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Protocol - Quality of Communication about Smoking

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Description

This is a series of six self-administered questions that ask an adolescent about communication with his or her mother about smoking. The response options are a Likert scale.

Specific Instructions

Before implementing this protocol, it is important to first determine the participant’s primary guardian, ensure that the child has contact with the mother when assessing the mother’s communication, and that the child has contact with the father when assessing the father’s communication. Although the original protocol was implemented with the child’s mother, the Working Group agrees that this protocol can be administered to the primary guardian who lives with the child. The protocol text should be adjusted accordingly to denote the relationship of the primary guardian.

Question #4 requires recoding. Whereas Questions #1-3 & #5-6 are more positively oriented – that is, they are worded such that the more desirable response is “Completely True” – Question #4 is more negatively oriented. Hence, the more desirable response to this question is “Completely Not True.” Therefore, in order to arrive at a valid score, the user must recode the values assigned to each response option for Question #4. The corresponding values assigned to the response options for Question #4 should be opposite the corresponding values for the responses for the other questions in this protocol.

Availability

Available

Protocol

1. My mother and I are interested in each other’s opinions on smoking

1[ ]completely not true

2[ ]not true

3[ ]sometimes, sometimes not

4[ ]true

5[ ]completely true

2. My mother and I are able to talk easily about our opinions concerning smoking

1[ ]completely not true

2[ ]not true

3[ ]sometimes, sometimes not

4[ ]true

5[ ]completely true

3. When my mother and I are talking about smoking we both feel comfortable

1[ ]completely not true

2[ ]not true

3[ ]sometimes, sometimes not

4[ ]true

5[ ]completely true

4. When talking about smoking I think my mother is dishonest and unreasonable.

1[ ]completely not true

2[ ]not true

3[ ]sometimes, sometimes not

4[ ]true

5[ ]completely true

5. Whenever my mother and I discuss smoking, I feel she understands me

1[ ]completely not true

2[ ]not true

3[ ]sometimes, sometimes not

4[ ]true

5[ ]completely true

6. Whenever my mother and I discuss smoking I feel she takes me seriously

1[ ]completely not true

2[ ]not true

3[ ]sometimes, sometimes not

4[ ]true

5[ ]completely true

Personnel and Training Required

None

Equipment Needs

None

Requirements
Requirement CategoryRequired
Major equipment No
Specialized training No
Specialized requirements for biospecimen collection No
Average time of greater than 15 minutes in an unaffected individual No
Mode of Administration

Self-administered questionnaire

Lifestage

Adolescent

Participants

These questions can be used for adolescents 12-17 years old.

Selection Rationale

These items have predictive validity. They are low burden and widely available.

Language

English, Other languages available at source

Standards
StandardNameIDSource
Human Phenotype Ontology Triggered by smoking HP:0025223 HPO
caDSR Form PhenX PX710101 - Quality Of Communication About Smoking 6237773 caDSR Form
Derived Variables

None

Process and Review

Not applicable.

Protocol Name from Source

Hiemstra, M., et al. Smoking-specific parenting and smoking onset in adolescence: The role of genes from the Dopaminergic system (DRD2, DRD4, DAT1 genotypes). PLOS ONE, 2013

Source

Hiemstra, M., Engels, R. C. M. E., Barker, E. D., van Schayck, O. C. P., & Otten, R. (2013) Smoking-specific parenting and smoking onset in adolescence: The role of genes from the dopaminergic system (DRD2, DRD4, DAT1 genotypes). PLoS ONE, 8(4), e61673. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0061673

General References

None

Protocol ID

710101

Variables
Export Variables
Variable Name Variable IDVariable DescriptiondbGaP Mapping
PX710101_Mother_Discuss_Smoking_Serious
PX710101060000 Whenever my mother and I discuss smoking I more
feel she takes me seriously show less
N/A
PX710101_Mother_Discuss_Smoking_Understanding
PX710101050000 Whenever my mother and I discuss smoking, I more
feel she understands me show less
N/A
PX710101_Mother_Interested_Opinions_Smoking
PX710101010000 My mother and I are interested in each more
other's opinions on smoking show less
N/A
PX710101_Mother_Talk_Opinions_Smoking
PX710101020000 My mother and I are able to talk easily more
about our opinions concerning smoking show less
N/A
PX710101_Mother_Talk_Smoking_Comfortable
PX710101030000 When my mother and I are talking about more
smoking we both feel comfortable show less
N/A
PX710101_Mother_Talk_Smoking_Dishonest
PX710101040000 When talking about smoking I think my mother more
is dishonest and unreasonable show less
N/A
Tobacco Regulatory Research - Host: Social/Cognitive
Measure Name

Quality of Communication about Smoking

Release Date

February 20, 2015

Definition

These questions are used to determine the quality of communication about smoking between a child and his or her mother.

Purpose

To examine communication about smoking between an adolescent and his or her mother.

Keywords

Parental communication, quality of communication, tobacco messages, family communication about tobacco

Measure Protocols
Protocol ID Protocol Name
710101 Quality of Communication about Smoking
Publications

Garcia-Cazarin, M.L., Mandal, R.J., Grana, R., Wanke, K.L., Meissner, H. (2020) Host-agent-vector-environment measures for electronic cigarette research used in NIH grants. Tobacco Control. 2020 January; 29(1). doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2017-054032