Chatzopoulos, Dimitris https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5069-2613
Bourvani, Chrysanthi
Kapodistria, Loukia https://orcid.org/0009-0004-4841-5333
Theodosiou, Argiris https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6233-3770
Lola, Afroditi https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1489-0628
Konstantinidou, Elisavet https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1614-3407
Funding for this research was provided by:
University of Nicosia
Article History
Received: 3 March 2026
Revised: 22 June 2026
Accepted: 29 June 2026
First Online: 11 September 2026
Declarations
Conflict of interest: The authors declare no competing interests.
Ethical approval: The study was performed in agreement with the guidelines of the Helsinki Declaration (revision of 1975), and was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (research protocol approval number: 144/2023). Informed consent Prior to study initiation, communication was established with the kindergartens. Following their expressed interest in participating in the study, guardians were informed about the research procedures and provided written consent for their children’s participation, while children gave verbal assent.