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Article History

Received: 25 September 2025

Accepted: 4 March 2026

First Online: 31 March 2026

Declarations

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: Haginoya et al. (2025) and Haginoya et al. (in press) were both approved by the Institutional Review Board (IRB) of the affiliated institution. Specifically, Haginoya et al. (2025) were approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the Faculty of Psychology of Meiji Gakuin University. Haginoya et al. (in press) was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the Faculty of Psychology at Meiji Gakuin University (approval number: 20220040). Segal et al. (in preparation) and Segal et al. (in preparation) were both approved by the Committee of Psychological Research Ethics of the Institute of Psychology in the Faculty of Human and Social Studies at Mykolas Romeris University. Specifically, Segal et al. (in preparation) received ethics approval (Decision Nr. 1/-2024, dated May 20, 2024) for the "Effectiveness study of Avatar training services" research project. Segal et al. (in preparation) was approved by the Committee of Psychological Research Ethics (Decision Nr. 3/-2025, dated May 5, 2025) for the purchase-sale agreement with the State Child Rights Protection and Adoption Service under the Ministry of Social Security and Labor.

: The authors declare no competing interests.