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Koppitz scoring system as a measure of bender‐gestalt performance in behaviorally and emotionally disturbed adolescents
Author(s) -
Shapiro Steven K.,
Simpson Robert G.
Publication year - 1995
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(199501)51:1<108::aid-jclp2270510117>3.0.co;2-k
Subject(s) - psychology , bender gestalt test , developmental psychology , minnesota multiphasic personality inventory , gestalt psychology , perception , test (biology) , wechsler intelligence scale for children , clinical psychology , intelligence quotient , personality , cognition , projective test , psychiatry , social psychology , paleontology , neuroscience , psychoanalysis , biology
Data are presented to assess the use of the Koppitz scoring system for the Bender‐Gestalt Test in a sample ( N = 87) of behaviorally and emotionally disturbed adolescents. Results suggested that age was modestly related to Koppitz Developmental scores, an indication that visual‐motor skills continue to develop beyond age 11. Scores were related to spatial perception skills as measured on the WISC‐R. Gender, primary psychiatric diagnosis, educational tests, and MMPI scores were not related to Bender performance. Findings are discussed in terms of a need for additional research into the utility of the Bender as a measure of visual‐motor skills in adolescents.