Professor,
KSU Distinguished Scholar
Clinical - Assessment
ybenpora@kent.edu
217 Kent Hall Addition
T: (330) 672-2684
F: (330) 672-4826
Department of Psychology
Kent State University
Kent, Ohio 44242-0001
Department of psychology 
Yossef S. Ben-Porath, Ph.D.
Education: Ph.D., University of Minnesota (1989)
Research Interests
Clinical assessment of psychopathology and personality with emphasis on the MMPI-2-RF (Restructured Form), MMPI-2 and MMPI-A. My program of research focuses on developing the conceptual and empirical foundations for use of the MMPI instruments in a variety of applied assessment settings (e.g., outpatient, inpatient, personnel screening, forensic, correctional, adolescent residential, and substance abuse treatment).
Courses Frequently Taught
- Introduction to Psychological Assessment
Selected Publications/Presentations
Forbey, J.D., & Ben-Porath, Y.S. (2007). Computerized adaptive personality testing: A review and illustration with the MMPI-2 Computerized Adaptive Version. Psychological Assessment., 19, 14-24.
Forbey, J.D., & Ben-Porath, Y.S. (2007). A comparison of the MMPI-2 Restructured Clinical (RC) and Clinical Scales in a substance abuse treatment sample. Psychological Services, 4, 46-58.
Gervais, R.O., Ben-Porath, Y.S., Wygant, D.B. & Green, P. (2007). Development and validation of a Response Bias Scale (RBS) for the MMPI-2. Assessment, 14, 196-208.
Sellbom, M., Fischler, G. L., & Ben-Porath, Y. S. (2007). Identifying MMPI-2 Predictors of Police Officer Integrity and Misconduct. Criminal Justice and Behavior.34, 985-1004.
Wygant, D.B., Sellbom, M., Ben-Porath, Y.S., Stafford, K.P., Freeman, D.B. & Heilbronner, R.I. (2007). The relation between symptom validity testing and MMPI-2 scores as a function of forensic evaluation context. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 22, 488-499.
Ben-Porath, Y.S. (2006). Differentiating normal from abnormal personality with the MMPI. I. S Strack (ed.) Differentiating normal from abnormal personality (2nd edition), pp. 337-381. NY: Springer.
Sellbom, M., Ben-Porath, Y.S., & Graham, J.R. (2006). Correlates of the MMPI-2 Restructured Clinical (RC) Scales in a college counseling setting. Journal of Personality Assessment, 86, 89-99.
Sellbom, M., Ben-Porath, Y.S., McNulty, J.L., Arbisi, P.A., & Graham, J.T. (2006). Elevation Differences between MMPI-2 Clinical and Restructured Clinical (RC) Scales: Frequency, Origins, and Interpretative Implications. Assessment, 13, 430-441.
Tellegen, A., Ben-Porath, Y. S., McNulty, J. L., Arbisi, P. A., Graham, J. R., & Kaemmer, B. (2003). The MMPI-2 Restructured Clinical Scales: Development, validation, and interpretation. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press.