Title
Comparative study of inter-rater agreement and consistency in the Bender visual motor gestalt test, 2.<sup>nd</sup> edition
Other title
Estudio comparativo del acuerdo y consistencia intercalificadores en el test gestáltico visomotor de Bender 2.a edición
Date Issued
01 September 2016
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
Fundacion para el Avance de la Psicologia
Abstract
This study aims to test the effectiveness of raters without specific training in the Global Scoring System, a method used to score the level of accuracy of the drawings reproduced in the Bender gestalt test, 2.nd edition (Bender -II). Some previous studies have shown good reliability in inter-rater levels, but the effect of the lack of specific training was not verified. The participants were 75 children, divided into two groups (34 and 41, both between 8 and 11 years old), and four raters (two students and two graduates in psychology). After applying the test individually, the raters were instructed to rate the reproduced designs using the manual as a guide only, with no interaction between them. A within and between-group comparisons analysis was performed. Although the results showed some moderate differences in the group comparisons, high levels of agreement and consistency were mainly found. When compared with previous studies, the differences were generally not substantial. It can be concluded that the Bender-II visual-motor score can achieve good levels of reliability.
Start page
175
End page
182
Volume
48
Issue
3
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Psicología (incluye relaciones hombre-máquina)
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84978898794
Source
Revista Latinoamericana de Psicologia
ISSN of the container
01200534
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
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