keepin' it REAL / Mantente REAL España Pilot Test
Students were in the first year of middle school, equivalent to 7th grade in the USA. Students were 11 to 15 years of age (mean=12.2)and 47% female
Arizona State University - Arizona, U.S.
Flavio F. Marsiglia, PhD
Stephen Kulis, PhD
Grace Alderson
Mary Harthun
Universidad Pablo de Olavide – Sevilla, Spain
David Alarcón Rubio, PhD
Isotta Mac Fadden, PhD
Cristina Villalba Quesada, PhD
Universidad de Santigao de Compostela, Spain
José Antón Gómez Fraguela, PhD
Olalla Cutrín Mosteiro, PhD
Lorena Maneiro Boo, PhD
María Patricia Navas Sánchez
In collaboration with the University of Santiago de Compostela and University Pablo de Olavide (Seville) Spain, GCAHR implemented and tested the effectiveness of the keepin' it REAL (Mantente REAL) substance use prevention program after adapting the program to the Spanish social and cultural context. The test contrasted two distinctive regions of Spain, north, and south.
Prevention of alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use by early adolescents
The sample was composed of 755 adolescents from 12 state secondary schools in Spain, 6 in Santiago de Compostela (Galicia region), and 6 in Sevilla (Andalucía region). Schools in each city were randomly assigned to implement the program (experimental group) or to serve as a non-implementing comparison group (control). Pre-test and post-test questionnaire data were collected from students to evaluate the effectiveness of the program.
The culturally adapted version of Mantente REAL was effective in preventing alcohol use among both Spanish youths in both regions. Students participating in the program demonstrated changes in the desired direction on alcohol frequency and intoxication episodes.
Cutrín, O., Kulis, S. S., Maneiro, L., MacFadden, I., Navas, M. P., Alarcón, D., Gómez-Fraguela, J. Villalba, C., & Marsiglia, F. F. (in press). Effectiveness of the Mantente REAL program for preventing alcohol use in Spanish adolescents. Psychosocial Intervention. https://doi.org/10.5093/pi2020a19.
Cutrín, O., MacFadden, I., Ayers, S. L., Kulis, S. S., Gómez-Fraguela, J. A., & Marsiglia, F. F. (2020). Applicability of the theory of planned behavior for predicting alcohol use in Spanish early adolescents. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(22), 8539. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17228539.