Félix, Sílvia
Ramalho, Sofia
Marôco, João
Ribeiro, Andreia
Afonso, Nadine
Gonçalves, Sónia
Conceição, Eva
Funding for this research was provided by:
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (2020.07384.BD)
Article History
Received: 28 January 2025
Accepted: 13 July 2025
First Online: 26 November 2025
Declarations
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The present study included adolescents from two independent broader studies (one with a community sample and the other with a clinical sample). Both studies were approved by the University of Minho ethical committee [Community sample: CEICSH 059/2021; Clinical sample: SECVS142/2015], and the clinical study was also approved by the hospital ethical committees [São João Hospital Center (CHSJ): 2015.192(164-DEFI/153-ES; Oporto Hospital Center—Northern Maternal and Child Center (CMIN): 19/06/2015]. All participants and their parents signed an informed consent document prior to data collection.
: All participants (and their parent/legal guardian) gave their informed consent for inclusion before they participated in the study. The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki, and the protocol was approved by the ethical committee for research in social and human sciences from University of Minho, hospital ethical committees (ethical committee for health from São João University Hospital Center, and ethical committee from Santo Antonio University Hospital Center), and pedagogic councils of the involved school.