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Accepted: 29 March 2025

First Online: 12 April 2025

Declarations

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: This was in line with the policies and principles of ethics and good practice laid down by the university's Internal Review Board, not forgetting those concerned with the protection and assurance of privacy towards all subjects. The protocol was reviewed and approved by the California State University Long Beach IRB, Approval Number: 07/13, prior to undertaking the study to make sure that the research would be conducted in conformance with ethical considerations in research involving human participants.In this regard, the purpose, procedures, and the potential risk resulting from this study were explained to all the students and educators participating in this study. An informed consent letter was prepared which contained an explanation regarding voluntary participation and the right to withdraw them at any time during the interview without any penalty, confidentially, and anonymity. Therefore, anonymization of data in this research will imply that personally identifiable information does not exist in the findings of the present study.This research was also done in congruity with the principles of ethics outlined in the Belmont Report, including respect for persons, beneficence, and justice. The data involving human beings, on the other hand, were treated with due care according to the data privacy and protection policies of this university, apart from the respective national and international laws and regulations. Accordingly, all relevant measures must be taken in order to prevent such risks since no harm or adverse effects would be expected from any subject participating in this study.The researchers undertake to respect integrity and ensure transparency in research. This study was therefore pursued in a manner that allowed respect for persons, in their dignity. This ethical environment within the research setting has been managed to make sure that fairness, safety, and inclusion for all participants were maintained.

: The author has no competing interests to declare that are relevant to the content of this article.