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Article History

Received: 1 August 2024

Revised: 13 January 2025

Accepted: 19 January 2025

First Online: 27 February 2025

Declarations

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: All applicable international, national, and institutional guidelines for the care of human participants were adhered to throughout the study. Approval of this research was granted by the Advanced Studies and Research Board of Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan and was also in compliance with the ethical standards outlined by the World Health Organization and the American Psychological Association (APA, 2015) for working with sensitive populations in an ethical and respectful manner.

: Written and signed informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.

: No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.