Hand and hand preferences in use of a visual analogue scale

Jacqui G. McKechnie; Eric E. Brodie

doi:10.2466/pms.107.3.643-650

Hand and hand preferences in use of a visual analogue scale

Jacqui G. McKechnie, Eric E. Brodie

Psychology

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Abstract

Visual analogue scales are commonly used to measure the intensity of sensations, and their validity and reliability have been reported. However, biases similar to those found in visual line bisection have not been investigated. 23 right-handed and 19 left-handed participants, with a mean age of 30.1 yr., marked three points on a visual analogue scale representing imagined pain, using both the left and right hands, corresponding to 1/4, 1/2, and 3/4 of the way across the scale. In keeping with visual line bisection literature, both right- and left-handed participants marked the scale with the left hand significantly leftward of the point marked with the right hand, thereby underreporting the intensity. Right-handed participants marked 1/4 significantly leftward and 3/4 significantly rightward of veridical points, thereby underreporting and overreporting, respectively, the intensity.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	643-650
Number of pages	8
Journal	Perceptual and Motor Skills
Volume	107
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2466/pms.107.3.643-650
Publication status	Published - Dec 2008

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Reilly, J and Brodie, E.E (2008)
Originally published in Perceptual and Motor Skills (2008), 107 (3), pp.643-650. Final version available from publishers website: http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/pms.107.3.643-650 Perceptual and Motor Skills published by Ammons Scientific, Copyright © AmSci 2008
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