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Central Placement of Bender Figure A by Clinic-Referred and Non-Referred Children.
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Gordon, Michael – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1982
The diagnostic significance of central placement of the first Bender-Gestalt design was examined by comparing protocols of clinic-referred and nonreferred children matched for age and IQ. As predicted, central placement occurred with greater frequency in the clinic group, but its clinical utility is unclear. (Author/RD)
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Clinical Diagnosis, Clinical Psychology, Diagnostic Tests
Bender Gestalt Performance of Normal Older Adults.
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Lacks, Patricia; Storandt, Martha – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1982
Provides normative data on the Bender Gestalt Test (BGT) with a sample of 334 normal older adults. Showed that these older adults do not perform on the BGT in a manner that can be called brain damaged. Use of the cut-off score developed with younger persons appears appropriate. (Author)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Clinical Psychology, Diagnostic Tests, Gerontology
Relationships Between WAIS Verbal Versus Performance Decrements and Bender-Gestalt Errors.
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Wagner, Edwin E.; McCormick, Mary Kathleen – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1982
Subjects with higher verbal than performance IQ's achieved significantly poorer Pascal-Suttell Bender-Gestalt scores than subjects with higher performance over verbal IQ's. The latter subjects were more likely to have dropped out of high school and to have spent some time in prison. (Author/RD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Behavior Problems, Clinical Diagnosis