Zhu, Zheng
Tang, Yan
Zhuang, Jie
Liu, Yang
Wu, Xueping
Cai, Yujun
Wang, Lijuan
Cao, Zhen-Bo
Chen, Peijie
Funding for this research was provided by:
the Key Project of the National Social Science Foundation of China (16ZDA227)
Article History
Received: 29 October 2018
Accepted: 6 February 2019
First Online: 15 February 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study protocol was approved by the Ethics Review Committee of Shanghai University of Sport (#2017037). As the study presented no more than minimal risk to participants, given the size and cultural background of the study populations, the Committee waived the need for written consent and approved the use of verbal consent. The verbal consent protocol approved by the Ethics Review Committee required researchers to obtain permission to conduct the study from teachers and principals of each participating school by detailing the purposes, potential risks, and benefits of the study participation prior to data collection. The same protocol was used with parents/guardians and their consent for their children’s participation was sought. Finally, all student participants were similarly educated about the research project prior to participation and their assent sought. Each verbal consent/assent was logged, by a research assistant, into a subject file with a numeric identification code and, subsequently, entered into a computer database accessed exclusively by authorized project staff.
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