Kyunghee Han Ph.D.

kyunghee han

Address:
Sloan Hall 103
Central Michigan University
Mt. Pleasant, MI 48859

Email: han1k@cmich.edu

Website: http://www.chsbs.cmich.edu/k_han/

Vita
Bio:

Kyunghee Han received her Ph.D. in Personality Psychology from the University of Minnesota in 1993.  She has previously held an appointment in Educational Psychology at the University of Mississippi.  She joined the faculty at the Central Michigan University in 2001. 

Research Interest:

My research to date can be divided into two areas: general psychometric scale validation research and cross-cultural research on personality and psychopathology.  Examples of the former include: (a) construction of a validity scale, S, recently adopted by National Computing Systems for standard use with the MMPI-2; (b) exploring the personality item content areas on which couples agree most; and (c) developing new factor scales measuring expectation about counseling.  Examples of cross-cultural research include: (a) standardization of the MMPI-2 and MMPI-A; (b) creating a scale that measures the Korean Cultural-Bound Syndrome of “Hwa-Byung”; (c) examining validity of MMPI-2 validity scales in Korean population; and (d) evaluating measurement equivalence of depression scale with the US and Korean normative samples. 

Recent Research:

Topor, D. J., Colarelli, S. M., & Han, K. (2007).  Influences of traits and assessment methods on human resource practitioners’ evaluations of job applicants.  Journal of Business and Psychology, 21, 361-376.

Chung, J. J., Weed, N. C., & Han, K (2006).  Evaluating cross-cultural equivalence of
the Korean MMPI-2 via bilingual test-retest. International Journal of InterculturalRelations, 30, 531-543.   

Hatchett, G. T., & Han, K. (2006).  Development and Evaluation of New Factor Scales for
the Expectations About Counseling (EAC-B) Inventory in a College Sample. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 62, 1303-1318.

Roberts, M., Han, K., & Weed, N. C. (2006).  Development of a scale to assess Hwa-
Byung, a    Korean culture bound syndrome, using the Korean MMPI-2.Transcultural       Psychiatry, 43, 383-400.

Backs, R. W., da Silva, S. P., & Han, K. (2005).  A comparison of younger and older adults’ Self-Assessment Manikin ratings of affective pictures.  Experimental Aging Research, 31, 1-20. 

Kim, J., Han, K., Lim, K., Lee, J., & Min, B.  (2005).  Korean Minnesota Mutiphasic Personality Inventory-2 user manual.  Seoul, Korea: Maumsarang, Inc (http://www.mmpi2.co.kr/).   

Kim, J., Han, K., Lim, K., Min, B., & Lee, J. (2005).  Korean Minnesota Mutiphasic Personality Inventory-Adolescent user manual.  Seoul, Korea: Maumsarang, Inc (http://www.mmpi2.co.kr/).   

Han, K., Weed, N. C., & Butcher, J. N. (2003).  Dyadic agreement on the MMPI- 2.  Personality and Individual Differences 35, 606-615.