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. 2020 Mar 30;9(3):e16509. doi: 10.2196/16509

Table 1.

Consent 2.0 quantitative measures.

Content Scale (administered to adolescents, parents, or both) Description of items included
Demographics ATNa data harmonization guidelines [33]
  • Age, race or ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, education, employment, health insurance status, city, living situation

Socioeconomic status FAS-IIIb (adolescents) [34,35]
  • Seven questions adapted from the FAS-III, measuring a family’s financial status based off of the number of vehicles, computers, bathrooms; adolescents having their own bedroom; if the family has a dishwasher; the number of times the family traveled outside the United States; and overall perception of the family’s financial status

Social support MSPSSc—modified (adolescents) [36]
  • Four Likert questions on a 7-point scale ranging from very strongly disagree to very strongly agree, measuring parental support and relationships with adolescents

Parental monitoring Parental monitoring scale—modified (adolescents and parents) [37]
  • Twenty-five statements on a 5-point scale ranging from strongly disagree to strongly agree, measuring parental knowledge, disclosure, solicitation, and control.

  • Adolescent statements such as “My parent(s) know what I do during my free time.”

  • Parent statements such as “I know what my teen does during their free time.”

Medical mistrust The group-based medical mistrust scale—modified (adolescents and parents) [38]
  • Six 5-point Likert items that measure the degree to which the participant trusts medical researchers

Communication Communication with parents (adolescents and parents) [39]
  • Five questions asking the number of times parents and adolescents have communicated about relationships, sex, sexually transmitted infections (HPVd and HIV), same-sex relationships, and using a condom. Answers range from Never, Once/twice, Many times, and Don’t know

Concern about HIV HIV risk perception (adolescents and parents) [40]
  • Two 5-point Likert questions about adolescent worry of being infected with HIV/AIDS and parent worry of their adolescent being infected with HIV/AIDS

Sexual behavior Sexual behavior (adolescents) [41]
  • Five questions for adolescents regarding sexual intercourse partners

aATN: Adolescent Medicine Trials Network for HIV/AIDS Interventions.

bFAS-III: family affluence scale-III.

cMSPSS: multidimensional scale of perceived social support.

dHPV: human papillomavirus.