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Arriving at a study sample for the meta-analysis. In the first step (A), a search for literature was based on selected descriptors applied to eight data bases. This resulted in a preliminary corpus of 102 studies. In the second step (B), studies were evaluated and selected for meta-analysis according to seven criteria. N = 13 studies matched all criteria and were included into the meta-analysis.
