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An investigative study of the Bender‐Gestalt: Clinical validation of its use with a reading disabled population
Author(s) -
Schneider Michael A.,
Spivack George
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(197904)35:2<346::aid-jclp2270350225>3.0.co;2-v
Subject(s) - psychology , reading (process) , reading disability , bender gestalt test , developmental psychology , gestalt psychology , dyslexia , clinical psychology , perception , linguistics , psychoanalysis , neuroscience , projective test , philosophy
Investigated usefulness of the Bender‐Gestalt in differentiating between primary and secondary reading disability. Research with 50 reading disabled Ss was carried out. The Ss were classified as having a primary or secondary reading disability according to selected criteria; then their Bender protocols were scored. It was hypothesized that developmental scores would differentiate the two diagnostic groups. A second hypothesis was that specific signs would differentiate between primary and secondary reading disabled children. The results supported the latter hypothesis, but not the former. Results also showed that those in the primary group were more reading retarded than secondary reading disability Ss and that Bender‐Gestalt scores are not significantly related to reading level in such a group of reading disabled children.