Tran, Ulrich S.
Kossmeier, Michael
Voracek, Martin
Article History
Received: 18 May 2017
Revised: 10 February 2018
Accepted: 7 November 2018
First Online: 29 November 2018
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: All procedures performed in this research were conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki (6th revision, 2008) and with institutional guidelines of the School of Psychology, University of Vienna. Specifically, participants were full-aged, volunteered to participate in this research and provided informed consent. At any point, participants could opt to decline or withdraw from participation without consequences. Data collection was fully anonymous, confidential, unremunerated, and non-clinical. Further, data collection did not involve institutionalized or vulnerable groups or potentially sensitive data. Data collection itself comprised self-reported basic personal information and did not involve invasive, risky, or potentially harmful procedures, or any deception of participants. Participants’ physical and psychological integrity, the right for privacy, or other personal rights or interests were not affected by study participation. According to national laws (Austrian Universities Act 2002), this study was thus exempt from formal ethical approval.
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.