Gender differences in influences of temperament on olfactory reactivity and awareness

Abstract Children’s olfactory performance is associated with temperament but whether there is a link with olfactory reactivity and awareness is not known. In adults negative affectivity is linked to reactivity to environmental odours but it is not clear whether these associations extend to children....

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Autores principales:	Lenka Martinec Nováková, Radka Vojtušová Mrzílková, Anna Kernerová
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2017
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:16e031017ea5487aa4c2be19b9b48d5c2021-12-02T15:04:53ZGender differences in influences of temperament on olfactory reactivity and awareness10.1038/s41598-017-09231-z2045-2322https://doaj.org/article/16e031017ea5487aa4c2be19b9b48d5c2017-08-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-09231-zhttps://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract Children’s olfactory performance is associated with temperament but whether there is a link with olfactory reactivity and awareness is not known. In adults negative affectivity is linked to reactivity to environmental odours but it is not clear whether these associations extend to children. We aimed to investigate the effect of temperamental factors on olfactory reactivity and awareness. In so doing, we controlled for the effect of parenting styles on temperamental assessment and of verbal fluency on children’s olfactory reactivity and awareness. We hypothesised that children with a high degree of negative affectivity would show greater olfactory reactivity and awareness. 129 children (62 boys, mean age 6.83 ± 0.40 years) were interviewed about their olfactory reactivity and awareness in everyday life using the established Children’s Olfactory Behavior in Everyday Life questionnaire (COBEL). Parents assessed their child’s temperament using the 94-item short form of the Children’s Behavior Questionnaire. We found that the relationship between negative affectivity and total COBEL scores varied between the genders: there was a positive, medium to large effect in boys and a negative, small one in girls. Future studies could include behavioural observations of temperament and olfactory reactivity and awareness.Lenka Martinec NovákováRadka Vojtušová MrzílkováAnna KernerováNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2017)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Lenka Martinec Nováková Radka Vojtušová Mrzílková Anna Kernerová Gender differences in influences of temperament on olfactory reactivity and awareness
description	Abstract Children’s olfactory performance is associated with temperament but whether there is a link with olfactory reactivity and awareness is not known. In adults negative affectivity is linked to reactivity to environmental odours but it is not clear whether these associations extend to children. We aimed to investigate the effect of temperamental factors on olfactory reactivity and awareness. In so doing, we controlled for the effect of parenting styles on temperamental assessment and of verbal fluency on children’s olfactory reactivity and awareness. We hypothesised that children with a high degree of negative affectivity would show greater olfactory reactivity and awareness. 129 children (62 boys, mean age 6.83 ± 0.40 years) were interviewed about their olfactory reactivity and awareness in everyday life using the established Children’s Olfactory Behavior in Everyday Life questionnaire (COBEL). Parents assessed their child’s temperament using the 94-item short form of the Children’s Behavior Questionnaire. We found that the relationship between negative affectivity and total COBEL scores varied between the genders: there was a positive, medium to large effect in boys and a negative, small one in girls. Future studies could include behavioural observations of temperament and olfactory reactivity and awareness.
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author	Lenka Martinec Nováková Radka Vojtušová Mrzílková Anna Kernerová
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author_sort	Lenka Martinec Nováková
title	Gender differences in influences of temperament on olfactory reactivity and awareness
title_short	Gender differences in influences of temperament on olfactory reactivity and awareness
title_full	Gender differences in influences of temperament on olfactory reactivity and awareness
title_fullStr	Gender differences in influences of temperament on olfactory reactivity and awareness
title_full_unstemmed	Gender differences in influences of temperament on olfactory reactivity and awareness
title_sort	gender differences in influences of temperament on olfactory reactivity and awareness
publisher	Nature Portfolio
publishDate	2017
url	https://doaj.org/article/16e031017ea5487aa4c2be19b9b48d5c
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Gender differences in influences of temperament on olfactory reactivity and awareness

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