RT Journal Article
T1 Social validity in Spain of the mantente REAL Prevention Program for Early Adolescents
A1 Cutrín Mosteiro, Olalla
A1 Mac Fadden, Isotta
A1 Marsiglia, Flavio F.
A1 Kulis, Stephen S.
K1 Substance use
K1 Adolescence
K1 Resistance strategies
K1 Prevention program
K1 Social validity
K1 Spain
AB Studies focusing on the relevance or impact of a program, not just on its efficacy or effectiveness, can make important contributions to prevention science. This article documents the social validity (i.e., a construct encompassing feasibility, acceptability, and utility) of a universal substance use prevention program for early adolescents in Spain. The Mantente REAL (keepin’it REAL) program was culturally adapted to the Spanish context, implemented, and evaluated in six public middle schools in two regions of Spain. Participating teachers (N = 15), students (N = 354), and research team members (N = 6) reported on the feasibility, acceptability, and utility of the program implemented with first grade secondary school students. Qualitative and quantitative data about the program, its curriculum, and the implementation process were collected through teachers’ focus groups, students’ surveys, and observation forms completed by members of the research team. Mantente REAL was perceived to be a prevention program that was feasible for implementation in Spanish middle schools, although some logistics related to school structural constraints should be addressed in future implementations. The topics and activities in the curriculum were highly accepted by teachers and students, and they reported that the program was useful in teaching resistance strategies to cope with substance use and other risky situations. The findings support the social validity of the culturally adapted Mantente REAL program for early adolescents in Spain, and highlight how feedback from stakeholders involved in the implementation can improve the dissemination of effective prevention approaches
PB Springer
SN 2731-5533
YR 2022
FD 2022
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/29194
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/29194
LA eng
NO Journal of Prevention (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10935-022-00701-3
NO This study was funded by the Global Center for Applied Health Research (Arizona State University) and supported by the Programa de Axudas etapa posdoutoral da Xunta de Galicia (Consellería de Cultura, Educación e Ordenación Universitaria), by FEDER/Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades), (Agencia Estatal de Investigación (Grant PSI2015-65766-R) , and by the Axuda para a consolidación e estruturación de unidades de investigación competitivas e outras acci?ns de fomento nas universidades do SUG (GRC, 2018; Conseller?a de Cultura, Educación e Ordenacn Universitaria, Xunta de Galicia). Open Access funding provided thanks to the CRUE-CSIC agreement with Springer Nature
DS Minerva
RD 24 abr 2026