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