Vol. 5, Issue 1, Part A (2023)

Left-handers find difficulty to work in a right-fit world. In manufacturing industries, they have to work with machines, which are designed for right-handers, but their performances are equitable with the right-handers. Worst performance is shown by mixed/clumsy handers. Mixed handedness develops as a result of the social stigma attached to the left-handedness. Due to prevailing social pressure left-handers are forced to switch towards right-handedness and in this process they become mixed handed individuals. This social pressure operates more on women than the men. It appears that left sided individuals prefer to shift their natural preference pattern towards the right side under the covert (social) or overt (environmental) influence of the right-sided world. The incidence of accidents has been found more with mixed sided individuals. It has also been observed that psycho-pathological abnormalities like neuroticism is associated maximally with mixed sided persons. Study reveals that neuroticism imbalances the left or mixed sided persons by increasing impulsiveness and worry and leads to greater probability of accidents.