Table 5.

Reasons adolescents wanted to make choices on their own or with a parent

Themes	Definition
Make choices on their own (N = 34)
Exert autonomy (n = 21)	Adolescent expresses importance of desire for independence, autonomy, and taking ownership of health-care decisions
Avoid parental influence (n = 10)	Adolescent describes active avoidance of parent opinions that might cause choices incongruent with adolescent’s preferences
Make choices with parent (N = 29)
To have a say (n = 20)	Adolescent describes valuing parent perspective but also expresses that they want or have the right to be involved in making choices about the type of conditions to learn