O’Keeffe, Christina https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7028-2398
McNally, Sinead https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9501-2535
Funding for this research was provided by:
Dublin City University
Article History
Accepted: 15 May 2025
First Online: 9 July 2025
Declarations
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: Ethical approval was obtained from the Research Ethics Committee at Dublin City University on December 20th, 2021. Ethics procedures adopted were in line with international best practice guidelines (e.g. BERA, 2024).
: Informed written consent was obtained from the participating schools’ administration alongside participating teachers as well as parents and guardians of participating children. Informed assent was also sought from child participants following this process. This was in accordance with applicable laws and ethical standards.
: The authors have no relevant financial or non-financial interests to disclose.
: This study involved human participants in the form of 49 children, aged 5 to 11 years. Ethics procedures were in line with international best practice guidelines (e.g. BERA, 2024).