Correction to Chantland et al. (2022).

Abstract

Reports an error in "Control preference persists with age" by Eric C. M. Chantland, Kainan S. Wang, Mauricio R. Delgado and Susan M. Ravizza (Psychology and Aging, 2022[Nov], Vol 37[7], 843-847). In the original article, the odds ratio and probability were misreported in the second and third sentences of the first paragraph of the Results section. The correct information is provided in this erratum. The online version of the article has been corrected. (The following abstract of the original article appeared in record 2023-04889-001). The opportunity to exert control in one's environment is desirable, and individuals are willing to seek out control, even at a financial cost. Additionally, control-related activation of reward regions in the brain and the positive affect associated with the opportunity to exert control suggest that control is rewarding. The present study explores whether there are age-related differences in the preference for control. Older and younger adults chose whether to maintain control and play a guessing game themselves or to cede this control to the computer. Maintaining and ceding control were associated with different amounts of monetary reward that could be banked upon a successful guess. This required participants to weigh the value associated with control compared to monetary rewards. We found that older adults preferred control and traded monetary reward for control, similar to younger adults. The results suggest that the preference for exerting control may be preserved across age. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).