The validity of the Bender-Gestalt emotional indicators.
J Pers Assess
; 51(2): 254-61, 1987.
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in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-3598843
We evaluated the concurrent validity of the revised Bender-Gestalt emotional indicators (Koppitz, 1975) among three groups of children in the 7- to 10-year age range: adjustment disorder, behavior disorder, and normal control. The concurrent validity of the emotional indicators total score was demonstrated. Notably, with the developmental level controlled, both clinical groups produced significantly more emotional indicators than the control group, although the two clinical groups could not be differentiated. Nominal-data analyses of the 13 individual emotional indicators indicated that three specific indicators (confused order, large size, boxed figures) possessed validity as pathognomonic signs. We discuss issues concerning the use of the emotional indicators in clinical practice.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Bender-Gestalt Test
/
Affective Symptoms
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
Limits:
Child
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Female
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Humans
/
Male
Language:
En
Journal:
J Pers Assess
Year:
1987
Document type:
Article