ASSESSMENT Research
DR. TARESCAVAGE'S PUBLICATIONS
Pre-Hire Public Safety Officer Screening
- 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.
- 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 Candidates. In C. L. Mitchell & E. Dorian (Eds.), Police Psychology and Its Growing Impact on Modern Law Enforcement. Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
- 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. Assessment, 23(2), 173-190.
- 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 Assessment, 27(1), 125-137.
- 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 Assessment, 97(4), 382-394.
- Tarescavage, A. M., Corey, D. M., & Ben-Porath, Y. S. (2015). Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2-Restructured Form predictors of police officer problem behavior. Assessment, 22(1), 116-132.
- 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. Assessment, 22(4), 411-428.
Workers Compensation & Disability Evaluations
- Gervais, R.O., Tarescavage, A. M., Greiffenstein, M., Wygant, D. B., Deslauriers, C., & Arends, P. (2017). Inconsistent responding on the MMPI-2-RF and uncooperative attitude: Evidence from cognitive performance validity measures. Psychological Assessment. Advance online publication.
- Tarescavage, A. M., Wygant, D., Gervais, O., & Ben-Porath, Y.S. (2013). The MMPI-2-RF overreporting Scales: Association with malingered neurocognitive dysfunction among disability claimants. The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 27(2), 313-335.
- Crighton, A. H., Tarescavage, A. M., Gervais, R. O., & Ben-Porath, Y. S. (2015). The Generalizability of Overreporting Across Self-Report Measures: An Investigation With the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2-Restructured Form and the Personality Assessment Inventory in a Civil Disability Sample. Assessment, 24, 555-574.
Veterans Affairs Evaluations
- Ingram, P., Tarescavage, A. M., Berquist, B., Ben-Porath, Y. S., & Oehlert, M. (in press). External Correlates of the MMPI-2-Restructured Form across a National Sample of Veterans. Journal of Personality Assessment.
- Ingram, P., Tarescavage, A. M., Berquist, B., Ben-Porath, Y. S., & Oehlert, M. (2019) Comparing MMPI-2-Restructured Form Scores by Service Era for Veterans Assessed within the Veteran Affairs Healthcare System. Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings.
- Ingram, P., Tarescavage, A. M., Oehlert, M. O., & Ben-Porath, Y.S. (2019). Descriptive profiles of the MMPI-2-Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF) across a National Sample of four Veteran Affairs treatment settings. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment.
- Ingram, P., Tarescavage, A. M., Oehlert, M. O., & Ben-Porath, Y.S. (2019). Patterns of MMPI-2-Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF) Validity Scale Scores Observed Across Veteran Affairs Settings. Psychological Services.
Diversity in Forensic Settings
- Whitman, M., Tarescavage, A. M., Glassmire, D. M., Burchett, D., & Sellbom, M. (2018). Examination of Differential Validity of MMPI-2-RF Scores by Gender and Ethnicity in a Forensic Sample. Psychological Assessment. Advance online publication.
- Glassmire, D. M., Jhawar, A., Burchett, D., & Tarescavage, A. M. (2017). Evaluating Item Endorsement Rates for the MMPI-2-RF F-r and Fp-r Scales across Ethnic, Gender, and Diagnostic Groups with a Forensic Inpatient Sample. Psychological Assessment, 29, 500-508.
Violence Risk Assessment
- Tarescavage, A. M., Azizian, A., Broderick, C., & English, P. (2018). Associations between MMPI-2-RF Scale Scores and Institutional Violence among Patients Detained under Sexually Violent Predator Laws. Psychological Assessment. Advance online publication.
- Tarescavage, A. M., Cappo, B., & Ben-Porath, Y.S. (2016). Assessment of sex offenders with the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2-Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF). Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment. Advance online publication.
- Tarescavage, A.M., Glassmire, D.M., & Burchett, D. (2016). Introduction of a Conceptual Model for Integrating the MMPI-2-RF into HCR-20V3 Violence Risk Assessments and Associations between the MMPI-2-RF and Institutional Violence. Law and Human Behavior, 40, 626-637.
- Kasula, K., Tarescavage, A. M., Ben-Porath, Y.S., Burchett, D., Menton, W., & Sellbom, M. (in press). The TriPM and MMPI-2-RF Tri-Scales: A Direct Construct Validity Comparison. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment.
Suicide Risk Assessment
- Tarescavage, A. M., Glassmire, D. M., & Burchett, D. (2017). MMPI-2-RF Markers of Future Suicidal Behavior in a Forensic Psychiatric Hospital. Psychological Assessment. Advance online publication.
- Glassmire, D. M., Tarescavage, A. M., Burchett, D., Martinez, J., & Gomez, A. (2016) Clinical utility of the MMPI-2-RF SUI items and scale in a forensic inpatient setting: Association with interview self-report and future suicidal behavior. Psychological Assessment, 28(11), 1502-1509.
Substance Abuse
- Lincourt, T. M., Tarescavage, A. M., Burchett, D., & Glassmire, D. M. (2019). MMPI-2-RF Substance Abuse Scale and Clinical Interview Disclosure in a Forensic Inpatient Setting. Psychological Assessment.
- Tarescavage, A. M., Windover, A., Ben-Porath, Y. S., Boutacoff, L., Marek, R., Ashton, K., Merrell, J., Lavery, M., & Heinberg, L. (2013). Use of the MMPI-2-RF Suicidal/Death Ideation and Substance Abuse Scales in screening bariatric surgery candidates. Psychological Assessment, 25(4), 1385-1389.
Malingering
- Tylicki, J. L., Wygant, D.B., Tarescavage, A. M., Sellbom, M., Frederick, R., Tyner, E., & Granacher, R. P. (2018). Comparability of SIRS and SIRS-2 classifications with external response bias criteria. Psychological Assessment. Advance online publication.
- Glassmire, D. M., Tarescavage, A. M., Gottfried, E. (2016). Likelihood of obtaining Structured Interview of Reported Symptoms elevations among forensic psychiatric inpatients with Miller Forensic Assessment of Symptoms Test elevations. Psychological Assessment, 28, 1586-1596.
- Tarescavage, A. M. & Glassmire, D. M. (2016). Differences between SIRS and SIRS-2 sensitivity estimates among forensic inpatients: A criterion groups comparison. Law and Human Behavior, 40, 488-502.
Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity
- Himsl, K., Burchett, D., Tarescavage, A. M., & Glassmire, D. M. (2017). Assessing Reading Ability for Psychological Testing in Forensic Assessments: An Investigation with the WRAT-4 and MMPI-2-RF. International Journal of Forensic Mental Health. Advance online publication.
- Tarescavage, A.M., Glassmire, D.M., & Burchett, D. (2016). Introduction of a Conceptual Model for Integrating the MMPI-2-RF into HCR-20V3 Violence Risk Assessments and Associations between the MMPI-2-RF and Institutional Violence. Law and Human Behavior, 40, 626-637.
Probation Failure
- Whitman, M., Burchett, D., Tarescavage, A. M., Ben-Porath, Y.S., & Sellbom, M. (in press). Predictive Validity of Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2-Restructured Form Scale Scores in a Batterers’ Intervention Program. Criminal Justice and Behavior.
- Tarescavage, A. M., Luna-Jones, L., & Ben-Porath, Y. S. (2014). Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2-Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF) predictors of violating probation after felonious crimes. Psychological Assessment, 26(4), 1375-1380.
Psychological Assessment (Other)
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Tarescavage, A. M., & Ben-Porath, Y.S. (2014). Psychotherapeutic outcome measures: A critical review for practitioners. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 70(9), 808-830.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.