Jeffery, Adam J. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2069-4893
Rogers, Steven L. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4920-5408
Jeffery, Kelly L. A. https://orcid.org/0009-0005-8164-8857
Lucherini, Mark https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1494-7740
Hulme, Julie A. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6217-1815
Griffin, Martin
Pringle, Jamie K. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0009-361X
Wisniewski, Kristopher D. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5408-2417
Derbyshire, Elizabeth J.
Hallam, Catherine
Stemp, Isobel
Lau, Lisa https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7295-336X
Bullock, Liam A. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9524-7206
Funding for this research was provided by:
Keele University
Article History
Received: 13 April 2025
Accepted: 13 June 2025
First Online: 27 August 2025
Declarations
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: This research was undertaken following the guidelines of the Keele University Research Ethics Committee, and in accordance with the Keele University Research Ethics Policy. Favourable ethical opinion for the study was received on 24/02/2023 from the Keele University Research Ethics Committee (REC Project Reference 0330). This project is not a clinical trial. All study participants were provided with all required information on the project and the researchers managing the project, their responsibilities as participants (including rules for participation), our responsibilities as researchers and what we will do with the data derived from the project, how they as participants can raise concerns or complain, sources of available support, and an instruction guide on how to navigate the Discord platform as part of the project. Following this, all participants provided written informed consent to participate in this research. None of the participants were under the age of 18.
: As part of the above consent process, all study participants provided written consent for the research results, including their anonymised data, to be published before being permitted to participate.
: The authors declare no competing interests.