Adolescent Behavior, Adolescent - Emotional Problem, Alcohol Abuse, Behavior, Addictive, Psychological, Smoking Behaviors
Conditions
Keywords
Adolescents, Addictive behaviors, Evaluation, Universal school-based prevention, Transdiagnostic approach
Brief summary
Juego de Llaves is a universal school-based drug prevention program for adolescents aged 12-15 years. The outcome evaluation is critical to determine the quality of preventive interventions. This protocol describes the full protocol of the evaluation design, instruments, randomization procedure, follow-ups, and primary outcomes. Method: Non-Randomized Control Cluster Trial in a set of Spanish school centers at the compulsory secondary education level, with follow-ups at 12-, 24- and 36-months. Participants will be allocated to an experimental or control (no intervention) group. Using an electronic ad-hoc designed App, a battery of instruments will be used to assess addictive behaviors, sociodemographic variables, school climate and other transdiagnostic psychological variables. A piloting test will be conducted to test the implementation protocol and to calculate the sample size needed for the outcome evaluation. After implementing the program, longitudinal statistical approaches will be used to inform on the intervention efficacy and potential moderators and mediators. There is a lack of effectiveness assessments of school prevention programs, and it is expected that this protocol will expedite the monitoring and ongoing evaluation in prevention.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALJuego de Llaves
The main goal of this program is to prevent substance use and engagement in other addictive behaviors. It is intended to be delivered by teachers in a six to twelve session format through different modules that cover the following areas: emotional regulation, cognitive strategies, social interaction, free time, education on drugs and life values
Sponsors
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
Asociación Proyecto Hombre
Susana Al-Halabí
Study design
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Intervention model description
Non-Randomized Control Cluster Trial
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
12 Years to 15 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Schools having secondary education. * Schools located in Spain. * Schools willing to participate under the conditions of the study before randomization.
Exclusion criteria
* Schools having other interventions with a strong package on substance use prevention targeted the same grades.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Consecuences of addictive behaviors | Past 30-day period | ARSS-SUV (adapted from Murphy et al., 2005) |
| Substance use: Alcohol | Past 30-day period | Ítems from the survey on drug use in secondary education in Spain (ESTUDES) for the National Plan on Drugs |
| Substance use: Cannabis | Past 30-day period | Ítems from the survey on drug use in secondary education in Spain (ESTUDES) for the National Plan on Drugs |
| Non-substance use behavior: Gaming | Past 30-day period | Ítems from the survey on drug use in secondary education in Spain (ESTUDES) for the National Plan on Drugs |
| Non-substance use behavior: Gambling | Past 30-day period | Ítems from the survey on drug use in secondary education in Spain (ESTUDES) for the National Plan on Drugs |
| Reinforcement ratio | Past-year period | Ad-hoc questionnaire (SAUPI; unpublished) |
| Substance use: Tobacco | Past 30-day period | Ítems from the survey on drug use in secondary education in Spain (ESTUDES) for the National Plan on Drugs |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Behavioral problemas | Past 30-day period | Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (25-item version), SDQ (Ortuño-Sierra et al., 2018) |
| Emotion regulation | Past 30-day period | The Emotional Regulation Questionnaire - adolescents, ERQ-CA (Navarro et al., 2018) |
| Suicidal behavior | Past 30-day period | The Paykel Suicide Scale, PSS (Fonseca-Pedrero et al., 2018) |
| Impulsivity | Past 30-day period | The Scale of Impulsivity for Children and Adolescents BUPPS-P-NA (Caneto et al., 2020) |
| Resilience | Past 30-day period | The Child and Youth Resilience Measure, CYMR (Resilience Research Centre, 2018) |
Countries
Spain
Contacts
Primary ContactSusana Al-Halabí, PhD
Outcome results
None listed