Table 5.

Associations between parental total Knowledge, total Attitude, and Practice regarding children's ETS exposure (N = 145).

	r (with parental practice regarding children's ETS exposure)@	P -value	r (with parental practice regarding children's SHS exposure)#	P -value	r (with parental practice regarding children's THS exposure)*	P -value
Total Knowledge scores (TK)	0.19 (0.02, 0.27)	0.03	0.19 (0.009, 0.15)	0.03	0.10 (−0.04, 0.16)	0.22
Basic concepts (K1)	0.03 (−0.76, 1.04)	0.75	0.10 (−0.20, 0.78)	0.24	−0.03 (−0.89, 0.59)	0.69
General harmfulness of tobacco exposure (K2)	0.20 (0.10, 1.06)	0.02	0.23 (0.10, 0.62)	0.006	0.09 (−0.19, 0.62)	0.30
Specific tobacco harmfulness on infants and children (K3)	0.12 (−0.09, 0.59)	0.15	0.19 (0.03, 0.40)	0.02	0.02 (−0.25, 0.32)	0.81
Harmful substances of cigarette (K4)	0.23 (0.20, 1.25)	0.007	0.18 (0.03, 0.61)	0.03	0.16 (−0.03, 0.85)	0.07
Whether my smoking behavior matter (K5)	0.07 (−0.50, 1.05)	0.70	0.08 (−0.26, 0.66)	0.40	0.02 (−0.56, 0.71)	0.81
Methods to reduce tobacco exposure level (K6)	0.14 (−0.09, 0.83)	0.12	0.08 (−0.13, 0.37)	0.35	0.11 (−0.13, 0.63)	0.20
Smoking cessation services and medication (K7)	−0.002 (−0.58, 0.56)	0.98	0.04 (−0.23, 0.39)	0.62	−0.03 (−0.56, 0.39)	0.72
Total Attitude scores (TA)	0.19 (0.02, 0.25)	0.02	0.19 (0.01, 0.14)	0.02	0.10 (−0.04, 0.15)	0.21
Attitude on my smoking behavior n(A1)	−0.004 (−0.43, 0.42)	0.97	−0.002 (−0.24, 0.23)	0.98	−0.003 (−0.36, 0.35)	0.97
Attitude on tobacco control policy (A2)	0.21 (0.17, 1.43)	0.01	0.25 (0.18, 0.86)	0.003	0.09 (−0.25, 0.81)	0.29
Attitude on tobacco attributed health harm (A3)	0.04 (−0.62, 0.94)	0.68	0.16 (−0.03, 0.94)	0.06	0.03 (−0.60, 0.88)	0.71
Attitude on potential “positive” changes brought by smoking cessation (A4)	−0.04 (−0.56, 0.35)	0.65	0.09 (−0.20, 0.65)	0.29	−0.02 (−0.71, 0.58)	0.84
Attitude on potential “negative” changes brought by smoking cessation (A5)	0.16 (−0.05, 1.23)	0.07	−0.03 (−0.41, 0.30)	0.77	0.20 (0.12, 1.17)	0.02
Attitude on taking actions (smoking cessation/reduction) (A6)	0.72 (−0.40, 0.85)	0.48	−0.04 (−0.43, 0.25)	0.62	0.10 (−0.20, 0.82)	0.23
Attitude on smoking cessation/reduction by oneself (A7)	0.008 (−0.62, 0.67)	0.94	−0.19 (−0.68, 0.04)	0.08	0.15 (−0.17, 0.86)	0.19

^@ 8 items (For each item, a Likert scale of 1–5; 1-never, 5-always) were included: (1) How often do you keep distance from your children when smoking at home? (2) How often do you keep 3 m or above distance from your children when smoking at home? (3) How often do you open the door/window when smoking at home? (4) How often do you switch on the ventilation when smoking at home? (5) After smoking, how often do you rinse the mouth before body contact with your children? (6) After smoking, how often do you take a shower before body contact with your children? (7) After smoking, how often do you wash your hand before body contact with your children? (8) After smoking, how often do you change your clothes before body contact with your children?

^# Four items (For each item, a Likert scale of 1–5; 1-never, 5-always) were included: (1) How often do you keep distance from your children when smoking at home? (2) How often do you keep 3 m or above distance from your children when smoking at home? (3) How often do you open the door/window when smoking at home? (4) How often do you switch on the ventilation when smoking at home?

^* Four items (For each item, a Likert scale of 1–5; 1-never, 5-always) were included: (1) After smoking, how often do you rinse the mouth before body contact with your children? (2) After smoking, how often do you take a shower before body contact with your children? (3) After smoking, how often do you wash your hand before body contact with your children? (4) After smoking, how often do you change your clothes before body contact with your children?

Bold value stands for p < 0.05.