Olfactory Perception is Positively Linked to Anxiety in Young Adults

Havlı́ček, Jan; Nováková, Lenka; Vondrová, Marta; Kubêna, Aleŝ; Valentová, Jaroslava Varella; Roberts, S. Craig

doi:10.1068/p7244

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“…In contrast, another study by Herberner et al (1989) demonstrated that, in comparison to extremely sociable participants, extremely shy participants were significantly more sensitive to odors. Furthermore, several studies reported no significant relationship between olfactory sensitivity and extraversion/introversion (Filsinger et al, 1987; Koelega, 1994; Pause et al, 1998; Larsson et al, 2000; Havlíček et al, 2012). Pause et al (1998) found that neuroticism, when compared to extraversion, has a stronger impact in determination of olfactory sensitivity.…”

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“…Personality is another potential factor in modulating olfactory perception (Koelega, 1970, 1994; Filsinger et al, 1987; Pause et al, 1998; Larsson et al, 2000; Chen and Dalton, 2005; Havlíček et al, 2012;; La Buissonnière-Ariza et al, 2013). Earlier research demonstrated plausible relationships between olfactory sensitivity and personality traits such as extraversion/introversion; the results, however, are controversial.…”

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Relationships between personality traits and attitudes toward the sense of smell

2013

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Olfactory perception appears to be linked to personality traits. This study aimed to determine whether personality traits influence human attitudes toward sense of smell. Two-hundred participants’ attitudes toward their senses of smell and their personality traits were measured using two self-administered questionnaires: the Importance of Olfaction Questionnaire and the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire-Revised. Demographics and olfactory function were also assessed using a self-administered questionnaire. Gender-induced differences were present in attitudes toward sense of smell. Women participants were more dependent than men participants on olfactory cues for daily decision-making. In addition, as participants evaluated their own olfactory functions more positively, they relied more on olfactory information in everyday life. To determine a relationship between personality traits and attitudes toward sense of smell, Spearman partial correlation analyses were conducted, with controlling the factors that might influence attitudes with respect to sense of smell (i.e., gender and self-awareness of olfactory function) as covariates. Participants who scored high on the lie-scale (i.e., socially desirable and faking good), tended to use olfactory cues for daily decision-making related both to social communication and product purchase. In conclusion, our findings demonstrate a significant association between personality traits and attitudes toward sense of smell.

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Relationships between personality traits and attitudes toward the sense of smell

2013

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“…Since this study was part of a broader project, including a study by Havlíček and colleagues [35] on the relation of Big Five personality traits and olfactory abilities, the participants further completed several other questionnaires.…”

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Olfactory Performance Is Predicted by Individual Sex-Atypicality, but Not Sexual Orientation

2013

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Many previous studies have reported robust sex differences in olfactory perception. However, both men and women can be expected to vary in the degree to which they exhibit olfactory performance considered typical of their own or the opposite sex. Sex-atypicality is often described in terms of childhood gender nonconformity, which, however, is not a perfect correlate of non-heterosexual orientation. Here we explored intrasexual variability in psychophysical olfactory performance in a sample of 156 individuals (83 non-heterosexual) and found the lowest odor identification scores in heterosexual men. However, when childhood gender nonconformity was entered in the model along with sexual orientation, better odor identification scores were exhibited by gender-nonconforming men, and greater olfactory sensitivity by gender-conforming women, irrespective of their sexual orientation. Thus, sex-atypicality, but not sexual orientation predicts olfactory performance, and we propose that this might not be limited to olfaction, but represent a more general phenomenon.

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“…[68] Indeed, nine of 16 target smells in the Odor Identification Test represent a smell from foods or beverages. A higher level of anxiety is significantly associated with enhanced odor identification in individuals without AN,[22,69] and anxiety is associated with a tendency to attend to threatening information. [70] Superior odor identification in individuals with AN may therefore represent an attentional bias toward feared stimuli related to eating.…”

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Heightened Olfactory Sensitivity in Young Females with Recent-Onset Anorexia Nervosa and Recovered Individuals

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IntroductionOlfaction may be related to food restriction and weight loss. However, reports regarding olfactory function in individuals with anorexia nervosa (AN) have been inconclusive.ObjectiveCharacterize olfactory sensitivity and identification in female adolescents and young adults with first-episode AN and young females recovered from AN.MethodsWe used the Sniffin’ Sticks Odor Threshold Test and Odor Identification Test to assess 43 participants with first-episode AN, 27 recovered participants, and 39 control participants. Participants completed the Importance of Olfaction questionnaire, the Beck Youth Inventory and the Eating Disorder Inventory. We also conducted a psychiatric diagnostic interview and the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule with participants.ResultsBoth clinical groups showed heightened olfactory sensitivity. After excluding participants with depression, participants with first-episode AN identified more odors than recovered participants.ConclusionHeightened olfactory sensitivity in AN may be independent of clinical status, whereas only individuals with current AN and without depression show more accurate odor identification.

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Olfactory Perception is Positively Linked to Anxiety in Young Adults

Cited by 30 publications

References 57 publications

Relationships between personality traits and attitudes toward the sense of smell

Relationships between personality traits and attitudes toward the sense of smell

Olfactory Performance Is Predicted by Individual Sex-Atypicality, but Not Sexual Orientation

Heightened Olfactory Sensitivity in Young Females with Recent-Onset Anorexia Nervosa and Recovered Individuals

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