While handedness questionnaires are widely used in adults, there is no comparable measure designed specifically for children. The current study developed the Home Handedness Questionnaire (HHQ), a new measure for preschoolers administered by parents using common household items. The HHQ has two scales that distinguish action types typically combined on other measures: actions performed with only the right or left hand (i.e., unimanual, such as holding a toothbrush), and actions performed with one hand holding the object for the other hand’s action (i.e., role-differentiated bimanual manipulation or RDBM, such as unscrewing a lid from a jar). The HHQ was able to detect right preference, left preference, and no preference for unimanual and RDBM actions in a proof of concept study in 3-year-olds (N = 64). The HHQ identified a majority of children as right-handed, but was also sensitive to variability in direction across skill types. Approximately one-quarter of children in the sample had mixed preferences for the two types of manual skills, suggesting that for a subgroup of children, hand use patterns may still be undergoing change. Suggestions for refining the HHQ are discussed. Overall, the HHQ is a promising multidimensional parent-led tool for assessing preschool handedness.

虽然上手习惯调查表在成年人中广泛使用，但没有专门针对儿童设计的类似措施。当前的研究开发了“家庭习惯调查表”（HHQ），这是针对父母使用普通家庭用品管理的学龄前儿童的一项新措施。HHQ有两个等级来区分通常与其他度量结合使用的动作类型：仅用右手或左手执行的动作（即，单手，例如握住牙刷），以及用一只手握住对象的另一只手执行的动作（即角色区分的双向操作或RDBM（例如从广口瓶上拧下盖子）。总部在3岁儿童（N  = 64）的概念证明研究中能够检测到右偏爱，左偏爱以及对单向和RDBM操作没有偏爱。总部确定大多数儿童是惯用右手的，但对技能类型上方向的变化也很敏感。样本中大约四分之一的儿童对两种类型的手动技能有不同的偏好，这表明对于一小组儿童，手的使用方式可能仍在变化。讨论了完善总部的建议。总体而言，总部是评估父母的学前教育习惯的有前途的，由家长主导的工具。