Pilot study of Mantente REAL in Spain
More than 700 adolescents took part in the study, from 12 schools (six from Sevilla city and six from Santiago de Compostela and surroundings). Schools in each site was randomly assigned to the experimental group (n ≈ 350 adolescents) and the control grou
Flavio F. Marsiglia, David Alarcón Rubio, Xosé Antón Gómez Fraguela
Researchers from the Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (Santiago de Compostela, NW of Spain) and the Universidad Pablo de Olavide (Sevilla, SW of Spain) collaborated with the GCHAR in the implementation of the adapted version of Mantente REAL in the Spanish context and proving its efficacy.
Prevention of substance abuse and consume on adolescents
Experimental and control schools, sample surveys qualitative and quantitative approaches and focus groups.
Results showed desirable effects of Mantente REAL reducing substance use among Spanish adolescents, especially alcohol use and intoxication episodes, as well as increasing some strategies to deal with offers in their daily lives.
Cutrín, O., Fadden, I. M., Marsiglia, F. F., & Kulis, S. S. (2023). Social validity in Spain of the Mantente REAL prevention program for early adolescents: social validity of Mantente REAL in Spain. Journal of Prevention, 44(2), 143-164. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10935-022-00701-3
Cutrín, O., Kulis, S., Maneiro, L., MacFadden, I., Navas, M. P., Alarcón, D., ... & Marsiglia, F. F. (2021). Effectiveness of the Mantente REAL program for preventing alcohol use in Spanish adolescents. Psychosocial Intervention, 30(3), 113-122. https://doi.org/10.5093/pi2020a19
Cutrín, C., Maneiro, L., Navas-Sánchez, M. P., & Gómez-Fraguela, J. A. (2021). Prevención de drogas e outros comportamentos problemáticos na adolescencia: o programa Mantente REAL en Galicia. Revista Galega de Educación, (79), 66-68. https://rge.gal/paper/prevencion-de-drogas-e-outrso-comportamentos-prob…
Cutrín, O., Mac Fadden, 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
Cutrín, O., Maneiro, L., Piñeiro-Dosil, S., Gómez-Fraguela, X. A., Kulis, S., & Marsiglia, F. F. (November, 2023). La eficacia del programa “Mantente REAL” en la prevención del consumo de cannabis en adolescentes españoles [The efficacy of the “Mantente REAL” program in the prevention of cannabis use in Spanish adolescents]. Oral presentation at the IV Congreso Internacional sobre Prevención, Tratamiento y Control del Consumo de Cannabis y sus derivados (Ourense, Spain).
Kulis, S. S., Marsiglia, F. F., Cutrín, O., & MacFadden, I. (September, 2022). Feasibility, Acceptability, and Utility of the Mantente Real (keepin’ it REAL) Substance Use Prevention Program for Early Adolescents in Spain. Poster presentation at the 13th EUSPR Conference (Tallinn, Estonia)
Kulis, S. S., Marsiglia, F. F., Cutrín, O., & MacFadden, I. (May-June, 2022). Assessing the Social Validity of the Mantente Real (keepin’ it REAL) Substance Use Prevention Program for Early Adolescents in Spain. Poster presentation at the SPR 30th Annual Meeting, NIDA International Poster Session (Seattle, USA).
Marsiglia, F. F., Kulis, S. S., & Cutrín, O. (January, 2021). A pilot test in Spain of a culturally adapted version of keepin' it Real for youth substance use prevention. Paper presentation at the Society for Social Work and Research Annual Conference (online).
MacFadden, I., Cutrín, O., Marsiglia, F. F., Kulis, S. S., & Villalba (October, 2020). The need of evidence-based prevention programs for adolescents in Spain: the cultural adaptation of the prevention program Mantente real (Spain, Sevilla and Santiago de Compostela). Poster presentation at the 11th EUSPR Conference (online).