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The scent of securi...
The scent of security : Odor of romantic partner alters subjective discomfort and autonomic stress responses in an adult attachment-dependent manner
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- Granqvist, Pehr (author)
- Stockholms universitet,Personlighets-, social- och utvecklingspsykologi
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- Vestbrant, Karolina (author)
- Stockholms universitet,Psykologiska institutionen
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- Döllinger, Lillian (author)
- Stockholms universitet,Klinisk psykologi
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- Liuzza, Marco Tullio (author)
- Stockholms universitet,Kognitiv psykologi,University of Catanzaro, Italy
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- Olsson, Mats J. (author)
- Karolinska Institutet
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- Blomkvist, Anna (author)
- Stockholms universitet,Personlighets-, social- och utvecklingspsykologi
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- Lundström, Johan N. (author)
- Stockholms universitet,Institutionen för lingvistik,Karolinska Institutet, Sweden; Monell Chemical Senses Center, USA; University of Pennsylvania, USA
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- Elsevier BV, 2019
- 2019
- English.
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In: Physiology and Behavior. - : Elsevier BV. - 0031-9384 .- 1873-507X. ; 198, s. 144-150
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Abstract
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- When in a stressful situation, access to adult attachment figures (e.g., romantic partners) is an important means by which adults regulate stress responses. The practice of smelling a partner's worn garment is reported as a self-treatment against stress. Here, we experimentally determined whether exposure to a partner's body odor attenuates adults' subjective discomfort and psychophysiological responses, and whether such effects are qualified by adult attachment security. In a blocked design, participants (N = 34) were presented with their partner's body odor, their own body odor, the odor of a clean t-shirt and rose odor, while exposed to weak electric shocks to induce discomfort and stress responses. Results showed that partner body odor reduces subjective discomfort during a stressful event, as compared with the odor of oneself. Also, highly secure participants had attenuated skin conductance when exposed to partner odor. We conclude that partner odor is a scent of security, especially for attachment-secure adults.
Subject headings
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Psykologi (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Psychology (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- olfaction
- adult attachment
- body odors
- stress
- attachment styles
- Psychology
- psykologi
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- ref (subject category)
- art (subject category)
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