title: Family predictors of parent participation in an adolescent drug abuse prevention program.
abstract: Low participation rates constitute a serious problem faced by family drug abuse prevention programs. In this study we analyse the factors related to participation in a Life Skills Training program implemented in three schools in Spain. Participants in the study were 485 pupils aged 12 - 14 years and their respective parents. The variables that predicted participation in the program were: number of children and educational level of parents, children's drug use, family conflict, parental rearing style, relationships between parents and children and family communication. The results from Spain are similar to those found in international studies, and indicate that the families most at risk of drug use are those least likely to participate in prevention programs. There is a need for strategies to increase participation in prevention programs of the families most at risk.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Psychology, University of Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain.
authors.forename: Susana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Al-Halabi Díaz
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Secades-Villa
authors.forename: José Manuel Errasti
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Pérez
authors.forename: José Ramón
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Fernández-Hermida
authors.forename: Olaya
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: García-Rodríguez
authors.forename: José Luis Carballo
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Crespo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D016487:Parenting; D011314:Preventive Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control*