Participants were recruited through an online research participation website which advertised a longitudinal study for first-year college students. Participants were sampled two times during their first year of college: at the beginning of the fall semester and at the end of the spring semester. All participants were enrolled in an Introduction to Psychology course at their first contact and agreed to participate in both sessions. Upon arrival, participants completed demographic information and the above mentioned scales, as part of a larger self-report questionnaire assessment. All participants were assessed using a group format. For their participation in the first session, participants received course credit for an Introduction to Psychology course. For their participation in the second session, participants were paid $10.
