Participants
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A total of 150 females (mean age = 23.5 years, SD = 5.24; 90% university students) participated in this study. They were recruited via announcements at the university campus and through social media. Inclusion criteria were a minimum age of 18 years and female sex. We investigated a female sample because of gender differences in placebo reactivityThe three groups did not differ in mean age (A power analysis conducted with G*Power