The Bender-Gestalt test in an Italian sample: an analysis of Koppitz's Developmental Bender Scoring System deviations

Percept Mot Skills. 2000 Apr;90(2):373-85. doi: 10.2466/pms.2000.90.2.373.

Abstract

This study extended the research of the psychometric characteristics of Koppitz's 1963/1975 Developmental Scoring System of the Bender-Gestalt test. Attention was paid to relations among the 7 deviations. The test was administered by licensed psychologists to 1,065 white children, aged from 3 yr., 6 mo. to 11 yr., 5 mo., enrolled in the regular education track of kindergarten and elementary school in Italy.

MeSH terms

  • Age Factors
  • Analysis of Variance
  • Bender-Gestalt Test / statistics & numerical data*
  • Child
  • Child Development / physiology*
  • Child, Preschool
  • Developmental Disabilities / diagnosis*
  • Factor Analysis, Statistical
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Italy
  • Male
  • Psychometrics
  • Psychomotor Performance / physiology*