title: Handedness and stress-related health problems.
abstract: Response of groups of 163 right-, 22 mixed-, and 20 left-handed university students to the seven symptom subscales of a 48-item Stress-related Health Problems Scale were used to test the hypothesis that left-handedness is associated with an increased risk of stress-related health problems. Since only one of the 21 possible statistical tests computed barely reached statistical significance, there is no meaningful relationship between handedness and stress-related health problems.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, San Jose State University, CA 95192-0120, USA.
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Hicks
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hyler
mesh_terms: D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000145:classification; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013312:Stress, Physiological / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires