Chiorri, Carlo http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1640-3897
Soraci, Paolo http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0456-7891
Ferrari, Ambra http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0401-0252
Funding for this research was provided by:
Università degli Studi di Genova
Article History
Accepted: 29 December 2022
First Online: 30 January 2023
Declarations
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: This study was performed in line with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki, and with the Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct of the American Psychological Association and of the Italian Psychological Association. Approval was granted by the Ethics Committee of the Department of Educational Sciences of the University of Genova (Italy) [Comitato Etico per la Ricerca del Dipartimento di Scienze della Formazione (DISFOR) – Università degli Studi di Genova].
: Potential participants were presented with a document that informed them on the treatment and processing of the data collected in this study, and to proceed they had to declare that they had read, understood, and agreed with it. Note that, according with the Italian law, in this document, it was explicitly stated that the data from this study would have been published only in aggregate form, and that no individual data would have been disclosed. Next, they were presented with the informed consent form, which described the aim of the study, the materials used, the estimated completion time, and the possible risks and benefits, including the absence of compensation. Participants had to declare that they were at least 18 years of age, that they had understood the content of the informed consent form, and that they were willing to participate and aware that they could quit the survey at any moment without consequences. Lastly, participants had to confirm that they consented to the processing of their data for the purposes of research within the limits and with the modalities presented in the former forms.
: The authors declare no competing interests.