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Bender-Gestalt Emotional Indicators and Acting-Out Behavior in Young Children

This study was designed to investigate the relationship between 15 emotional indicators on the Bender-Gestalt Test and acting-out behavior in young children. The subjects were 93 children ranging in age from 5 to 12 years. Each was administered the Bender. A measure of each subject's overt acting-out behavior was then obtained by having teachers rate each student on a Behavioral Rating Scale. Subjects' records were then divided into groups on the basis of both sex and age. Results indicated that neither the total number of Bender indicators nor any of the individual Bender indicators were significantly correlated with total scores on the rating scale. Use of the Bender as a projective device to measure acting-out behavior was seriously questioned.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc663819
Date08 1900
CreatorsTrahan, Donald Everett
ContributorsStricklin, Annie B., Hughes, Anita E., Johnson, Ray W.
PublisherNorth Texas State University
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
Formativ, 31 leaves, Text
RightsPublic, Trahan, Donald Everett, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights

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