Reliability of the Advanced Psychodiagnostic Interpretation (API) Scoring System for the Bender Gestalt.

Ernest J. Aucone; Alan J. Raphael; Charles J. Golden; Patricia Espe-Pfeifer; Jen Seldon; Tanya Pospisil; Liane Dornheim; Zoe Proctor-Weber; Michael Calabria

doi:10.1177/107319119900600310

Reliability of the Advanced Psychodiagnostic Interpretation (API) Scoring System for the Bender Gestalt.

Ernest J. Aucone
, Alan J. Raphael
, Charles J. Golden
, Patricia Espe-Pfeifer
, Jen Seldon
, Tanya Pospisil
, Liane Dornheim
, Zoe Proctor-Weber
, Michael Calabria

College of Psychology

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

4 Scopus citations

Abstract

This study assesses the interrater reliability of the revised Advanced Psychodiagnostic Interpretation (API) scoring system for the Bender Gestalt Test (BGT). The API scoring system identifies 207 possible distortions in a BGT protocol. Agreement across nine raters exceeded 90% for each of three clinical protocols. Kappa statistics indicated that the API system exhibited good interrater reliability. Further research is necessary in such areas as test-retest reliability and validity to further demonstrate the effectiveness of the procedure.

Original language	American English
Journal	Assessment
Volume	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/107319119900600310
State	Published - Sep 1 1999

Keywords

Adult
Bender-Gestalt Test
Bipolar Disorder
Conduct Disorder
Florida
Middle Aged
Observer Variation
Paranoid Schizophrenia.
Personality Disorders
Psychometrics
Reproducibility of Results

Disciplines

Psychology

Access to Document

10.1177/107319119900600310License: Unspecified

http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/107319119900600310

Cite this

@article{155dc5abb58941dcaaa3244bb8e028c2,

title = "Reliability of the Advanced Psychodiagnostic Interpretation (API) Scoring System for the Bender Gestalt.",

abstract = " This study assesses the interrater reliability of the revised Advanced Psychodiagnostic Interpretation (API) scoring system for the Bender Gestalt Test (BGT). The API scoring system identifies 207 possible distortions in a BGT protocol. Agreement across nine raters exceeded 90\% for each of three clinical protocols. Kappa statistics indicated that the API system exhibited good interrater reliability. Further research is necessary in such areas as test-retest reliability and validity to further demonstrate the effectiveness of the procedure.",

keywords = "Adult, Bender-Gestalt Test, Bipolar Disorder, Conduct Disorder, Florida, Middle Aged, Observer Variation, Paranoid Schizophrenia., Personality Disorders, Psychometrics, Reproducibility of Results",

author = "Aucone, \{Ernest J.\} and Raphael, \{Alan J.\} and Golden, \{Charles J.\} and Patricia Espe-Pfeifer and Jen Seldon and Tanya Pospisil and Liane Dornheim and Zoe Proctor-Weber and Michael Calabria",

year = "1999",

month = sep,

day = "1",

doi = "10.1177/107319119900600310",

language = "American English",

volume = "6",

journal = "Assessment",

issn = "1073-1911",

publisher = "SAGE Publications Inc.",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Reliability of the Advanced Psychodiagnostic Interpretation (API) Scoring System for the Bender Gestalt.

AU - Aucone, Ernest J.

AU - Raphael, Alan J.

AU - Golden, Charles J.

AU - Espe-Pfeifer, Patricia

AU - Seldon, Jen

AU - Pospisil, Tanya

AU - Dornheim, Liane

AU - Proctor-Weber, Zoe

AU - Calabria, Michael

PY - 1999/9/1

Y1 - 1999/9/1

N2 - This study assesses the interrater reliability of the revised Advanced Psychodiagnostic Interpretation (API) scoring system for the Bender Gestalt Test (BGT). The API scoring system identifies 207 possible distortions in a BGT protocol. Agreement across nine raters exceeded 90% for each of three clinical protocols. Kappa statistics indicated that the API system exhibited good interrater reliability. Further research is necessary in such areas as test-retest reliability and validity to further demonstrate the effectiveness of the procedure.

AB - This study assesses the interrater reliability of the revised Advanced Psychodiagnostic Interpretation (API) scoring system for the Bender Gestalt Test (BGT). The API scoring system identifies 207 possible distortions in a BGT protocol. Agreement across nine raters exceeded 90% for each of three clinical protocols. Kappa statistics indicated that the API system exhibited good interrater reliability. Further research is necessary in such areas as test-retest reliability and validity to further demonstrate the effectiveness of the procedure.

KW - Adult

KW - Bender-Gestalt Test

KW - Bipolar Disorder

KW - Conduct Disorder

KW - Florida

KW - Middle Aged

KW - Observer Variation

KW - Paranoid Schizophrenia.

KW - Personality Disorders

KW - Psychometrics

KW - Reproducibility of Results

UR - https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cps_facarticles/182

UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/107319119900600310

U2 - 10.1177/107319119900600310

DO - 10.1177/107319119900600310

M3 - Article

C2 - 10445967

SN - 1073-1911

VL - 6

JO - Assessment

JF - Assessment

ER -

Reliability of the Advanced Psychodiagnostic Interpretation (API) Scoring System for the Bender Gestalt.

Abstract

Keywords

Disciplines

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this