Global Study of Social Odor Awareness

Agnieszka Sorokowska; Agata Groyecka; Maciej Karwowski; Tomasz Frackowiak; Jennifer E. Lansford; Khodabakhsh Ahmadi; Ahmad M. Alghraibeh; Richmond Aryeetey; Anna Bertoni; Karim Bettache; Sheyla Blumen; Marta Blazejewska; Tiago Bortolini; Marina Butovskaya; Katarzyna Cantarero; Felipe Nalon Castro; Hakan Cetinkaya; Lei Chang; Bin-Bin Chen; Diana Cunha; Daniel David; Oana A. David; Fahd A. Dileym; Alejandra del Carmen Dominguez Espinosa; Silvia Donato; Daria Dronova; Seda Dural; Jitka Fialova; Maryanne Fisher; Evrim Gulbetekin; Aslihan Hamamcioglu Akkaya; Peter Hilpert; Ivana Hromatko; Raffaella Iafrate; Mariana Iesyp; Bawo James; Jelena Jaranovic; Feng Jiang; Charles Obadiah Kimamo; Grete Kjelvik; Firat Koc; Amos Laar; Fivia de Araujo Lopes; Guillermo Macbeth; Nicole M. Marcano; Rocio Martinez; Norbert Mesko; Natalya Molodovskaya; Khadijeh Moradi Qezeli; Zahrasadat Motahari; Alexandra Muhlhauser; Jean Carlos Natividade; Joseph Ntayi; Elisabeth Oberzaucher; Oluyinka Ojedokun; Mohd Sofian Bin Omar-Fauzee; Ike E. Onyishi; Anna Paluszak; John D. Pierce; Urmila Pillay; Alda Portugal; Eugenia Razumiejczyk; Anu Realo; Ana Paula Relvas; Maria Rivas; Muhammad Rizwan; Svjetlana Salkicevic; Ivan Sarmany-Schuller; Susanne Schmehl; Oksana Senyk; Charlotte Sinding; Emma Sorbring; Eftychia Stamkou; Stanislava Stoyanova; Denisa Sukolova; Nina Sutresna; Meri Tadinac; Sombat Tapanya; Andero Teras; Edna Lucia Tinoco Ponciano; Ritu Tripathi; Nachiketa Tripathi; Mamta Tripathi; Olja Uhryn; Maria Emilia Yamamoto; Gyesook Yoo; Piotr Sorokowski

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Global Study of Social Odor Awareness

Agnieszka Sorokowska, Agata Groyecka, Maciej Karwowski, Tomasz Frackowiak, Jennifer E. Lansford, Khodabakhsh Ahmadi, Ahmad M. Alghraibeh, Richmond Aryeetey, Anna Bertoni, Karim Bettache, …

Chemical senses, Vol.43(7), pp.503-513

24/08/2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/chemse/bjy038

PMID: 29955865

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Olfaction plays an important role in human social communication, including multiple domains in which people often rely on their sense of smell in the social context. The importance of the sense of smell and its role can however vary inter-individually and culturally. Despite the growing body of literature on differences in olfactory performance or hedonic preferences across the globe, the aspects of a given culture as well as culturally universal individual differences affecting odor awareness in human social life remain unknown. Here, we conducted a large-scale analysis of data collected from 10 794 participants from 52 study sites from 44 countries all over the world. The aim of our research was to explore the potential individual and country-level correlates of odor awareness in the social context. The results show that the individual characteristics were more strongly related than country-level factors to self-reported odor awareness in different social contexts. A model including individual-level predictors (gender, age, material situation, education, and preferred social distance) provided a relatively good fit to the data, but adding country-level predictors (Human Development Index, population density, and average temperature) did not improve model parameters. Although there were some cross-cultural differences in social odor awareness, the main differentiating role was played by the individual differences. This suggests that people living in different cultures and different climate conditions may still share some similar patterns of odor awareness if they share other individual-level characteristics.

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Title: Global Study of Social Odor Awareness
Creators - without role: Agnieszka Sorokowska - University of Wrocław
Agata Groyecka - University of Wrocław
Maciej Karwowski - University of Wrocław
Tomasz Frackowiak - University of Wrocław
Jennifer E. Lansford - Duke University
Khodabakhsh Ahmadi - Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences
Ahmad M. Alghraibeh - King Saud University
Richmond Aryeetey - University of Ghana
Anna Bertoni - University of Milan
Karim Bettache - Monash University Malaysia
Sheyla Blumen - Pontifical Catholic University of Peru
Marta Blazejewska - Univ Wroclaw, Inst Psychol, Ul Dawida 1, PL-50527 Wroclaw, Poland
Tiago Bortolini - Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Marina Butovskaya - Institute of Anthropology and Ethnography
Katarzyna Cantarero - Sopot University of Applied Science
Felipe Nalon Castro - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
Hakan Cetinkaya - Ankara University
Lei Chang - Macau University of Science and Technology
Bin-Bin Chen - Fudan University
Diana Cunha - University of Coimbra
Daniel David - Babeș-Bolyai University
Oana A. David - Babeș-Bolyai University
Fahd A. Dileym - King Saud University
Alejandra del Carmen Dominguez Espinosa - Univ lberoamer, Dept Psychol, Mexico City, DF, Mexico
Silvia Donato - University of Milan
Daria Dronova - Institute of Anthropology and Ethnography
Seda Dural - İzmir University of Economics
Jitka Fialova - Charles University
Maryanne Fisher - Saint Mary's University
Evrim Gulbetekin - Akdeniz University
Aslihan Hamamcioglu Akkaya - Sivas Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi
Peter Hilpert - University of Surrey
Ivana Hromatko - University of Zagreb
Raffaella Iafrate - University of Milan
Mariana Iesyp - Lviv University
Bawo James - Federal Neuro Psychiatric Hospital
Jelena Jaranovic - University of Belgrade
Feng Jiang - Central University of Finance and Economics
Charles Obadiah Kimamo - University of Nairobi
Grete Kjelvik - Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Firat Koc - Sivas Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi
Amos Laar - University of Ghana
Fivia de Araujo Lopes - Univ Fed Rio Grande do Norte, Lab Evolut Human Behav, Natal, RN, Brazil
Guillermo Macbeth - Universidad Nacional de Entre Ríos
Nicole M. Marcano - Philadelphia University
Rocio Martinez - Universidad de Granada
Norbert Mesko - University of Pecs
Natalya Molodovskaya - University of Wrocław
Khadijeh Moradi Qezeli - Razi University
Zahrasadat Motahari - University of Science and Culture
Alexandra Muhlhauser - University of Vienna
Jean Carlos Natividade - Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro
Joseph Ntayi - Makerere University
Elisabeth Oberzaucher - University of Vienna
Oluyinka Ojedokun - Adekunle Ajasin University
Mohd Sofian Bin Omar-Fauzee - Supreme Council Of Health
Ike E. Onyishi - University of Nigeria
Anna Paluszak - University of Wrocław
John D. Pierce - Thomas Jefferson University
Urmila Pillay
Alda Portugal - Universidade da Madeira
Eugenia Razumiejczyk - Universidad Nacional de Entre Ríos
Anu Realo - University of Tartu
Ana Paula Relvas - University of Coimbra
Maria Rivas - University of Magdalena
Muhammad Rizwan - University of Karachi
Svjetlana Salkicevic - University of Zagreb
Ivan Sarmany-Schuller - Centre of Social and Psychological Sciences
Susanne Schmehl - University of Vienna
Oksana Senyk - Lviv University
Charlotte Sinding - Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l'Alimentation
Emma Sorbring - University West
Eftychia Stamkou - University of Amsterdam
Stanislava Stoyanova - South-West University "Neofit Rilski"
Denisa Sukolova - Matej Bel University
Nina Sutresna - Indonesia University of Education
Meri Tadinac - University of Zagreb
Sombat Tapanya - Chiang Mai University
Andero Teras - Mottemaru OU, Tartu, Estonia
Edna Lucia Tinoco Ponciano - Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
Ritu Tripathi - Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
Nachiketa Tripathi - Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
Mamta Tripathi - SRM Institute of Science and Technology
Olja Uhryn - Lviv State University of Internal Affairs
Maria Emilia Yamamoto - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
Gyesook Yoo - Kyung Hee University
Piotr Sorokowski - University of Wrocław
Publication Details: Chemical senses, Vol.43(7), pp.503-513
Publisher: Oxford Univ Press
Number of pages: 11
Grant note: RG-1439-012 / Deanship of Scientific Research at King Saud University; King Saud University IUT2-13 / Estonian Ministry of Education of Science IP2014 043773 / Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education Iuventus Plus grant 01201370995 / NIR
Identifiers: 9949012408331
Academic Unit: King Saud University
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article