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and data collection started only after being granted permission; additionally,
all obtained data were handled and collected according to the GDPR rules.
As opposed to Study Two, Study One investigated the views and perceptions
of secondary school students, and since it was an interview study, parental
consent was asked from the potential minor participants’ parents. For obtain¬
ing the consent, a written consent form was used and was based on Cohen et
al. (2018), Creswell and Creswell (2018), and Johnson and Christensen (2019).
The written parental consent form contained an explanation of the purpose
of the research project and all the procedures of the research as well as a state¬
ment about the confidentiality of the recordings and the personal data (Graham
et al. 2013). It also described how long the voice recordings were kept (until
June 2022), and who had access to the data and the recordings (the researcher
and his supervisors, as well as some of the co-coders who provided assistance
with the coding). The form also indicated that participation in the research
project was voluntary, and each participant had the right to withdraw from
participation at any time without any further consequences. Furthermore, the
form contained a section for the signature of the participants’ parents to con¬
firm they agreed to the provisions described above. Finally, in the case of the
interview study (Study One), after starting the recording device, both the adult
and minor participants’ oral consent was asked before starting the actual in¬
terview.
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