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Article History

Received: 19 May 2022

Revised: 13 January 2023

Accepted: 16 January 2023

First Online: 8 February 2023

Declarations

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: The authors report no conflict of interest in this research.

: The research was conducted according to the guidelines of Tripura University and was approved by the university’s Institutional Review Board (Registration number: F/TU/COE/Ph.D/10/PSY/12/19). The ethical considerations in data collection were maintained in this research. Prior consent was taken from the participants. Though online data collection mode was utilized, prior appointments were taken, following which the links were sent to the participants. Proper rapport between the researchers and the participants encouraged the unwilling participants to withdraw themselves from the research process when they felt uncomfortable while answering some items in the online questionnaire. All the participants were treated with humane and respectable manner, both in person and online. The researcher virtually stayed in touch with the participants and all of their doubts that arose regarding the questionnaire were cleared.

: All the individual subjects provided their informed consent before participating in this research.

: No animal studies were carried out by the authors for this article.