Ho, Wing W. Y. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3641-7356
Lau, Yan H. Y. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1666-7873
Li, Eric K. L. https://orcid.org/0009-0006-7678-4616
Article History
Received: 17 February 2024
Accepted: 29 January 2025
First Online: 4 February 2025
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: All procedures involving human participants performed in this study were in accordance with the Ethical Principles of Psychologists and the Code of Conduct of the American Psychological Association (2017) and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards (World Medical Association, ). The study underwent a full review and was approved by Hong Kong Metropolitan University’s Research Ethics Committee [REC Reference No.: HE–RD/2022/1.1] on August 17, 2022. The scope of approval covered all aspects of the study, including participant recruitment, data collection, and data analysis. Participant anonymity and confidentiality were strictly maintained.
: Informed consent was obtained from all participants for participation in the study. Participants were fully informed about the objectives of this study, the use of their data, their right to withdraw at any time, and the compensation provided for their participation. No vulnerable individuals were involved in the study.