Adams, Britt http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2478-8755
Raes, Annelies
Montrieux, Hannelore
Schellens, Tammy
Article History
Received: 13 July 2017
Accepted: 2 April 2018
First Online: 17 May 2018
Authors’ information
: All authors were part of the department of Educational Studies of Ghent University (see institutional address below) on the moment that the data have been collected. However, Annelies Raes is now working at KU Leuven and she did revisions for this paper within this work environment.
: As prescribed in the ethical protocol of the faculty Psychology and Educational Sciences of Ghent University, it was not required to submit an application to the ethics committee for undertaking this study. Regarding the consent to participate, all the participants were informed as completely as possible about the aims and practicalities of the study during the first lecture of the course. All information was also individually provided at the beginning of each questionnaire. It was indicated that participation was voluntary and that (1) they could send an email to the first two authors of this manuscript in case of questions or the need for additional information, (2) the collected data will be saved, processed and reported in an anonymous way, (3) they could decline to participate at any time and this will not negatively influence their academic achievement; yet no students had decided to stop participating, and (4) a summary of the research results could be requested. Moreover, students were debriefed after participation during the last lecture of the course.
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