Determining Strictly Concave/Convex Function

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I have a function

$a^2 \beta (\beta +1) (\gamma g+1)+a \left(-\beta ^2 (\gamma +1)+\beta \gamma (g-1) (\gamma +\gamma g+2)+(\gamma g+1)^2\right)+(-\gamma -1) (\beta +\gamma +1)$

where

$0 < a <1$

$0 < g <1$

$1 < \beta$

$ 1 < \gamma$

I am trying to determine if it is strictly concave, convex or not.

Is this the correct procedure? 1) Determine Hessian 2) Determine Eigenvalues 3) if all eigenvalues positive -> strictly convex, all negative -> strictly concave, otherwise neither

I am unclear about how to pick the values with which to compute eigenvalues?