Budescu, Mia
Sisselman-Borgia, Amanda
Taylor, Ronald D.
Article History
First Online: 13 February 2018
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. IRB approval was received from Temple University (Philadelphia) under an expedited review process.
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study. All adolescents under the age of 18 had to obtain their caregivers’ consent to participate in the study. Once caregiver consent was obtained, adolescents were read a consent form out loud and asked to provide their verbal assent to participate in the study. Caregivers were given a consent form to sign and read, explaining the risks and benefits associated with participation. Adolescent assent was obtained in a separate room from their caregivers, so that they did not feel coerced into participating.