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.