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Bender gestalt performance of normal older adults
Author(s) -
Lacks Patricia,
Storandt Martha
Publication year - 1982
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(198207)38:3<624::aid-jclp2270380328>3.0.co;2-z
Subject(s) - bender gestalt test , psychology , normative , neuropsychology , gestalt psychology , clinical psychology , population , test (biology) , neuropsychological test , psychometrics , developmental psychology , psychiatry , cognition , medicine , projective test , paleontology , philosophy , environmental health , epistemology , neuroscience , psychoanalysis , perception , biology
With increased numbers of older adults in the population, psychologists are faced frequently with diagnostic questions that concern the neuropsychological functioning of an older client. The need for a brief screening measure of organicity can be filled by the Bender Gestalt Test (BGT), a measure widely used by psychologists. This report provides normative data on the BGT with a sample of 334 normal older adults aged 60 and above who are residing in the community. Using the Hutt‐Briskin scoring criteria, it is shown that these older adults, as a group, 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 to be appropriate even with older adults.