Nandajeewa, Sunethya
Aluthwatta, Sandunika
Weerarathna, Ranitha
Rathnayake, Nilmini
Rajapakse, Vageesha
Wijesinghe, Nadhee
Liyanaarachchi, Thirasha
Article History
Received: 16 June 2024
Accepted: 24 March 2025
First Online: 6 May 2025
Declarations
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This investigation employs a quantitative research strategy to accomplish goals where ethical approval was obtained by the SLIIT Ethics Review Committee(SLIIT/ERC/SBS2023/BUSINESSMANAGMENT /02), and all methods were carried out in accordance with the ethical guidelines of SLIIT and the Declaration of Helsinki.
: The informed consent from 15-year-old adolescents participants was obtained verbally. Given the practical and cultural context, obtaining individual written consent posed logistical challenges, such as varying literacy levels among parents and access constraints.