Test-retest reliability of the Advanced Psychodiagnostic Interpretation (API) scoring system for the Bender Gestalt in chronic schizophrenics.
This study assesses the test-retest reliability of the revised Advanced Psychodiagnostic Interpretation (API) scoring system for the Bender Gestalt Test (BGT). The API system identifies 207 possible distortions in a BGT protocol. Test-retest reliability for 40 schizophrenic patients tested twice with a mean interval of 6.4 years (SD=3.8 years) was good, ranging from .71 to .80. Further reliability and validity studies are needed to further demonstrate the effectiveness of the system.
Aucone
E J
EJ
Nova Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33314, USA.
Wagner
E E
EE
Raphael
A J
AJ
Golden
C J
CJ
Espe-Pfeifer
P
P
Dornheim
L
L
Seldon
J
J
Pospisil
T
T
Proctor-Weber
Z
Z
Calabria
M
M
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001538:Bender-Gestalt Test; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis*