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Author Note

Caroline Gheen https://orcid.org/0000­0003­0894­6346

Timothy J. Schoenfeld https://orcid.org/0000­0001­7134­7296

A. Gracie Kelly https://orcid.org/0000­0001­6313­1233

Schyler Webber is now at the School of Nursing at Vanderbilt University.

A. Gracie Kelly is now at the Department of Psychology at George Mason University, Fairfax, VA.

We have no known conflict of interest to disclose.

Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Timothy J. Schoenfeld, 1900 Belmont Blvd., McWhorter Rm 413, Psychology, Nashville, TN, 37212, United States. Email: timothy. schoenfeld@belmont.edu

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