Neuropsychological study of ex-veterans injured by chemical weapons using Bender-Gestalt test

Bender-Gestalt Test correlates of prognosis in Unipolar Depression

The Bender-Gestalt test (B-G test) was administered to examine its prognostic implications in an Ethiopian sample with unipolar depression. Total 30 patients with moderate level of depression were included in study and their time taken was compared against the performance on the B-G test. Finally, a significant difference was found between time taken and Z-scores of the test supporting the prog...

Brain Dysfunction Indication on the Bender-gestalt Test:

Bender Gestalt Visual-Motor Test – Sistema de Pontuação Gradual (B-SPG): A Study With Different Samples

The aim in this study was to analyze differences between children’s performances on the Bender – Sistema de Pontuação Gradual (B-SPG) [Gradual Scoring System] in the states of Minas Gerais and Paraíba, and to compare them with the results presented in the test manual. The participants were 511 children, both sexes, aged 6-10 years (M = 8.21, SD = 1.33), and 50.7% male. The children were from tw...

Diagnosis of OCD Patients Using Drawing Features of Bender Gestalt Shapes

Background: Since psychological tests such as questionnaire or drawing tests are almost qualitative, their results carry a degree of uncertainty and sometimes subjectivity. The deficiency of all drawing tests is that the assessment is carried out after drawing the objects and lots of information such as pen angle, speed, curvature and pressure are missed through the test. In other words, the ps...

The Bender Visual Motor Gestalt Test as a group screening instrument for social maturity

Bender Gestalt 2 This study investigated the use of the Bender Visual Motor Gestalt Test (BVMGT) as a measure of social maturity. A group BVMGT was administered to 80 second grade children and scored using the Koppitz Developmental Scoring System. The Social Domain of the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scale (VABS) served as the measure of social maturity. It was hypothesized that there is a signif...