Authors
Adam M Perkins, Renata Cserjesi, Ulrich Ettinger, Veena Kumari, Nicholas G Martin, Rosalind Arden
Publication date
2018/7/1
Publisher
Elsevier Science
Description
Reports an error in" Personality and occupational markers of ‘solid citizenship’are associated with having fewer children" by Adam M. Perkins, Renata Cserjesi, Ulrich Ettinger, Veena Kumari, Nicholas G. Martin and Rosalind Arden (Personality and Individual Differences, 2013 [Nov], Vol 55 [8], 871-876). In the original article, some statistical test probabilities were reported incorrectly and some typographical errors were present. The corrections are given in the erratum.(The following abstract of the original article appeared in record 2013-33322-003). Investigating associations between personality and reproductive fitness may reveal the adaptive significance of human behavioural traits. What we dub ‘solid-citizenship’personality characteristics such as self-control, diligence and responsibility may repay study from an evolutionary perspective as they protect against negative life-outcomes. We explored associations …