López, Verónica http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7405-3859
Murphy, Michael
Lucke, Cara
Torres-Vallejos, Javier
Villalobos-Parada, Boris
Ascorra, Paula
Carrasco, Claudia
Bilbao, Marian
Funding for this research was provided by:
Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica (PIA CONICYT CIE160009)
Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica (FONDEF IT 14I10132)
Article History
First Online: 9 May 2018
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study. The informed consent statement was given to all parents of all sixth grade students in each of the participating schools, guaranteeing voluntary participation, confidentiality of all information and safeguard of student’s health as well as their physical and psychological integrity. Additionally, students signed a similar informed assent for the peer victimization, classroom climate, and school climate measures reported by them, Last, at the start of the school year, the parents of all sixth grade students in each SFL school were asked to give informed consent for screening and intervention in mental health as part of the SFL school mental health program available for all students. Students’ responses were anonymous and the identity of schools participating in this study was kept confidential. The de-identified database was provided by the national SFL Program to the first author, with a prior written Memo of Understanding that guaranteed confidentiality and ethical use of the information.