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Article History

Received: 3 March 2023

Accepted: 22 July 2024

First Online: 2 August 2024

Declarations

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: This study was reviewed and approved by the Manchester Metropolitan University Research Ethics Committee (reference 2020-17806-14534) and the research was conducted in accordance with the guidelines and regulations in the Declaration of Helsinki. All participants gave their prior written, informed consent for participation in the study and publication of results. For any participants who may have experienced distress as a result of this research study would have received support as per Manchester Metropolitan University’s Distress Protocol. The protocol ensures that participants can pause contributions to focus groups until they feel able to continue, with immediate support being offered. If unable to continue focus groups participants would have been removed from further contributing to discussions and encouraged to contact their GP or mental health provider. One of the team would also follow up with any participants in this position a few days following the focus group. Teachers of the MRET programme were also experienced in managing distress and were trained to manage this as part of their teacher training. Debriefs at the end of the programme and questionnaire were given to participants, with contact information for any complaints or questions following programme and survey completion. No participants withdrew from participating in the MRET programme or questionnaire study and no participants showed any distress throughout the course of this research.

: All participants gave their prior written, informed consent for participation in the study and publication of results.

: The authors declare no competing interests.