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
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.
Ben-Porath, Y.S. & Tellegen, A. (2008). The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory -2 Restructured Form: Manual for administration, scoring, and interpretation. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press.
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.
Sellbom, M., Ben-Porath, Y.S. & Bagby, R.M. (2008). On the hierarchical structure of mood and anxiety disorders: Confirmatory evidence and elaboration of a model of temperament markers. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 117, 576-590.
Sellbom, M., Ben-Porath, Y. S.. & Stafford, K.P. (2007). A comparison of MMPI-2 measures of psychopathic deviance in a forensic setting. Psychological Assessment. 19, 430-436.
Tellegen, A. & Ben-Porath, Y.S. (2008). The Minnesota Multiphaisc Personality Inventory -2 Restructured Form: Technical manual. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press.
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.