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

Author(s)

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

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

9-1-1999

Publication Title

Assessment

Volume

6

Issue/Number

3

First Page

301

ISSN

1073-1911

Last Page

304

Abstract/Excerpt

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.

DOI

10.1177/107319119900600310

NSUWorks Citation

Aucone, E. J., Raphael, A. J., Golden, C. J., Espe-Pfeifer, P., Seldon, J., Pospisil, T., Dornheim, L., Proctor-Weber, Z., Calabria, M. (1999). Reliability of the Advanced Psychodiagnostic Interpretation (API) Scoring System for the Bender Gestalt.. Assessment, 6(3), 301-304.
Available at: https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cps_facarticles/182