Historically left-handed people have had to cope with disparaging nicknames,
sayings and misunderstanding about being left-handed. The age of hand dominance has
been debated for decades with the consensus maintaining that at about 5 years old
children begin to have stability in hand preference. In conjunction with hand dominance,
the degree of dominance plays a significant role in the level of functioning. The impact
of psychological well being during childhood is far reaching and could be life-long.
Therefore, this study raised three hypotheses that could impact the future contact with
students in regard to their hand preferences. Left-handed children would have
significantly lower self-concept scores than right-handed children. Left-handed children
would have higher anxiety levels. Left-handed children would use more external locus of
control. Participants included 132 students from grades 4 through 6 from two Catholic
Schools in the Wichita Diocese and one public elementary school in Reno County,
Kansas. Of the 132 students 121 identified themselves as right-handed and 11 identified
themselves as right-handed. To measure self-concept the Tennessee Self-Concept Scale
was used. The Penn State Worry Questionnaire was used to measure anxiety. To
measure locus of control the I-E Scale was used. Statistical results showed no
statistically significant difference between left-handed and right-handed students in terms
of anxiety and locus of control. Statistics revealed a statistically significant that lefthanded students have a statistically significant higher self-concept. / Thesis (M.Ed.)--Wichita State University, College of Education, Dept. of Counseling, Educational, & School Psychology / "December 2006."
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:WICHITA/oai:soar.wichita.edu:10057/646 |
| Date | 12 1900 |
| Creators | Fisher, Jennifer R. States |
| Contributors | Bakken, Linda |
| Source Sets | Wichita State University |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | viii, 45 leaves: ill., digital, PDF file., 198886 bytes, application/pdf |
| Rights | Copyright Jennifer R.Fisher, States , 2006. All rights reserved. |
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