Lesinskiene, Sigita
Girdzijauskiene, Sigita
Gintiliene, Grazina
Butkiene, Dovile
Puras, Dainius
Goodman, Robert
Heiervang, Einar
Funding for this research was provided by:
Lithuanian Foundation of Science and Studies (T-108/07)
Nordisk MinisterrĂ¥d (2923)
PHARE 2001 Cross Border Co-operation Programme in the Baltic Sea Region (LI0116.01.01.0011)
Article History
Received: 2 October 2017
Accepted: 10 April 2018
First Online: 24 April 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical approvals were obtained from the Lithuanian Bioethics Committee and the Ministry of Education and Science, as well as from the Educational Departments of the municipalities involved in this research project. All procedures in the current study were in accordance with ethical standards with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments. Lithuanian Bioethics Committee has approved (Permission No. 105 from 2003.11.10) all stages and procedures of this study together with the prepared written forms of the informed consent for parents. The schools have got approval from the Educational Departments of the municipalities and have agreed to participate in this study. Teachers filled in SDQ and DAWBA questionnaires of those children whose parents agreed to participate and returned back filled in and signed questionnaires.
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