A significant correlation was found between left-sided lateral preference as measured by the General Laterality subtest of the Lateral Preference Schedule and scores on the Student Worry Survey for 34 male college students but not for 44 female college students (M age = 19.9 yr.). This finding is consistent with other studies done with clinical populations showing correlations between left-handedness in males and various psychological disorders.
GeschwindN. (1986) Dyslexia, cerebral dominance, autoimmunity, and sex hormones. In PavlidisG. Th.FisherD. F. (Eds.), Dyslexia: Its neuropsychology and treatment. New York: Wiley. Pp. 51–63.
3.
LondonW. P. (1987) Cerebral laterality and the study of alcoholism. Alcohol, 4, 207–208.
4.
MaccobyE. E.JacklinC. N. (1974) The psychology of sex differences. Stanford, CA: Stanford Univer. Press.
5.
ManoachD. S.MaharB. A.ManschreckT. C. (1988) Left-handedness and thought disorder in the schizophrenias. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 97, 97–99.
6.
McDanielP. S.EisonJ. (1986) The relationship between college student worries and other measures of health and adjustment. (Unpublished manuscript, Southeast Missouri State University, 1 University Plaza, Cape Girardeau, MO 63701).
7.
McDanielP. S.EisonJ. (1987) Assessing student worries. In MakoskyV. P.WhittemoreL. G.RogersA. M. (Eds.), Activities handbook for the teaching of psychology. Vol. 2. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. Pp. 241–245.
8.
SpringerS. P.DeutschG. (1989) Left brain, right brain. (3rd ed.) New York: Freeman.