Muayqil Taim A, Alhaidari Ghadah M, Alkuwaiz Lamia A, Alotaibi Nouf A, Awartani Hadeel K, Almufarrej Alanoud A, Alqarni Ghadah S, Alkeridy Walid, Alanazy Mohammed H
Neurology Unit, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Front Psychol. 2021 Oct 22;12:756492. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.756492. eCollection 2021.
Arabs have a right-to-left language and engage in favoring of the right side or limb when implementing daily routine practices. The purpose of this research is to explore the effect this cultural attitude might have on pseudoneglect, by comparing with a southeast Asian sample that has a left-to-right language structure. Participants were from two separate ethnic groups (Arabs and Filipinos), residing in Saudi Arabia, healthy individals 18 years and above were allowed to volunteer in the study. The participants were recruited at King Saud University Medical City and the general community by both convenience and snowball sampling. Social demographic information such as gender, age, years of education, dominant hand, was also documented. The line bisection task (LBT) contained 36 randomly assorted lines of three different lengths placed at five different locations on a white sheet. The percent deviation score (PDS) was used to quantify pseudo-neglect. Tests of statistical significance including -tests and mixed-effects regression were performed to determine if differences existed among different demographic variables or among line properties, respectively. A total of 256 were enrolled (Arabs 52.3%). The overall PDS mean and standard deviation (SD) was -0.64 (2.87), = 0.0004, which shows a significant leftward deviation in the entire cohort. PDS was -1.26 (2.68) in Filipinos, and -0.08 (2.94) in Arabs. The difference was statically significant ( < 0.0001). Mixed effects model showed positive changes in the PDS value as the length of the line increased ( < 0.0001) and as the line was more rightward placed ( < 0.0001). However, Filipino participants would still exhibit negative changes in the PDS value in comparison to Arabs ( < 0.0001); There were no significant associations between PDS and other factors such as age, years of education and gender. Differences found here between two distinct ethnic groups support the hypothesis that certain cultural aspects such as language direction and other cultural practices influence direction and degree of pseudo-neglect.
阿拉伯人使用从右到左书写的语言，在日常行为中倾向于使用右侧身体或肢体。本研究旨在通过与具有从左到右语言结构的东南亚样本进行比较，探讨这种文化态度可能对假性忽视产生的影响。参与者来自两个不同的族群（阿拉伯人和菲律宾人），居住在沙特阿拉伯，18岁及以上的健康个体可自愿参与本研究。参与者通过便利抽样和滚雪球抽样在沙特国王大学医学城和普通社区招募。还记录了社会人口统计学信息，如性别、年龄、受教育年限、优势手等。直线二等分任务（LBT）包含36条随机排列的不同长度的直线，分布在一张白纸上的五个不同位置。百分比偏差分数（PDS）用于量化假性忽视。进行了包括t检验和混合效应回归在内的统计显著性检验，以分别确定不同人口变量之间或直线属性之间是否存在差异。共招募了256名参与者（阿拉伯人占52.3%）。总体PDS均值和标准差（SD）为-0.64（2.87），p = 0.0004，这表明整个队列中存在显著的向左偏差。菲律宾人的PDS为-1.26（2.68），阿拉伯人的PDS为-0.08（2.94）。差异具有统计学意义（p < 0.0001）。混合效应模型显示，随着直线长度的增加（p < 0.0001）以及直线位置更靠右（p < 0.0001），PDS值会出现正向变化。然而，与阿拉伯人相比，菲律宾参与者的PDS值仍会出现负向变化（p < 0.0001）；PDS与年龄、受教育年限和性别等其他因素之间没有显著关联。在两个不同族群之间发现的差异支持了这样一种假设，即某些文化方面，如语言方向和其他文化行为，会影响假性忽视的方向和程度。
