Pyykkönen, Maija
Aarva, Pauliina
Ahola, Salla
Pasanen, Matti
Helin, Kaija
Funding for this research was provided by:
Lapsi ja Luonto Säätiö
Article History
Received: 30 March 2023
Accepted: 13 July 2023
First Online: 4 August 2023
Declarations
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: An informed consent to participate in the survey was obtained from each respondent. This study does not cause any potential risks or harm to survey respondents and it meets the ethical requirements of research with human participants according to The Finnish National Board on Research Integrity guidelines. The ethical approval was deemed unnecessary by the Academic Ethics Committee of the Tampere region. According to a statement from the Academic Ethics Committee of the Tampere region, ethical review is to be carried out prior to gathering data only if the research contains one or more of the following factors: 1) Participation in the research deviates from the principle of informed consent (participation is not, for example, voluntary, or the subject is not given sufficient or correct information about the research), 2) The research involves intervening in the physical integrity of research participants, 3) The focus of the research is on minors under the age of fifteen, without separate consent from a parent or carer, or without informing a parent or carer in a way that would enable them to prevent the child’s participation in the research, 4) Research that exposes participants to exceptionally strong stimuli, 5) Research that involves a risk of causing mental harm that exceeds the limits of normal daily life to the research participants or their family members or others closest to them, 6) Conducting the research could involve a threat to the safety of participants or researchers or their family members or others closest to them. Our research does not contain any of the aforementioned factors.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.