ASSESSMENT Research

Pre-Hire Public Safety Officer Screening

  1. Roberts, R., Tarescavage, A. M., Roberts, M., & Ben-Porath, Y. S. (2018). Predicting Post-Probationary Job Performance of Police Officers Using CPI and MMPI-2 RF Test Data Obtained During Preemployment Psychological Screening. Journal of Personality Assessment. Advance online publication.
  2. Ben-Porath, Y. S., Tarescavage, A. M., & Corey, D. M. (2016). Using the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2-Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF) in Preemployment Evaluations of Police Officer CandidatesIn C. L. Mitchell & E. Dorian (Eds.), Police Psychology and Its Growing Impact on Modern Law Enforcement. Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
  3. Tarescavage, A. M., Corey, D. M., & Ben-Porath, Y. S. (2016). A prorating method for estimating MMPI-2-RF Scores from MMPI responses: Examination of score fidelity and illustration of empirical utility in the PERSEREC Police Integrity Study sample. Assessment23(2), 173-190.
  4. Tarescavage, A. M., Fischler, G., Cappo, B., Hill, D., Corey, D. M., & Ben-Porath, Y. S. (2015). Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2-Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF) predictors of police officer problem behavior and collateral self-report test scores. Psychological Assessment27(1), 125-137.
  5. Tarescavage, A. M., Corey, D. M., Gupton, H. M., & Ben-Porath Y.S. (2015). Criterion validity and practical utility of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2-Restructured Form in assessments of police officer candidates. Journal of Personality Assessment97(4), 382-394.
  6. Tarescavage, A. M., Corey, D. M., & Ben-Porath, Y. S. (2015). Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2-Restructured Form predictors of police officer problem behavior. Assessment22(1), 116-132.
  7. Tarescavage, A. M., Brewster, J. A., Corey, D. M., & Ben-Porath, Y. S. (2015). Use of pre-hire MMPI-2-RF police candidate scores to predict supervisor ratings of post-hire performance. Assessment22(4), 411-428.

Psychological Assessment (Other)

  1. Tarescavage, A. M. & Menton, B. (in press). Construct Validity of the Personality Inventory for ICD-11 (PiCD): Evidence from the MMPI-2-RF and CAT-PD-SF. Psychological Assessment.
  2. Tarescavage, A. M., Forner, E., & Ben-Porath, Y. S. (in press). Construct Validity of the PROMIS Emotional Distress Scales: Evidence from the MMPI-2-RF. Psychological Assessment.
  3. Kremyar, A., Tarescavage, A. M., & Ben-Porath, Y.S. (2019). The Construct Validity of Distress Intolerance: Is it Distinct from Demoralization and Negative Emotionality? Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment.
  4. Marek, R. M., Anderson, J., L., Tarescavage, A. M…Ben-Porath, Y.S. (2019). Elucidating Somatization in a Dimensional Model of Psychopathology across Medical Settings. Journal of Abnormal Psychology.
  5. Carey, A., Tarescavage, A. M., Block, A. R., & Ben-Porath, Y.S. (2019). Flexible and Conditional Administration of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2-Restructured Form in Pre-Surgical Psychological Evaluations of Spine Surgery Candidates. Journal of Personality Assessment.
  6. Fusco, B., Marek, R. J., Tarescavage, A. M., Ben-Porath, Y.S., & Heinberg, L. (2018). Using the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2-Restructured Form Cutoffs to Predict Lack of Presurgical Exercise. Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings. Advance online publication.
  7. Tarescavage, A. M., Scheman, J., & Ben-Porath, Y.S. (2018). Prospective comparison of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) and MMPI-2-Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF) in predicting treatment outcomes among chronic low back pain patients. Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings. Advance online publication.
  8. Tarescavage, A.M. & Ben-Porath, Y. B. (2017). Avoiding Cognitive Biases in Clinical Decision Making: Commentary on “Evidence-Based Assessment as an Integrative Model for Applying Psychological Science to Guide the Voyage of Treatment”. Clinical Psychology: Research and Practice.
  9. Anderson, J. L., Wood, M. E., Tarescavage, A. M., Burchett, D., & Glassmire, D. M. (2017). The role of dimensional personality pathology in a forensic inpatient psychiatric setting. Journal of Personality Disorders. Advance online publication.
  10. Tarescavage, A. M. & Ben-Porath, Y. S. (2017). Conditional branching administration of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2-Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF). Psychological Assessment. Advance online publication.
  11. Romero, I. E., Toorabally, N., Burchett, D., Tarescavage, A. M., & Glassmire, D. M. (2017). Mapping the MMPI-2-RF substantive scales onto internalizing, externalizing, and thought dysfunction domains in a forensic inpatient setting. Journal of Personality Assessment, 99, 351-362.
  12. Menton, B., Crighton, A., Tarescavage, A.M., Marek, R. J., Hicks, A., & Ben-Porath, Y.S. (2017). Equivalence of Laptop and Tablet Administrations of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 Restructured Form. Assessment. Advance online publication.
  13. Marek, R. M., Tarescavage, A. M., Ben-Porath, Y.S., Ashton, K., Heinberg, L. J., & Rish, J. M. (2017). Associations between psychological test results and failure to proceed with bariatric surgery. Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases, 13, 507-513.
  14. Burchett, D., Dragon, W., Smith, A., Tarescavage, A.M., Mattson, C., Ben-Porath, Y.S. & Handel, R. (2016). False feigners: Examining the impact of non-content-based invalid Responding on the MMPI-2-RF content-based invalid responding indicators. Psychological Assessment, 28(5), 458-470.
  15. Marek, R. M., Tarescavage, A. M., Ben-Porath, Y.S., Ashton, K., Merrell, J., & Heinberg, L. (2015). Using presurgical psychological testing to predict 1-year appointment adherence and weight loss in bariatric surgery patients: predictive validity and methodological considerations. Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases, 11(5), 1171-1181.
  16. Marek, R. J., Tarescavage, A. M., Ben-Porath, Y. S., Ashton, K., & Heinberg, L. J. (2015). Replication and evaluation of a proposed two-factor Binge Eating Scale (BES) structure in a sample of bariatric surgery candidates. Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases, 11(3), 659-665.
  17. Tarescavage, A.M., Alosco, M. L., Ben-Porath, Y.S., Wood, A., & Luna-Jones, L. (2015). MMPI-2-RF scores generated from the MMPI-2 and MMPI-2-RF test booklets: Comparability in a sample of criminal defendants. Assessment, 22(2), 188-197.
  18. Tarescavage, A. M., Scheman, J., & Ben-Porath, Y.S. (2015). Reliability and validity of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2-Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF) in evaluations of chronic low back pain patients. Psychological Assessment, 27(2), 433-446.
  19. Tarescavage, A. M. & Ben-Porath, Y.S. (2015). A response to Odland et al.’s misleading, alarmist estimates of risk for overpathologizing when interpreting the MMPI-2-RF. The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 29(2), 183-196.
  20. Tarescavage, A. M. & Ben-Porath, Y. S. (2015). Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) Instruments. In R. L. Cautin & Scott O. Lilienfeld (Eds.), The Encyclopedia of Clinical Psychology. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.
  21. Tarescavage, A. M., Finn, J. A., Marek, R.J., Ben-Porath, Y.S, & van Dulmen, M. (2015). Premature termination from psychotherapy and internalizing psychopathology: The role of demoralization. Journal of Affective Disorders, 174, 549-555.
  22. Tarescavage, A. M., & Ben-Porath, Y.S. (2014). Psychotherapeutic outcome measures: A critical review for practitioners. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 70(9), 808-830.
  23. Marek, R. M., Ben-Porath, Y.S., Windover, A., Tarescavage, A. M., Merrell, J., Ashton, K., Lavery, M., & Heinberg, L. (2013). Assessing psychosocial functioning of bariatric surgery candidates with the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2-Restructured Form. Obesity Surgery, 23(11), 1865-1873.
  24. Tarescavage, A. M., Ben-Porath, Y.S., Wygant, D., & Boutacoff, L. (2013). Reliability, validity, and utility of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2-Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF) in assessments of bariatric surgery candidates. Psychological Assessment, 25(4), 1179-1194.
  25. Tarescavage, A. M., Marek, R. J., Finn, J. A., Hicks, A., Rapier, J. L., & Ben-Porath, Y. S. (2013). Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2-Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF) normative elevation rates: Comparisons with epidemiological prevalence rates. The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 27(7), 1106-1120.