Handel, Richard W.

Richard W. Handel
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Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

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research overview

My research interests are in the area of self-report assessment of psychopathology and personality.

I am particularly interested in the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory family of instruments.

selected publications

2019

Development and Validation of the Norfolk Quality of Life Fatigue Tool (QOL-F): A New Measure of Perception of Fatigue.. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association.
Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2019.10.021 PMID: 31859222
2016

An Introduction to the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-Adolescent-Restructured Form (MMPI-A-RF). JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY IN MEDICAL SETTINGS. 23:361-373.
Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10880-016-9475-6 PMID: 27752979
2016

Autobiography of Richard W. Handel, Ph.D.. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY IN MEDICAL SETTINGS. 358-360.
Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10880-016-9467-6 PMID: 27663686
2016

Psychometric Examination, Adaptation, and Evaluation of the Hebrew Translation of the MMPI-2-RF VRIN-r and TRIN-r Validity Scales. JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT. 98:608-615.
Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/00223891.2016.1174705 PMID: 27219330
2016

"False Feigners": Examining the Impact of Non-Content-Based Invalid Responding on the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 Restructured Form Content-Based Invalid Responding Indicators. PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT. 28:458-470.
Full Text via DOI: 10.1037/pas0000205 PMID: 26302101
2016

Walking-Induced Fatigue Leads to Increased Falls Risk in Older Adults. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION. 17:402-409.
Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2015.12.013 PMID: 26825684
2012

Examining the Impact of Unscorable Item Responses on the Validity and Interpretability of MMPI-2/MMPI-2-RF Restructured Clinical (RC) Scale Scores. ASSESSMENT. 19:101-113.
Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/1073191111415362 PMID: 21835886
2012

MMPI-2-RF Characteristics of Custody Evaluation Litigants. ASSESSMENT. 19:14-20.
Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/1073191110397469 PMID: 21288990
2011

Psychometric Properties of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-Adolescent (MMPI-A) Clinical, Content, and Supplementary Scales in a Forensic Sample. JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT. 93:566-581.
Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/00223891.2011.608752 PMID: 21999380
2010

Correlates of the MMPI-2-RF in a College Setting. PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT. 22:737-744.
Full Text via DOI: 10.1037/a0020645 PMID: 20804257
2010

Psychometric Functioning of the MMPI-2-RF VRIN-r and TRIN-r Scales With Varying Degrees of Randomness, Acquiescence, and Counter-Acquiescence. PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT. 22:87-95.
Full Text via DOI: 10.1037/a0017061 PMID: 20230155
2010

Validity of the Massachusetts Youth Screening Instrument-2 (MAYSI-2) Scales in Juvenile Justice Settings. JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT. 92:337-348.
Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/00223891.2010.482009 PMID: 20552508
2008

An investigation of the psychometric properties of the MMPI-2 Restructured Clinical (RC) scales with mental health inpatients. JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT. 90:239-249.
Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/00223890701884954 PMID: 18444120
2008

Incremental validity of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 and Symptom Checklist-90-Revised with mental health inpatients. ASSESSMENT. 15:78-86.
Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/1073191107307529 PMID: 18258734
2007

The classification accuracy of the Minnesota multiphasic personality inventory-adolescent - Effects of modifying the normative sample. ASSESSMENT. 14:80-85.
Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/1073191106291815 PMID: 17314183
2006

A survey of psychological test use patterns among forensic psychologists. JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT. 87:84-94.
2006

An evaluation of the MMPI-2 and MMPI-A true response inconsistency (TRIN) scales. ASSESSMENT. 13:98-106.
Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/1073191105284453 PMID: 16443721
2006

External correlates of the MMPI-2 content component scales in mental health inpatients. ASSESSMENT. 13:80-97.
Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/1073191105284432 PMID: 16443720
2005

Principal components analyses of the MMPI-2 PSY-5 scales. ASSESSMENT. 12:186-198.
Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/1073191105274750 PMID: 15914720

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Professor

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Richard W. Handel, PhD

recognition and awards

2015- Association of Psychologists in Academic Health Centers - Bud Orgel Award for Distinguished Achievement in Research
2006- Society for Personality Assessment - Samuel J. and Anne G. Beck Award for Outstanding Early Career Research in the Field of Personality Assessment

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