Ethical Annotations
This inquiry had obtained consent from the informants; more importantly, had respected their time and discernments. They were selected primarily based on their profound interest to which the basic information of the study most especially their rights and the process of ensuring the privacy of their identities and confidentiality of their responses were discussed, gave ample time for them to decide whether or not to participate in the study and letting be aware that should there be any unpleasant happenings especially emotional troubles that may take place along the way, that they would be provided all the help they that they would need. The ethical considerations were anchored from the principles of autonomy, beneficence, justice and research merit and integrity including the measures of ensuring safety and protection of privacy and confidentiality in the interview site (Cervone & Pervin, 2015), such that the data collection had been conducted in a safe space. Before the data collection, nevertheless, the study had been ensured to have adhered to the doctrines of research ethics, thereby had complied with the guidelines required by the Central Mindanao University Institutional Ethics Review Committee, as cleared.