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Biography

Dr. Tarescavage is a JCU alumni whose research career began as a student at John Carroll in Fall, 2007 when he was featured in a John Carroll Magazine article highlighting undergraduate student research. He later earned the Nicholas Dicaprio Award for the Distinguished Undergraduate in Psychology in 2008. Dr. Tarescavage attended Kent State University and earned his doctoral degree in clinical psychology in 2015. While a graduate student at Kent State University, Dr. Tarescavage was awarded the Lillian Friedman Fellowship for the Outstanding Graduate Student in the Area of Mental Health, which is a university-wide award., Dr. Tarescavage was hired as an assistant professor at �鶹�� in 2017. He is an Ohio-licensed clinical psychologist who teaches and conducts research in the area of psychological assessment.

Teaching Interests

• Research methods
• Experimental design
• Psychological testing
• Professional development

Research Interests

• Applied psychological assessment, primarily with the MMPI-2-RF, one of the most widely used psychological tests in clinical psychology.
• Ways to apply psychological testing like the MMPI-2-RF to address real-world problems faced by practitioners in forensic and medical settings.

Awards and Recognition

• 2019, Summer Research Fellowship, �鶹��
• 2018, Summer Research Fellowship, �鶹��
• 2015, Award for Outstanding Student Research in the Field of Police & Public Safety Psychology, Division 18 of APA
• 2014, Student Paper Award, Kent State University
• 2013, Lillian Friedman Fellowship for the Outstanding Graduate Student in the Area of Mental Health, Kent State University
• 2013, Student Paper Award, Kent State University
• 2008, Nicholas DiCaprio Award for the Distinguished Undergraduate in Psychology, �鶹��
• 2008, Psi Chi Regional Research Award, Midwestern Psychological Association
• 2008, Research Recognition Award, �鶹��
• 2008, Applied Psychology Award, �鶹��
• 2008, Scholastic Achievement Award, �鶹��
• 2008, Service Recognition Award, �鶹��

Industry Relationships

• Cleveland Clinic Foundation
• Summit County Common Pleas Court
• Veterans Affairs Bureau

Professional Memberships

• American Psychology-Law Society, Division 41
• American Psychological Association, Division 12 - Section IX - Assessment Psychology (Past Graduate Student Representative)

Grant Funding

• 2019: Principal Investigator, �鶹�� Summer Research Fellowship, Reliability and Validity of the PiCD ($5,000).
• 2018: Principal Investigator, �鶹�� Summer Research Fellowship, Flexible and Conditional Administration of the MMPI-2-RF among Bariatric Surgery Candidates ($5,000).
• 2013: Co-Principal Investigator, University of Minnesota Press, Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2-Restructured Form: Sensitivity to Change ($3,000)(Yossef S. Ben-Porath, Ph.D., Principal Investigator).

Editorial Responsibilities

• Consulting Editor
  •  Psychological Assessment
  • Journal of Personality Assessment
• Ad Hoc Reviewer
  • Law and Human Behavior
  • Psychological Assessment
  • Assessment
  • Journal of Personality Assessment
  • International Journal of Forensic Mental Health
  • Obesity Surgery
  • Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases
  • The Clinical Neuropsychologist
  • Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology
  • American Psychological Association Books
  • Journal of Substance Abuse
  • European Journal of Psychological Assessment
  • European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience

Selected Publications

*Denotes graduate/undergraduate student advisee/collaborator +Denotes corresponding author for mentored projects

• Marek, R. M., Anderson, J., L., Tarescavage, A. M...Ben-Porath, Y.S. (in press). Elucidating Somatization in a Dimensional Model of Psychopathology across Medical Settings.��Journal of Abnormal Psychology.��
• Ingram, P., Tarescavage, A. M., Oehlert, M. O., & Ben-Porath, Y.S. (in press). 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.
• Tarescavage, A.M., Ben-Porath, Y.S., Marek, R. J., Boutacoff, L., & Heinberg, L. J. (in press). Time Savings and Accuracy of a Simulated Flexible and Conditional Administration of the MMPI-2-RF in Pre-Surgical Psychological Evaluations of Bariatric Surgery Candidates. Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases.
• Ingram, P., Tarescavage, A. M., Oehlert, M. O., & Ben-Porath, Y.S. (in press). Patterns of MMPI-2-Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF) Validity Scale Scores Observed Across Veteran Affairs Settings. Psychological Services.
• 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.
• *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.
• *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.
• *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.
• *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.
• 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.

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