Correction: Prosocial Behavior and Subjective Insecurity in Violent Contexts: Field Experiments

Abstract

Reports an error in 'Prosocial behavior and subjective insecurity in violent contexts: Field experiments' by María Alejandra Vélez, Carlos Andres Trujillo, Lina Moros and Clemente Forero (PLoS ONE, 2016[Jul][29], Vol 11[7][e0158878]).In the original article, there were several errors: (1) in the ultimate sentence of the abstract; (2) in the fourth, fifth, and sixth paragraphs under the Mediation Models heading of the Results section, and (3) in S1 Table. Corrections are provided in the erratum. (The following abstract of the original article appeared in record [rid]2016-39569-001[/rid]). Subjective insecurity is a key determinant of different forms of prosocial behavior. In Study 1, we used field experiments with farmers in Colombian villages exposed to different levels of violence to investigate how individual perceptions of insecurity affect cooperation, trust, reciprocity and altruism. To do so, we developed a cognitive-affective measure of subjective insecurity. We found that subjective insecurity has a negative effect on cooperation but influences trust and altruism positively. In Study 2, carried out three years after Study 1, we repeated the initial design with additional measures of victimization. Our goal was to relate subjective insecurity with actual victimization. The findings of Study 2 support the initial results, and are robust and consistent for cooperative behavior and trust when including victimization as a mediator. Different indicators of victimization are positively correlated with subjective insecurity and an aggregate index of victimization has a negative effect on cooperation but exerts a positive influence on trust. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved)