Effect of Economic Level and Impulsivity on the Bender-Gestalt Performance of Greek Children

Abstract

The Bender-Gestalt test was administered to 126 normal 6- to 7-yr.-old Greek children coming from three distinctly different socio-economic environments. Children from higher economic environments made fewer errors and required significantly longer completion times. A significant, but low, negative correlation was found between the subjects' performance and completion times, supporting Kagan's hypothesis based on matching figures that impulsivity affects performance negatively. When errors were adjusted for completion time by covariance analysis, a significant difference in Bender errors among all three environments still remained, favoring the performance of children from higher economic environments.

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