Performance of brain-injured and familial mental defectives on the Bender Gestalt Test.

Bensberg, Gerard J.

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“…The substitution of solid lines for dots was recorded only 7 times, always among children of low intelligence. This does not support the lintling of Bensberg (1952). who reported that this typc of error discriminated the brain-injured from familial defectives.…”

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Visuomotor Ability in Schoolchildren –A Survey

Brenner

Gillman

1966

Develop Med Child Neuro

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SUMMARY A battery of eleven tests was compiled to investigate the visuospatial abilities of 810 schoolchildren in the age‐group 8–9 years, by means of a timed group test. A scoring system was devised which reflected the normal range of performance, and made it possible to examine specific areas of disability. All the tests in the battery were found to be significantly correlated with each other. A high correlation was found between performance on the test battery and verbal IQ. No significant difference was found between the performance of boys and girls, or between left‐ and right‐handed children. Performance which deviated from the norms established in this study was discussed with reference to educational assessment, family background and emotional adjustment. It was possible, by means of the test battery, to select a group of 56 children with visuospatial and visuomotor defect. RÉSUMÉ Facultés viso‐motrices chez les écoliers Une série de onze tests a été organisée pour investiguer les facultés visuospatiales de 810 écoliers de 8–9 ans, au moyen d'un test par groupe chronométré. Un système d'annotation a étéétabli pour exprimer le champ normal des performances, et rendre possible Ľexamen de zones d'incapacityé specifiques. Tous les tests de la série ont révele une corrélation marquée entre eux. Une corrélation élevée a ete trouvée entre les tests de la serie et le Qi verbal. Aucune différence significative n'a été trouvée entre les performances des garcons et des filles, ou entre les enfants droitiers et gauchers. Une performance qui différait des normes établis dans cette étude est discutée avec référence àĽevaluation scolaire, le milieu famillial, et Ľajustement émotionnel. II a été possible, au moyen de cette série de tests, de différencier un groupe d'enfants atteints de defectuosités visuospatiales et visuomotrices. ZUSAMMENFASSUNG Visuomotorische Fähigkeiten bei Schulkindern Eine Batterie von 11 Tests wurde fertiggestellt zur Untersuchung der visuospatialen Fahigkeiten von 810 Schulkindern im Alter von 8–9 Jahren, bei der Anwendung eines zeitlich beschränkten Gruppen‐Tests. Es wurde auch ein Punkt‐Bewertungssystem hergestellt, welches der normalen Leistung entsprach und es ermöglichte, spezifische Unfahigkeits‐Gebiete zu untersuchen. Es erwies sich dass all die Tests dieser Batterie in bedeutsamer Korrelation zu einander standen. Eine hohe Korrelation erwies sich zwischen den Leistungen bei dieser Test‐Battene und dem verbalen iq. Keine bedeutenden Unterschiede traten zwischen den Leistungen von Jungen und Mädchen oder Links‐ und Rechtshändern auf. Leistungen, die von den in dieser Studie festgestellten Normen abwiechen, wurden im Hinblick auf Einschätzung der Lernfähigkeit, des Familien‐Milieus und der emolionalen Anpassung erortert. Es war moglich mithilfe dieser Test‐Batterie eine Gruppe von Kindern mit visuospatialen und visuomotorischen Defekten aufzudecken. RESUMEN La capacidad visuomotora en los escolarcs Se compiló una serie de once tests para estudiar las capacidades visuoespaciales dc 810 escol...

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Visuomotor Ability in Schoolchildren –A Survey

Brenner

Gillman

1966

Develop Med Child Neuro

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“…These findings certainly raise the question of possible sex differences on the Koppitz scoring system in other samples. Combining the present findings with those differences reported by Bensberg (1952) and those suggested by Koppitz (1964), further study of sex differences with different types of population is indicated.…”

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“…Hutt and Briskin (1960) suggest that the configurational analysis of their Bender protocols may be more valid for males than females, stating a need to determine whether appreciable differences exist. Bensberg (1952) found that his 146 females differed from his 176 males (all mental retardates), a sample larger than any previously mentioned study. Corotto and Curnutc (1960) observed a difference in the performances of the male and female adolescent delinquents.…”

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Sex Differences in the Bender Gestalt Performance of Children

Dierks

Cushna

1969

Percept Mot Skills

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The open question of sex differences in the diagnostic use of the Developmental Bender Scoring System for Young Children remains a troubling issue. These differences have been often obscured by the failure to designate clear diagnostic categories or to control for maturational effect. The present study accounts for each of the above variables and their interaction through multivariate design. The presence of a significant sex difference among these 478 children from a clinic population demonstrates the need for further exploration of sex differences in visual motor performance.

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“…In some previous studies (Bensberg, 1952;Gallagher, 1957) brain-injured children were found to make particularly many reversal or rotation errors on visuomotor tests. Haipin (1955) on the other hand found that the level of performance on tests was frequently too poor for this to be established.…”

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The Visual Perception of Cerebral Palsied Children

Wedell

1960

Child Psychology Psychiatry

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Performance of brain-injured and familial mental defectives on the Bender Gestalt Test.

Cited by 25 publications

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Visuomotor Ability in Schoolchildren –A Survey

Visuomotor Ability in Schoolchildren –A Survey

Sex Differences in the Bender Gestalt Performance of Children

The Visual Perception of Cerebral Palsied Children

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