Cultural and Environmental Pressure against Left-Hand Preference in Urban and Semi-Urban Malawi

Autor/in	Zverev, Y. P.
Titel	Cultural and Environmental Pressure against Left-Hand Preference in Urban and Semi-Urban Malawi
Quelle	In: Brain and Cognition, 60 (2006) 3, S.295-303 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0278-2626
DOI	10.1016/j.bandc.2005.07.008
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Handedness; Student Attitudes; Parent Attitudes; Teacher Attitudes; Gender Differences; Cultural Influences; Brain Hemisphere Functions; Malawi + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Linkshändigkeit; Schülerverhalten; Elternverhalten; Lehrerverhalten; Geschlechterkonflikt; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss
Abstract	The study assessed views of teachers, pupils and their guardians on left-hand preference. Seventy-five percent of the responders indicated that the left hand should not be preferred for habitual activities and 87.6% of them indicated that left-handers should be forced to change the hand. Gender had significant effect on the view on left hand preference (df = 1, OR (odds ratio)=0.465, p = 0.027). Giving a handshake when greeting a person, drawing and writing were the three top target activities against left-hand preference. An assumption that the left hand is less skilled and less powerful than the right one was the most common reason for negative view on left-hand use. Most of volunteers reported that parents and close relatives were the primary group of people who usually discourage left-hand use. Eighty point one percent of the responders indicated that people should stop preferring the left hand as soon as somebody noticed their left-handedness. The results indicated that cultural and environmental pressures might significantly affect visibility of left-handedness in urban Malawian populations. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10