Resumen:
This research report aims to present the characteristics, structure and effects of a
psychoeducational technological innovation (called the e-ALADO Program) for the
prevention of alcohol intake in adolescents. Based on the Competency model for
interaction with alcohol, this program consists of a total of 24 lessons that promote
conceptual, procedural, and attitudinal learning, in ICT format (www.alado.es). The
hypothesis of this validation study established that adolescents treated with the program
would improve their levels of competence and their interaction behavior with alcohol,
depending of their personal level of self-regulation. A total of 148 adolescents from 12
to 16 years of age from three Spanish educational centers with different sociocultural
contexts participated. A quasi-experimental methodology with repeated measures and
use of inferential analysis was used (ANOVAs and MANOVAs). The results show a
main principal effect of the Treatment variable, of the Self-Regulation Level variable,
and an interaction effect of Treatment × Self-regulation in the conceptual and attitudinal
subcompetence for interaction with alcohol. The results are discussed in the face of new
technological developments that allow the evaluation and intervention in the prevention
of alcohol intake with adolescents. An important implication of this work is related to
the importance of self-regulation as a psychological variable. Also, the suitability of
psychoeducational interventions with new technological formats in the prevention of
adolescents¿ alcohol intake as entrepreneurial activity.
Keywords: prevention of alcohol intake, competence model, adolescence, e-Program, technological utility
