The One-Month Temporal Stability of Children's Self-Reported Hand Preferences

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Abstract
An investigation was conducted of the one-month temporal stability of the Raczkowski, Kalat, & Nebes (1974) item pool for measuring self-reported hand preference. The subjects were 267 children, ranging in age from 8 through 14. On the aggregate, the most reliable measures were hand preferences for writing, drawing, and throwing a baseball, which showed a reliability comparable to that found with adult samples. The reliabilities of the remaining items were somewhat lower, although still acceptable for inclusion in a questionnaire. Two activities—striking a match and using a tennis racket—were not performed by a large portion of the sample, and should not be included in a children's hand-preference questionnaire.