Bare, Kailyn http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1939-6661
McMahon, Susan D. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3710-8811
Grant, Kathryn
Article History
Received: 6 March 2023
Accepted: 17 August 2023
First Online: 21 September 2023
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The survey and methodology for this study was approved by the Human Research Institutional Review Board at DePaul University.
: Based upon approved IRB procedures, a waiver of parental permission was obtained for student participation in this study. Letters explaining the study, intervention, and assessment were sent home with youth in participating classrooms. In addition, researchers attended report card pick-up, parent meetings, and school events to distribute and discuss information about the study. Parents were instructed to sign and return the permission forms if they did not want their children to participate in the surveys; a few parents contacted the research team with questions but no parents declined permission. Students were informed that participation was optional; research assistants reviewed the assent process verbally, and students signed assent forms if they chose to participate.