Abstract
The current study was conducted to examine the relation of rotation preference item (turning around vertical axis) and validated preference tasks for evaluating of concepts of handedness and footedness in child population. A total of 200 individuals from Prague elementary schools (males = 96, females = 104) in age range 8 – 10 (mean age , years) participated. Structural equation modelling specifically categorical confirmatory factor analysis models showed that turning behaviour has significant regression relation only to concept of “Lower limb preference” p<0.01. Participants with right foot preference had tendency to do rotation on left side whereas participants who showed left foot preference in used tasks had tendency to rotate on right side. Moreover in further processing of data by multigroup modelling was found that item for rotation (stretch your arms sideways and make a 360-degree turn around your axis) have not fitted the data equally for both sub-population (male and female). Female population showed against male population significantly p<0.001 stronger relation of rotating around vertical axis on factor lower limb preference in sense of rotating on oposite side than is prefered lower limb. This founding is surprisingly in contrast with previous study which was done on adolescence population.Acknowledgments: This study was supported by PRVOUK P039