Table 1.

Family Influence Variables to Be Assessed Within the NSPY Database

	Youth/parent report	Sample questions	Number of questions	Cronbach’s alpha
Family influences
Parent–adolescent connectedness	Y	In the last 30 days, I really enjoyed being with my parents/caregivers	3	.80
Parent–adolescent connectedness	P	In the last 30 days, I really enjoyed being with my child	3	.78
Parent–adolescent activities	P	In the past week, did you do any projects or activities with your child at home?	2	.88
Parental monitoring	Y	How often does at least one of your parents know what you are doing when you are away from home?	2	.78
Parental monitoring	P	How often do you know what your child is doing when they are away from home?	5	.80
Parent intention to monitor	P	How likely is it that you will: limit the time that (child) spends with other children without adult supervision, in the next 6 months?	5	.83
Attitudes toward monitoring	P	Closely monitoring (child’s) daily activities is: extremely good, pleasant, and important	3	.90
Antismoking parenting
Perceived parental punishment	T	If one of your parents knew that you used tobacco or alcohol, how likely is it that he or she would punish you in some way?	1	N/A
Perceived parental punishment	P	If you knew that (child) used tobacco or alcohol, how likely is it that you would discipline (child) or provide some type of consequence?	1	N/A

Note. NSPY = National Survey of Parents and Youth; P = as reported by the parent; Y = as reported by the youth (age 9–18 years); T = as reported by the teens (age 14–18 years); N/A = not applicable—only one question per variable.