The present study investigated the relationship between indicators on the Bender Visual Motor Gestalt Test and acting-out behavior shown by 58 male and 40 female adolescents in a behaviorally oriented, alternative educational program, Acting-out behavior was measured by assessing the number of timeouts students received during their first 25 days in the program. Two Bender composite indexes were calculated--l0 emotional indicators recommended by Koppitz and 12 indicators believed related to acting-out behavior or control problems. Results found that the index of Bender acting-out indicators correlated with number of timeouts. The Koppitz index did not correlate with timeouts, suggesting lack of internal consistency. Five individual indicators correlated with number of timeouts.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc504444 |
| Date | 12 1900 |
| Creators | Caudle, Richard John |
| Contributors | Martin, Sander, 1939-, Johnson, Douglas A., Bleker, Edward G. |
| Publisher | North Texas State University |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | iv, 36 leaves, Text |
| Rights | Public, Caudle, Richard John, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved. |
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