Measuring the importance of olfaction in Chinese children: A psychometric study of the Chinese version of the Children's Personal Significance of Olfaction Questionnaire

IF 1.6 3区农林科学 Q3 FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Journal of Sensory Studies Pub Date : 2024-05-30 DOI:10.1111/joss.12928

Lixin Chen, Shaozhen Tan, Shaowei Li, Qianwen Ma, Yuying Chen, Chao Yan, Valentin A. Schriever, Laiquan Zou

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Abstract

The Children's Personal Significance of Olfaction Questionnaire (ChiPSO) is a measurement tool for assessing the importance of olfactory information in children. Due to limited research on the importance of olfaction in Chinese children, this study aims to translate the ChiPSO into Chinese and validate this version, thereby examining its applicability within the Chinese context. The study involved 1015 participants aged 6–15 years, with confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) used to evaluate the questionnaire's factor structure, alongside tests for internal consistency, test–retest reliability, and concurrent validity. The results confirmed a robust three-factor structure (food, environment, and social) with adequate internal consistency and test–retest reliability. Furthermore, concurrent validity was confirmed through significant correlations with the Chemosensory Pleasure Scale for Children and the Body Odor Sniffing Questionnaire. In conclusion, this study effectively validated the ChiPSO-C, proving it to be a reliable instrument for investigating olfactory significance in Chinese children.

Practical Application

The Chinese version of the Children's Personal Significance of Olfaction offers a validated tool to assess the personal significance of olfaction in Chinese children. Researchers and educators can use this tool to better understand and support children who may rely more significantly on olfactory cues for learning and interaction. Furthermore, this tool facilitates cross-cultural research by providing a means to compare olfactory significance across different cultural contexts.

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测量中国儿童嗅觉的重要性：儿童个人嗅觉重要性问卷中文版的心理测量研究

儿童个人嗅觉重要性问卷（ChiPSO）是一种用于评估儿童嗅觉信息重要性的测量工具。由于对中国儿童嗅觉重要性的研究有限，本研究旨在将 ChiPSO 翻译成中文，并对该版本进行验证，从而检验其在中国环境下的适用性。研究涉及 1015 名 6-15 岁的参与者，采用确证因子分析（CFA）来评估问卷的因子结构，并对内部一致性、重测信度和并发效度进行测试。结果证实，问卷具有稳健的三因素结构（食物、环境和社交），并具有足够的内部一致性和重测可靠性。此外，通过与儿童化学感官快感量表和体味嗅觉问卷的显著相关性，也证实了并发效度。总之，本研究有效地验证了ChiPSO-C，证明它是调查中国儿童嗅觉意义的可靠工具。实际应用儿童个人嗅觉意义问卷中文版为评估中国儿童的个人嗅觉意义提供了一个有效的工具。研究人员和教育工作者可以利用这一工具更好地了解和支持那些在学习和互动中更依赖嗅觉线索的儿童。此外，该工具还为比较不同文化背景下的嗅觉重要性提供了一种方法，从而促进了跨文化研究。

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Journal of Sensory Studies 工程技术-食品科技

CiteScore

3.80

自引率

20.00%

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审稿时长

18-36 weeks

期刊介绍： The Journal of Sensory Studies publishes original research and review articles, as well as expository and tutorial papers focusing on observational and experimental studies that lead to development and application of sensory and consumer (including behavior) methods to products such as food and beverage, medical, agricultural, biological, pharmaceutical, cosmetics, or other materials; information such as marketing and consumer information; or improvement of services based on sensory methods. All papers should show some advancement of sensory science in terms of methods. The journal does NOT publish papers that focus primarily on the application of standard sensory techniques to experimental variations in products unless the authors can show a unique application of sensory in an unusual way or in a new product category where sensory methods usually have not been applied.