Using Shared Decision Making to Improve Family Media Use Planning

BEHAVIORAL

Family Media Check-In (FMC)

An interactive, web-based tool to support within-family media use planning will be developed and shared with families.

Decision Satisfaction

Time frame: Baseline, 3 weeks post-baseline

Perceived Effective Decision Scale: a 4-item measure that assesses parent and teen satisfaction with their family media plan. Responses are measured on a 5-point Likert scale, with higher scores indicating a stronger perception of decision effectiveness.

Decision Uncertainty

Time frame: Baseline, 3 weeks post-baseline

Decision Uncertainty Scale: a 3-item scale adapted for the intervention and nature of decision designed to measure parent and teen perceptions of uncertainty when making decisions. The items evaluate factors contributing to uncertainty, including difficulty, lack of clarity, and indecision. Responses are recorded on a 5-point Likert scale. Higher scores indicate greater levels of perceived uncertainty, with the third item reverse-scored.

Change in Family Media Planning and Plan Engagement

Time frame: Baseline, 3 weeks post-baseline

Family Media Planning and Engagement Scale. This scale includes two components, each with 3 items: elements included in plan and engagement with plan. Higher scores indicate more screen media-related elements included in plan and greater teen engagement with plan.

Teen Involvement in Plan

Time frame: Baseline, 3 weeks post-baseline

This single-item assesses the degree of involvement teens perceive they had in creating the plan. Response options range from full individual control to full parent parental control, with options capturing varying levels of shared-decision making

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