The use of the Bender Gestalt with an alcoholic and non-alcoholic population

✍ Scribed by Robert H. Curnutt

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1953
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 324 KB
• Volume: 9
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0021-9762
• DOI: 10.1002/1097-4679(195307)9:3<287::aid-jclp2270090307>3.0.co;2-v

✦ Synopsis

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on the relationship between this type of performance and varying amounts of alcohol. Then, the standardization of a handwriting test as an index of amounts of alcohol consumed may be considered.

SUMMARY

Forty adult male subjects consumed from 9 -15 ounces of whiskey each. A comparison of handwriting samples obtained before and after the consumption of alcohol yielded significant differences. The subjects took more time, used more space and were less accurate in copying a sample paragraph and signing their names. Ten graphological signs proved to differentiate between the "before" and "after" alcohol samples with a high degree of confidence. No relationship between the incidence of the graphological signs and degree of alcohol concentration in the blood was found. Implications for further research and for practical application were discussed.