Ethics Approval and Procedures
RECRUITMENT
This study was approved by the Georgia State University institutional review board (H19033). Active recruitment began in October 2018 and ended in February 2019. We recruited a web-based sample of first-year college students who identified as women (n=881) using email contact lists provided by the registrar’s office of each university. An email was sent to potential participants containing a description of the study with a link to a web-based survey delivered via Qualtrics to complete an eligibility screener. If individuals met the eligibility criteria, they were then redirected to another web-based survey to complete the informed consent form and electronically provide their consent to participate. Potential participants were blinded to the study hypotheses and told that the purpose of the study was to “examine the effectiveness of a 3-hour web-based program for incoming female freshmen.”Once they provided informed consent, participants were asked to complete a web-based registration form, where they provided their contact information, including their full name, email address, residential address, and mobile phone number. Next, participants were redirected to the baseline survey assessment. Participants received US $30 for completing the baseline survey. Once participants completed the baseline survey, they were directed to a web-based survey that collected data on their email address and institution, which was then used to randomize participants to 1 of the 2 study conditions. Stratified block randomization was implemented via REDCap (Research Electronic Data Capture; Vanderbilt University) to randomly assign participants to either RealConsent or to an attention-matched placebo condition called 