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Handedness, anxiety and sex differences
Author(s) -
Wienrich A. M.,
Wells P. A.,
McManus C.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
british journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.536
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8295
pISSN - 0007-1269
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8295.1982.tb01791.x
Subject(s) - psychology , anxiety , left handed , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , psychiatry , optics , physics
Anxiety scores of 35 male and 35 female students (28 right‐handers, 23 left‐handers and 19 mixed‐handers) were assessed in relation to the handedness classification of each individual. Females were found to show higher anxiety scores than were males; but in contradiction to previous findings, left‐handers and mixed‐handers were not found to be more anxious than right‐handers. Extremes of handedness, however, were closely related to anxiety scores, with the strongly right‐handed and the strongly left‐handed both showing higher anxiety scores than those whose hand preferences were less extreme.