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Richard W. Handel PhD

    • Title:

    • Professor

    • Role:

    • Faculty

    • Focus Areas:

    • Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, EVMS (2011-present)

      Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, EVMS (2005-2011)

      Cognitive-behavioral pscyhotherapy; Anxiety disorders; Personality assessment

    • Contact Info:

    • 757.446.5888

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    • Office Location:

    • Hofheimer Hall

    • Research Interests:

    • The clinical assessment of psychopathology and personality with an emphasis on the MMPI-2-RF (Restructured Form), MMPI-2 and MMPI-A.

    • Current Projects:
    • Bio:

    • Dr. Handel received his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Kent State University.

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Recent Publications

Archer, E. M., Hagan, L. D., Mason, J., Handel, R. W., & Archer, R. P. (in press). MMPI-2-RF characteristics of custody evaluation litigants. Assessment.

Dragon, W.R., Ben-Porath, Y.S., & Handel, R.W. (in press). Examining the impact of unscorable item responses on the validity and interpretability of MMPI-2/MMPI-2-RF Restructured Clinical (RC) scale scores. Assessment.

Handel, R.W., Archer, R.P., Elkins, D.E., Mason, J.A., & Simonds-Bisbee, E.C. (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.

 

Selected Recent Presentations

Archer, E. McLeod, B., Hagan, L., Handel, R. W., & Archer, R. P. (2012, April). Evaluating the incremental validity of the MMPI-2-RC scales for custody litigants. Paper presented at the Society for Personality Assessment Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.

Arnau, R. C., & Handel, R. W. (2012, April). Evaluation of the factor structure of the MMPI-2-RF scores: An application of exploratory structural equation modeling. Paper presented at the 47th Annual Symposium on Recent Research with the MMPI-2, MMPI-2-RF, and MMPI-A, Las Vegas, NV.

Brokenbourgh, M., Handel, R. W., & Archer, R. P. (2012, April). Scale-level and item-level factor structure of the MMPI-A content scales in a forensic sample. Paper presented at the 47th Annual Symposium on Recent Research with the MMPI-2, MMPI-2-RF, and MMPI-A, Las Vegas, NV.

Ben-Porath, Y.S., Burchett, D. L., Dragon, W.R., & Handel, R.W. (2011, March). Validity scales are necessary and cost effective: Illustrations with the MMPI-2-RF. Paper presented at the Society for Personality Assessment Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.