The reliability and validity of chapman,s handedness inventory in junior high school students

Subject Areas : روان درمانگری

Ahmad Alipour ¹ ( PhD Payame Noor University )

Received: 2015-06-06 Accepted : 2015-06-06 Published : 2006-03-21

Keywords: handedness, left-handedness, right-handedness, lateralization, hemispheric dominance,

Abstract :

In order to study the reliability and validity of the Chapman’s Handedness Inventory (CHI) among junior high scho
     - graders from junior high-schools of Tehran district completed the Handedness Questionnaire of Chapman and   

  correlation between the two halves, and retest reliability  !"# $ $   $% & "!!# analysis revealed that all the students who according to CHI were categorized as left-handed and right-handed recognized themselves as left-handed and right-handed. Factor analysis suggested a factor which accounted for '(

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! this factor. In sum CHI has a good validity and reliability for distinguishing lateralization among Iranian highschool students.