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Received: 14 March 2024

Accepted: 8 November 2024

First Online: 21 November 2024

Declarations

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: This work is an original work; I have acted in accordance with scientific ethical principles and rules from all stages of the study, including (1) ethical committee approval by the faculty (2) written consent from parents (3) formal consent received from Darıca Directorate of National Education. In this research, informed consent was received from Syrian children via their parents. Children understood the main aim of the research and their involvement in it. Consent was sought with the explicit involvement of the children, their parents and legal authorities. Children's consent was voluntary. Consent was renegotiable so that children could request to withdraw if they felt uncomfortable at any stage of the research process. The children were informed about the main concepts related to the research agenda such as research aim, target groups and benefits. Children had the right to receive and impart information, they had the right to know what the research was about. Their parents accepted their responsibility to ensure that the information was meaningful to their children. Regarding preparation, data collection, analysis and presentation of information; that I have cited all data and information not obtained within the scope of this study and that I have included these sources in the bibliography; I declare that I have not made any changes in the data used, and that I abide by the ethical duties and responsibilities by accepting all the terms and conditions of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). I declare that I consent to all moral and legal consequences that may arise in the event that a situation contrary to this statement I have made regarding the study is determined at any time. I hereby to confirm that all field study protocols were approved by Provincal Directorate of Education and Kocaeli University Ethics Committee which works under the Rector's office and has the authority to accept or deny ethical approval to field researches. I prepared Kocaeli University Ethic Form, Informed Consent Form and signed a statement for experiments with children.

: The authors declare no competing interests.