Correction: Towards the Vertical City: psychosocial mechanisms for human-centered underground office spaces

Correction to: Scientific Reportshttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-89590-0, published online 25 February 2025

The original version of this Article contained an error in Figure 4, where the labels in the figure legend for the two variables “Internal” and “External” were interchanged. The original Figure 4 and accompanying legend appear below.

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The Relationship between (a) Negative Affect, (b) Confinement, and (c) Perceived Calmness and Safety toward Underground Workspaces and Locus of Control (Internal and External). Higher levels of internal and lower levels of external (chance) locus of control are associated with more negative attitudes (affect and confinement) toward working in UOW. There is no effect on positive aspects (calmness).

In addition, in the Study 1 section, under the subheadings ‘Method’, ‘Measure’, in ‘Attitudes toward working in underground workspace’, the Cronbach’s alpha values were omitted for each of its three factors Calmness/Safety, Negative Affect, and Confinement. As a result,

“The calmness/safety factor measures the view on positive aspects of underground spaces, reflecting both affective and practical considerations. The negative affect factor consists of items that depict negative affective states. In other words, the question asks how the respondent would feel if they were working in an underground office (e.g. nervous, lonely, and distracted). The confinement factor reflects negative beliefs in relation to the elements of confinement of the underground workspace, such as concern about air quality and associated negative cultural beliefs (e.g. burial and evil).”

now reads:

“The calmness/ safety factor measures the view on positive aspects of underground spaces, reflecting both affective and practical considerations (α = 0.88). The negative affect factor consists of items that depict negative affective states (α = 0.87). In other words, the question asks how the respondent would feel if they were working in an underground office (e.g. nervous, lonely, and distracted). The confinement factor reflects negative beliefs in relation to the elements of confinement of the underground workspace (α = 0.86), such as concern about air quality and associated negative cultural beliefs (e.g. burial and evil).”

The original Article has been corrected.