Data from the Human Penguin Project, a cross-national dataset testing social thermoregulation principles

Area of Science:

• Psychology
• Environmental Science
• Sociology

Background:

• Investigating the relationship between environmental factors and human behaviors is a long-standing scientific inquiry.
• Previous research has explored environmental influences on human actions, but comprehensive datasets on social thermoregulation are limited.

Purpose of the Study:

• To test the principles of social thermoregulation, proposing that social networks aid in regulating core body temperature.
• To examine the interplay between geographical and climatic factors and diverse human behaviors.

Main Methods:

• Collected data from 1755 participants across 15 research groups in 12 countries.
• Utilized body temperature measurements, demographic variables, social network indices, seven established psychological scales, and two novel questionnaires (STRAQ-1, KAMF).

Main Results:

• All psychological scales demonstrated sufficient to good psychometrical properties.
• The dataset includes cleaned raw data and comprehensive questionnaire validation in 9 languages.

Conclusions:

• The Human Penguin Project provides a valuable, cross-nationally validated dataset for studying environment-human interactions.
• Findings support the potential role of social networks in social thermoregulation, offering a resource for future psychological research.