evolutionary psychology


Research interests:

My primary areas of research are in (1) optimal psychological functioning (e.g., self-actualization), (2) the  connection between personal religiousness (e.g., faith development) and subjective well-being, (3) understanding the religious and personality origins of sexual orientation prejudice, and the use of structural equation modeling to scale development and validation.

Representative Publications:

Leak, G. K., & Finken, L. L. (2011). The Relationship Between the Constructs of Religiousness and Prejudice: A Structural Equation Model Analysis.  International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, 21, 43-62.

Leak, G. K. (2009).  An Assessment of the Relationship Between Identity Development, Faith Development, and Religious Commitment.  Identity: An International Journal of Theory and Research, 9, 201-218.

Leak, G. K. (2008).  Factorial Validity of the Faith Development Scale.  International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, 18, 123-131.