Magalhães, Clarisse
Ribeiro, Maria Fátima
Esteves, Maria Raquel
Aires, Luísa
Lima, Sara
Silva, Gustavo
Nogueira, Assunção
Herdeiro, Teresa
Pedras, Susana
Funding for this research was provided by:
Cooperativa de Ensino Superior Politécnico e Universitário (PCERTS_CESPU)
Article History
Received: 14 December 2019
Accepted: 28 January 2021
First Online: 18 February 2021
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: According to national regulations, the study is registered, authorized, and funded by the Ethical Evaluation Committee of Cooperativa de Ensino Superior Politécnico e Universitário (CESPU), Porto, Portugal and was also registered in the Portuguese Data Protection Agency (N° 13764/2015;1877), Portugal. The Principal Researcher contacted the Executive Boards of the five schools in the Tâmega and Sousa region in order to present the objectives and to request authorization for the study from the Portuguese National Agency of Education (N°0508300002). After obtaining the authorizations, written informed consent was signed by the adolescents’ parents.This study followed the ethical principles reported in the Helsinki Declaration.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.