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Received: 16 January 2024

Accepted: 8 January 2025

First Online: 3 February 2025

Declarations

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: The study protocol was approved by the Institutional Review Board (IRB), Government College University, and Faisalabad, Pakistan (i.e., Ref.No. GCUF/ERC/2270). Furthermore, the protocol was also registered and approved by the Thai Clinical Trial Registry (i.e., TCTR20210703002 on 03 July 2021, with URL: ). Moreover, informed consent was obtained from all the participants. Participants who read and signed the consent form were enrolled in the study. All procedures, including participant enrollment, screening, data collection, data scrutiny and analysis, were performed in accordance with relevant guidelines.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare no competing interests.

: K-K- MS Clinical Psychology, Department of Applied Psychology, Government College University Faisalabad, Pakistan, R-M- Assistant Professor, Institute of Clinical Psychology, University of Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, U.R- Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Government College Women University Sialkot, Pakistan, N-A- Clinical Psychologist, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan, Q.A- Assistant Professor-Clinical Psychology, Department of Applied Psychology, Government College University Faisalabad, Pakistan. S-A- Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, Qassim University, Saudi Arabia, Z-R-Assistant Professor Psychiatry, Institute of Behavioral Sciences, Dow University of Health Sciences, Pakistan, M-S- Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Ripha International University, Faisalabad Campus, Punjab, Pakistan.

: None.