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Received: 14 October 2024

Accepted: 5 February 2026

First Online: 20 February 2026

Competing interests

: The authors declare no competing interests.

: This study was conducted in accordance with the Guidelines for ethical conduct in research involving people of the University of Ljubljana, the Code of Ethics for Researchers at the University of Ljubljana , the Personal Data Protection Act (ZVOP-1) of the Republic of Slovenia and the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments. A review commission of the Faculty of Education of the University of Ljubljana has approved the proposal for the study No. 12826/22-R on 31 March 2021.

: All participants gave informed consent before completing the anonymous online survey, which was conducted between 25 April 2021 and 23 June 2021. The first page of the survey provided participants with detailed information about the study’s purpose and procedures, the voluntary nature of participation, and data protection measures (in accordance with the Personal Data Protection Act [ZVOP-1]). Participants were assured that their anonymised responses would be used solely for research purposes. It was made clear that they could withdraw from the study at any point before submitting their responses. The second author of this paper was listed as the contact person. Participants indicated their informed consent by actively proceeding to complete the survey after reading this information on the first page. No written or signed consent forms were collected to protect participants’ privacy in this anonymous study.