Overview
This study used a parallel trial design (allocation ratio 1:1:1:1). Participants were assigned to one of four conditions––(1) accurate step count (41/162, 25.3%), (2) deflated step count (40/162, 24.7%), (3) inflated step count (40/162, 24.7%), or (4) meta-mindset intervention plus accurate step count (41/162, 25.3%)––via criteria-based randomization, a novel procedure that helps minimize imbalances in premanipulation covariate distributions across experimental groups to increase precision and statistical power [