2.3. Recruitment and Randomization
RECRUITMENT
Since this study was conducted atthe researchers’ institutions, it was easy to contact the potential participants in the relevant departments for recruitment purposes. The head of the department of the Sports Ministry was contacted and briefed on the research objectives and procedures. Thereafter, the students’ contact information was obtained from the relevant office in the department. Students were also reached during face-to-face classes to inform them of the research objectives, procedures and benefits. Upon applying the inclusion and exclusion criteria, a total of 400 students were considered eligible to participate in the study.Randomisation was performed by tossing a coin. Given the sampling frame of 400 students, a participant was randomly assigned to the control group upon obtaining a head from tossing a coin and the next student was allocated to the intervention group. This process led to a total of 236 and 194 participants in the control and intervention groups, respectively.