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The use of a modified administrative procedure (MAP) for the bender‐gestalt test with schizophrenic patients and normals
Author(s) -
Corotto Loren V.,
Hafner James L.,
Curnutt Robert H.
Publication year - 1981
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(198110)37:4<824::aid-jclp2270370423>3.0.co;2-c
Subject(s) - bender gestalt test , psychology , gestalt psychology , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , test (biology) , clinical psychology , psychiatry , projective test , psychoanalysis , neuroscience , paleontology , perception , biology
Advocated a modified procedure for administering the Bender Gestalt Test that involves administering the BG in a conventional way and, after a brief intervening period, a second administration with specific instructions to copy the BG designs exactly. Three subtypes of schizophrenia and a normal control group were studied: 25 paranoids, 25 chronic undifferentiated, 25 schizoaffectives, and 25 controls. Each schizophrenic subgroup demonstrated significant improvement in performance on the BG when the modified administrative procedure was employed. Some implications of the findings are discussed.