Malik, Elham
Shankar, Shail
Article History
Received: 2 November 2023
Accepted: 10 December 2023
First Online: 15 December 2023
Declarations
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: The authors hereby confirm that this study was conducted in accordance with the Helsinki Declaration and the APA’s Ethical Principles of Psychologists. The study protocol was approved by the Institutional Ethics Committee of the Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, India (Certificate Number- Dean/2023/EC/3894). After explaining the objectives of the study and its voluntary nature, informed consent was obtained by the authors from all participants and/or their legal guardian(s) before conducting the interviews for this research work through the ethical consent form to be read, agreed upon, completed, and signed by the participants. Participants were informed and assured that they could withdraw from the study and discontinue the interview at any moment without providing any justification. To ensure the confidentiality of the participants, they were coded by using random digits and numbers, and all identifying information was removed from the transcripts.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.