title: Handedness, symptom reporting, and accident susceptibility.
abstract: A cross-sectional design was used to examine the relationship among handedness, self-reported symptoms, and accident susceptibility in a nonclinical sample (N = 285). Left-handedness was not found to be associated with elevated symptom reporting (and, consequently, health problems) and accident susceptibility. Thus, the present findings do not support the hypothesis that left-handedness is accompanied by reduced physical fitness or accident proneness.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mental Health Sciences, Limburg University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Merckelbach
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Muris
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Kop
mesh_terms: D000057:Accident Proneness; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D015984:Causality; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male