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Article History

Received: 4 October 2025

Accepted: 20 February 2026

First Online: 14 March 2026

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: The research protocol was approved by the Institutional Review Board (IRB), The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan. All methods were carried out in accordance with relevant institutional guidelines and regulations. I, Dr. Muhammad Asad Latif, confirm that all participants in the study titled “Gender Identity’s Impact on Pakistan’s Adoption of Emotion-Focused and Religious-Spiritual Coping Mechanisms during the COVID-19 Pandemic” provided informed consent prior to participation. Participants were informed about the study’s purpose, voluntary nature, confidentiality of their responses, and their right to withdraw at any time without consequence.

: I, Dr. Muhammad Asad Latif, as corresponding author of the manuscript titled “Gender Identity’s Impact on Pakistan’s Adoption of Emotion-Focused and Religious-Spiritual Coping Mechanisms during the COVID-19 Pandemic,” confirm that this is original work and not under consideration elsewhere. All authors approve the submission and consent to its publication in the journal. I grant the publisher permission to publish the article in all print and electronic formats.

: The research protocol was approved by the Institutional Review Board (IRB), The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan, in accordance with the university’s ethical guidelines for research involving human participants. The study was conducted following the principles outlined in the approved guidelines and regulations.

: It’s to be, declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.