| Abstract: | 左撇子是一種生理現象。慣用左手者或許須面臨一些特殊問題，但也可能因而具有某些獨有的優勢。隨著時代演進，從不少報導及個人觀察中可發現，願意彰顯自身為左撇子的人逐漸增多。本研究參酌心理學、醫學、教育學等方面既有文獻之研究成果，並從社會學面向探討左撇子的才藝表現與社會化過程，其中包含成長歷程、生活適應、心理狀態及工具上的使用等。 國內左撇子仍屬少數，樣本取得較不易，故本研究於量化方法上採取滾雪球方式尋覓研究對象，並透過基本統計值、因素分析與多元回歸分析等統計數據結果進行討論，再從中找出具有代表性之左撇子進行質性訪談，包括在任何狀態下均使用左手之純左撇子，以及在某些行為上已改為右手之左撇子。 在檢視量化資料顯示絕大部分左撇子並非如文獻所述，對於慣用左手一事懷有躊躇不前、懷憂喪志或刻意掩飾之反應，反而大部份為樂觀進取且充滿信心的態度。而質性研究的深入訪談則發現，受訪者認為家庭教育甚為重要，父母從小給予的態度、觀念與教育方式，對左撇子之成長過程具有極深之影響，且均牽繫著孩子未來的發展。然而在才藝表現上，無論是音樂、藝術或運動方面，皆曾出現過困境及瓶頸，特別是在所需器材之選購與使用方面，惟大多數的左撇子皆能以處之泰然的態度加以克服。 研究結果反應出左撇子在各項競爭上存在之優劣點及在成長過程中影響才藝成就之最重要因素，有助於使左撇子在社會行為發展過程中更加善用本身之優勢及克服既有之劣勢，並以平常心處理日常生活中進退禮儀及生活習性，勇於呈現陽光之一面。
Being a left-handed is a physiological phenomenon. Left-handed persons might have to face some special problems, but they may also have certain unique advantages. With the time goes by, many reports show that the number of the persons who are willing to demonstrate themselves as left-handed persons is gradually increasing. In this study, based on the literature review from psychology , medicine , education and related area we explore the talents and socialization process(growth, lift adjustment, mentation, and tool using) of left-handed people. We use snowball sampling to reach our data and then do quantitative analyses including basic statistics, factor analysis, and regression analysis. We also conduct qualitative interviews with some representative left-handed persons, including those who use their left hand to do things in any state, and those who already use their right hand to do something on some behavior. The empirical results show that most of the left-handed people are not as anticipated in the literature, in which they hesitate to move forward, lose their faith or deliberately conceal themselves while they use their left hand. On the contrary, most of them are not only optimistic and enterprising but also full of confidence. After in-depth interviews, we discover that respondents think the education of their family is very important, which means parents’ attitude, concept and the way of education to them when they were children have a profound impact on their growth process. However, in performance talent, whether in music, art or sports, they have come up against some difficulties and bottlenecks, especially on the equipment choosing and using. But most of them have conquered them. The results reflect that the strengths and weaknesses on many kinds of competition of left-handed persons could help them to use the strengths of themselves and overcome weaknesses in the social behavior of the development process. They can also deal with the etiquette and habits on daily life and always on the optimistic side. |
