Correction to “Lower SES PhD students experience interpersonal disconnection from others both inside and outside of academia”

Abstract

Citation to article being corrected: Park, H.J., Ruberton, P.M., Smyth, J.M., Cohen, G.L., Purdie-Greenaway, V., & Cook, J.E. (2023). Lower SES PhD students experience interpersonal disconnection from others both inside and outside of academia. Journal of Social Issues, 79(1), 79–107. https://doi.org/10.1111/josi.12556

Description of error:

In line 15 of the “Participants and procedure” section (p. 84), the number of participants who completed the baseline survey should be changed to 1081 instead of 1085. This error does not influence our final sample size and thus does not influence our results.

In line 3 of the “A sense of social integration into academia” section (p. 94), the coefficient representing the non-significant effect of international status on social integration should be changed to -.01 instead of .01. This error does not change the implication of our results.

In lines 2–3 of the “Perceived similarity to others in department” section (p. 95), “In addition, international students perceived less similarity to others compared to domestic students” should be changed to “In addition, international students perceived more similarity to others compared to domestic students”. All statistics do not need to be changed. Relatedly, in the discussion section (lines 41–44 of p. 99), “In addition, in line with past literature on international students’ experience (Glass et al., 2015), international students (compared to domestic students and controlling for SES and gender) perceived less similarity with their colleagues inside academia.” should be changed to “Contrary to past literature on international students’ experience (Glass et al., 2015), international students (compared to domestic students and controlling for URM status, SES and gender) perceived more similarity with their colleagues inside academia.”.

In lines 6–8 of the “Perceived similarity to others in department” section (p. 95), “Students’ perceived similarity to other people in their department decreased over the year, β₁ = −.31, t(3588) = −2.04, p = .04, 95% CI [−.60, −.01], R² = .0004, but this trajectory did not differ as a function of demographic variables.” should be changed to “Students’ perceived similarity to other people in their department decreased over the year, β₁ = −.31, t(3588) = −2.04, p = .04, 95% CI [−.60, −.01], R² = .0004, but this trajectory did not differ as a function of demographic variables except for international status, γ₁₂ = −.25, t(3588) = −2.68, p = .01, 95% CI [−.43, −.07], R² = .001. For international students, perceived similarity did not change across the year (β₁ = .20, p = .30) while it did decline across the year for domestic non−URM (β₁ = −.40, t(3588) = −2.67, p = .008, 95% CI [−.70, −.11], R² = .0004) and URM students (effects were marginal) (β₁ = −.71, p = .06).

In lines 2–6 of the “Understanding from close others outside of academia” section (p. 95), “Additionally, international, URM, and female/nonbinary students perceived less understanding from close others outside of academia compared to domestic, non-URM, and male students, respectively.” should be changed to “Additionally, domestic, URM, and female/nonbinary students perceived less understanding from close others outside of academia compared to international, non-URM, and male students, respectively.” All statistics do not need to be changed. Relatedly, in the discussion section (lines 44–46 of p. 99), “Outside of academia, international students perceived less understanding from close others and kept fewer ties with their close others.” should be changed to “Outside of academia, although international students perceived more understanding from close others, they actually kept fewer ties with their close others.”.

In line 5 of the “Maintaining ties outside of academia” section (p. 95), an unintended letter was inserted during copyediting, “ÿ”. This letter should be deleted.

Figure 2 (p. 97) should be replaced with the revised figure above. The changes to the revised figure are that (1) the coefficient from “Lower SES” leading to “Close others Understanding” should have been −.08 instead of −.8 as noted in the published manuscript, and (2) the upper bound of the 95% CI for “Total Indirect Effect” should have been −.0001 instead of −.00001, as noted in the published manuscript. These corrections do not change the implication of our results.

In the discussion section (lines 46–47 of p.99), “Further, women and gender non-binary participants (compared to males and controlling for SES and international student status), perceived less understanding from others outside of academia.” should be changed to “Further, women and gender non-binary participants (compared to males and controlling for SES, URM status and international student status), perceived less understanding from others outside of academia”. This correction does not change the implication of our results.

We also noted minor errors in some of the figures in the supplementary materials (e.g., incorrect decimal points) and have updated the figures in supplementary materials and replaced the Supplementary Materials document. These corrections do not change the implication of our results.

We apologize for the oversights in noting these issues.