Sharkas, Hala
Al-Batineh, Mohammed
Alhassani, Nouf
Alrashdi, Hamda
Alneyadi, Salama
Funding for this research was provided by:
United Arab Emirates University (G00004759, G00004759, G00004759, G00004759)
Article History
Received: 26 February 2025
Accepted: 26 August 2025
First Online: 30 September 2025
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: Ethical approval was obtained from the Social Sciences Ethics Committee – Research/Course (SSEC), United Arab Emirates University (approval no. ERSC_2024_4882; 23 November 2024). All procedures involving human participants adhered to the Declaration of Helsinki and SSEC guidelines. Approval covered all study procedures with adult participants (recruitment, informed consent, anonymized data collection and analysis) and was granted prior to data collection.
: All participants have been fully informed in writing before answering the questionnaire in the period from 24 November to 23 December 2024 of the following: their anonymity is assured, their participation is voluntary, they may leave at any time during the questionnaire, why the research is being conducted, and how their data will be utilized for research purposes only.