Path analysis was used to discover predictors of personality, school conduct, and distractibility-hyperactivity problems in this 4-year longitudinal study of 173 rural children. While previous studies had shown that children's behavior disorders are related to sex of child, family disruption, IQ, Bender-Gestalt Test scores, and socioeconomic…

Elementary school children displaying high rates of classroom disruption--"acting-out"--were given the Bender Gestalt pre- and posttreatments. Treatments consisted of contingency management, while a control group received an eclectic procedure. All experimental students and half of the control group showed significant drops in rates of…