Table 2.

Characteristics of the study participants at t0 before the course; values are given as the mean (± standard deviation)

		Innovation	Control
N (female/male/other)		53 (41/11/1)	52 (37/15/0)
Age [years]		24.0 (± 3.1)	24.3 (± 2.9)
Study duration [semesters]		8.1 (± 0.3)	8.1 (± 0.2)
R-SPQ-2 F	Deep motive	3.40 (± 0.57)	3.36 (± 0.52)
	Deep strategy	3.13 (± 0.49)	3.19 (± 0.49)
	Surface motive	2.38 (± 0.57)	2.53 (± 0.59)
	Surface strategy	2.72 (± 0.63)	2.93 (± 0.61)
LSRQ	Autonomous regulation	6.02 (± 0.66)	5.86 (± 0.72)
	Controlled regulation	3.97 (± 1.00)	3.96 (± 0.91)
	Relative autonomy index	2.05 (± 1.23)	1.90 (± 1.16)
Stress		42.89 (± 25.09)	52.23 (± 23.55)