This study analyzes adherence to a universal family prevention program used in schools, the Universal Family Competence Program 11-14. It reports on the family members’ retention rates, attendance and quality of participation in the sessions, as well as family satisfaction with the trainers and the program itself. The study, based on a quasi-experimental design with pretest and posttest measures and experimental and control groups, evaluated fidelity and the effectiveness of the mechanisms used to control the program conditions. The results point to the need for the inclusion of methodological strategies aimed at facilitating assessments of the multiple dimensions of adherence and at guaranteeing optimal family participation rates.
Al-Halabí DíazS.ErrastiP. J. M. (2009). Use of small incentives for increasing participation and reducing dropout in a family drug-use prevention program in a Spanish sample. Substance Use & Misuse, 44, 1990–2000. https://doi.org/doi:10.3109/10826080902844870
2.
BallesterL.ValeroM.OrteC.AmerJ. (2018). An analysis of family dynamics: A selective substance abuse prevention programme for adolescents. European Journal of Social Work, 23(1), 93–105. https://doi.org/10.1080/13691457.2018.1473842
3.
BambergerK. T.CoatsworthJ. D.FoscoG. M.RamN. (2014). Change in participant engagement during a family-based preventive intervention: Ups and downs with time and tension. Journal of Family Psychology, 28, 811–820. https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0000036
4.
BröningS.BaldusC.ThomsenM.SackP. M.ArnaudN.ThomasiusR. (2017). Children with elevated psychosocial risk load benefit most from a family-based preventive intervention: Exploratory differential analyses from the German “Strengthening Families Program 10–14” adaptation trial. Prevention Science, 18, 932–942. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-017-0797-x
5.
ByrnesH. F.MillerB. A.AalborgA. E.PlasenciaA. V.KeagyC. D. (2010). Implementation fidelity in adolescent family-based prevention programs: Relationship to family engagement. Health Education Research, 25, 531–541. https://doi.org/10.1093/her/cyq006
6.
ConnellA. M.DishionT. J.YasuiM.KavanaghK. (2007). An adaptive approach to family intervention: Linking engagement in family-centered intervention to reductions in adolescent problem behavior. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 75(4), 568–579. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-006X.75.4.568
7.
DanaherB. G.SeeleyJ. R.StormshakE. A.TylerM. S.CaruthersA. S.MooreK. J.CardenasL. (2018). The family check-up online program for parents of middle school students: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial. JMIR Research Protocols, 7(7), Article e11106. https://doi.org/10.2196/11106
8.
DeMarshJ.KumpferK. L. (1985). Family-oriented interventions for the prevention of chemical dependency in children and adolescents. Journal of Children in Contemporary Society, 18(1–2), 117–151https://doi.org/10.1300/J274v18n01_07
9.
EpsteinJ. L. (2011). School, family, and community partnerships: Preparing educators and improving schools (2nd ed.). Westview Press.
10.
EpsteinJ. L.SandersM. G. (2006). Prospects for change: Preparing educators for school, family, and community partnerships. Peabody Journal of Education, 81(2), 81–120. https://doi.org/10.1207/S15327930pje8102_5
11.
Garcíadel CastilloJ. A.García del Castillo-LópezA.López-SánchezC. (2014). Concepto de adherencia preventiva en el ámbito de las adicciones [Concept of preventive adherence in the field of addictions]. Health and Addictions, 14, 89–98. https://doi.org/10.21134/haaj.v14i2.233
12.
GearingR. E.TownsendL.ElkinsJ.El-BasselN.OsterbergL. (2014). Strategies to predict, measure, and improve psychosocial treatment adherence. Harvard Review of Psychiatry, 22(1), 31–45. https://doi.org/10.1097/HRP.10.1097/HRP.0000000000000005
13.
GonzálezJ.FernándezS.PérezE.SantamaríaP. (2004). Adaptación española del sistema de evaluación de la conducta en niños y adolescentes: BASC [Spanish adaptation of the behavior assessment system in children and adolescents: BASC]. TEA Ediciones.
14.
KumpferK. L. (2008). Why are There no effective child abuse prevention parenting interventions?Substance Use & Misuse, 43, 1262–1265. https://doi.org/10.1080/10826080802215114
15.
KumpferK. L.AlvaradoR.SmithP.BellamyN. (2002). Cultural sensitivity and adaptation in family-based prevention interventions. Prevention Science, 3(3), 241–246. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1019902902119
16.
MillerW. R.RollnickS. (2002). Motivational interviewing: Preparing people for change (2nd ed.). Guilford Press.
17.
NegreirosJ.BallesterL.ValeroM.AmerJ. (2020). Revisión sistemática de programas de prevención familiar universal: análisis en términos de eficacia, retención y adherencia [Systematic review of universal family prevention programs: analysis in terms of efficacy, retention and adherence]. Adicciones.
18.
NegreirosJ.BallesterL.ValeroM.CarmoR.da GamaJ. (2019). Una revisión sistemática de la participación en los programas de prevención familiar [A systematic review of participation in family prevention programs]. Pedagogía Social. Revista Interuniversitaria, 34, 63–75. https://doi.org/10.7179/PSRI_2019.34.05
19.
OrteC.BallesterL.AmerJ.VivesM. (2014). Assessing the role of facilitators in evidence-based family-centric prevention programs via Delphi technique, families in society. Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services, 95(4), 236–244. https://doi.org/10.1606/1044-3894.2014.95.30
20.
OrteC.BallesterL.PozoR.VivesM. (2017a). Maintaining changes in an evidence-based family prevention program: A longitudinal study of families. Pedagogía Social: Revista Interuniversitaria, 29, 109–122.
21.
OrteC.BallesterL.AmerJ.VivesM. (2017b). Training of practitioners and beliefs about family skills in family-based prevention programmes. British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 45(5), 573–582. https://doi.org/10.1080/03069885.2017.1343456
22.
OrteC.OliverJ. L.AmerJ.VivesM.PozoR. (2019). Universal prevention. Evaluation of the effects of the Universal Spanish Strengthening Families Program in elementary schools(SFP-U 11-14). Pedagogía Social: Revista Interuniversitaria, 34, 19–30. https://doi.org/10.7179/PSRI_2019.34.02
23.
OrteC., & Grupo de Investigación y Formación Educativa y Social. (2017). Manual de implementación del Programa de Competencia familiar Universal (11-14) [Implementation Manual of the Universal Family Competency Program (11-14)]. Universitat de les Illes Balears.
24.
PascualB.Sánchez-PrietoL.GomilaM. A.QuesadaV.NevotM. L. (2019). Formación para la prevención en el ámbito socioeducativo: un análisis de los perfiles profesionales. Pedagogía Social. Revista Interuniversitaria, 34, 33–45. https://doi.org/10.7179/PSRI_2019.34.03
SpothR. L.RedmondC. (2000). Research on family engagement in preventive interventions: Toward improved use of scientific findings in primary prevention practice. Journal of Primary Prevention, 21(2), 267–284.
29.
SpothR. L.RedmondC.HockadayC.ShinC. (1996). Barriers to participation in family skills preventive interventions and their evaluations: A replication and extension. Family Relations, 45, 247–254.
30.
StormshakE. A.BrownK. L.MooreK. J.DishionT.SeeleyJ.SmolkowskiK. (2016). Going to Scale with Family-centred School- Based Interventions: Challenges and Future Directions. In SheridanS. M.Moorman KimE. (Eds.), Family-school partnerships in context, research on family-school partnerships (Vol. 3). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-19228-4_2
31.
StormshakE. A.FoscoG. M.DishionT. J. (2010). Implementing interventions with families in schools to increase youth school engagement: The family check-up model. School Mental Health, 2(2), 82–92. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12310-009-9025-6
32.
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. (2009). Guide to implementing family skills training programmes for drug abuse prevention. United Nations Publication.
33.
ValeroM.BallesterL.OrteC.AmerJ. (2017). Meta-analysis of family-based selective prevention programs for drug consumption in adolescence. Psicothema, 29(2), 299–305. https://doi.org/10.7334/psicothema2016.275
