Osondu, Oluchi Miracle https://orcid.org/0009-0002-1342-6193
Ugwu, Lawrence Ejike https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5335-2905
Ayogu, Chijioke Kenneth https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3397-2271
Morah, Nwando Maryann https://orcid.org/0009-0004-5524-7817
Eyisi, Doris Chinelo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7063-9684
Ike, Obinna Osita https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7905-1892
Johnson, Jennifer E. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2540-7213
Chukwuorji, JohnBosco Chika https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4065-4327
Article History
Received: 12 March 2026
Accepted: 31 July 2026
First Online: 20 August 2026
Declarations
Conflict of interest: All authors declare that they have no competing interests associated with this work.
Ethical Approval: Ethical approval was obtained from the Psychology Research Ethics Committee of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.
Informed Consent: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.