Setting and Subjects
This study took place at a large state university and received
approval from the University of Wisconsin Institutional Review
Board. Potential subjects were identified within a communications
classroom, a course requirement for several majors and a
general distribution requirement for many departments. Inclusion
criteria required students to be current undergraduates between
the ages of 18 and 23 years. Subjects were required to
have a cellular phone with texting ability. Recent campus data
reports that approximately half of students own a cellular phone
with texting ability, and 59% own a phone with texting and
internet access (Martin, Rief, Klaiberg, & Braehler, 2006)