What is the best way to describe the following study:
A scientist wants to better understand the relationship between gender-role strain and physical health. Participants are rated on gender-role strain using a reputable scale and then given a health questionnaire every other month for a year. It was found that an increase in gender-role strain is associated with a decrease in physical health.
A) Cross-sectional experimental
B) Longitudinal field experiment
C) Longitudinal correlational
D) Cross-sectional correlational

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This study is longitudinal because participants were followed over a year and rated on gender-role strain and physical health multiple times. It is correlational because the researcher looked at the relationship between gender-role strain and physical health but did not manipulate any variables.

What Is the Best Way to Describe the Following Study