Table 2 Criteria for role assignment in dyadic decision to get vaccinated
From: Parent-son decision-making about human papillomavirus vaccination: a qualitative analysis
Parent | Both | Son | |
|---|---|---|---|
Criteria | ·Parent and/or son explicitly stated parent made decision on own. | ·Son asked questions and/or was engaged in the conversation, and the parent stated their opinion or gave an answer to the doctor. | ·Parent explicitly stated that they let their son make the decision. |
·Parent gave the answer to the physician without any attempt to include their son in the decision. | ·Parent explicitly asked for son’s opinion | ·Son explicitly stated that he made the decision alone. | |
Example Quote | Q2.1 I looked at him and he looked at me and I said, “You’re gonna get that.” I mean, it wasn’t even a question. He’s 15 years old (Female, 35 years old). | Q2.2 My mom looked at me and asked me if I wanted it and I said yea. Then my mom said yea (Son, 15 years old). | Q2.3 Interviewer: Who do you think made the decision? |
Son: Me. | |||
Interviewer: So, what kinds of things were going through your head when you decided that? | |||
Son: I don’t want to get no shot right now (Son, 16 years old). |