Simulation of brain damage on the Bender-Gestalt test by college subjects

J Pers Assess. 1975 Jun;39(3):244-55. doi: 10.1207/s15327752jpa3903_5.

Abstract

The study found that nonbraindamaged college subjects could not simulate organicity on the Bender-Gestalt test when instructed to do so. Although Pascal-Suttell and Canter scoring methods failed to differentiate malingerers from an organic criterion group, an ABPP clinician sorted 89% of the records correctly in a pilot study. Differentiating criteria were then spelled out from the pilot study protocols. In the main study the expert clinician correctly identified all 20 malingerers. Subsequent studies of intra- and inter-rater reliability produced satisfactory results.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Bender-Gestalt Test*
  • Brain Damage, Chronic / diagnosis*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Malingering / diagnosis*
  • Middle Aged