Essau, Cecilia A.
Zakaria, Suwaibah
Ting, Chuong Hock
Lee, Julia Ai Cheng
de la Torre-Luque, Alejandro
Ng, Alvin Lai Oon
Majid, Hazreen Abdul
Dodd, Helen
Nik Farid, Nik Daliana
Muhammad, Noor Azimah
Wahab, Suzaily
Funding for this research was provided by:
Kavlifondet (Kavli2022-0000000029)
Article History
Received: 24 December 2024
Accepted: 4 December 2025
First Online: 28 January 2026
Declarations
:
: The study (Screening and Trial) has been approved by the (1) University of Roehampton Research Ethics Committee (Reference: PSYC 23/483), (2) Sunway University Research Ethics Committee (Reference: SUREC 2023/093), (3) Malaysian Ministry of Education (Reference: KPM.600–3/2/3-eras [19064], and KPM.600–3/2/3-eras [21819]).Written consent will be obtained from parents/carers for the screening and the trial. Written parental consent will also be obtained for qualitative interviews.
: Participants will be informed about the findings of the present study, which will be submitted for publication and presented at academic conferences. The participants will be informed that the information they provide will be treated in confidence by the researcher and that their identity will be protected in the publication of any findings. Participant consent will be collected with regard to data collection, publication of data, and audio/video recording.
: CAE is a co-developer of the SSL. CAE and none of the co-authors make any financial gain from the intervention used in this study.