The reliability and validity of chapman,s handedness inventory in junior high school students
Subject Areas : روان درمانگری
1 - PhD
Payame Noor University
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 '(" ! )! ! this factor. In sum CHI has a good validity and reliability for distinguishing lateralization among Iranian highschool students.
