Effectiveness of the Reasoning and Rehabilitation V2 Programme for Improving Personal and Social Skills in Spanish Adolescent Students

Miriam Sánchez-SanSegundo, Rosario Ferrer-Cascales, Natalia Albaladejo-Blazquez, Raquel Alarcó-Rosales, Nicola Bowes and Nicolás Ruiz-Robledillo
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Miriam Sánchez-SanSegundo: Department of Health Psychology, Faculty of Health Science, University of Alicante, 03690 Alicante, Spain
Rosario Ferrer-Cascales: Department of Health Psychology, Faculty of Health Science, University of Alicante, 03690 Alicante, Spain
Natalia Albaladejo-Blazquez: Department of Health Psychology, Faculty of Health Science, University of Alicante, 03690 Alicante, Spain
Raquel Alarcó-Rosales: Department of Health Psychology, Faculty of Health Science, University of Alicante, 03690 Alicante, Spain
Nicola Bowes: Cardiff School of Sport and Health Sciences, University of Cardiff, Cardiff CF23 6XD, UK
Nicolás Ruiz-Robledillo: Department of Health Psychology, Faculty of Health Science, University of Alicante, 03690 Alicante, Spain

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 9, 1-12

Abstract: Significant progress has been made in developing intervention programmes for adolescents at high risk of delinquency, school failure and emotional problems. The most effective programmes incorporate behavioural and skills training aimed at changing attitudes and promoting psychosocial and emotional skills in adolescents. This study examined the effectiveness of a school-based intervention programme based on the Reasoning and Rehabilitation V2 (R&R2). R&R2 is a cognitive behavioural programme developed using psychological theories about the aetiology of delinquency, as well as the cognitive, behavioural and socioemotional deficits in high-risk youth populations. A sample of 142 students (aged 13–17 years old) who were attending alternative education provision in Spain were randomly assigned to two experimental conditions (68 experimental group, 74 control group). The results showed that the R&R2 improved participants’ self-esteem, social skills, empathy and rational problem-solving with a medium–large effect size (η2 = 0.08 to 0.26). The effects of the programme were significant after controlling for age and the pre-test scores in baseline. These findings confirm the effectiveness of the Reasoning and Rehabilitation V2 programme in Spanish adolescent students and offer additional evidence regarding the implementation of the R&R2 programme in both alternative educational and mainstream school settings.

Keywords: reasoning and rehabilitation; intervention; skills; adolescents (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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