| Abstract: | Comparisons between groups of 20 brain damaged, 38 psychiatric, and 25 normal Ss as to the occurences of 31 signs in Bender Gestalt protocols yeilded 15 signs which discriminated between brain damaged and non-brain-damaged groups. Protocols of the original sample of Ss and of a 2nd sample of matched psychiatric and brain damaged Ss (21 in each sample) were scored by using the discrimination weight of the signs derived from the original sample. Results indicated that the scoring system significantly differentiated between brain damaged and non-brain-damaged groups in both the original and cross-validation samples. Characteristics and limitations of the system are discussed. This new scoring method shows promise for objectively identifying impairment associated with brain damage. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
