Sources of Strength - Student Survey

Data are from a cluster randomized trial of the Sources of Strength program in 20 high schools. The intervention condition contained 11 high schools and the waitlist control condition contained 9 high schools. Sources of Strength (https://sourcesofstrength.org/) is a universal preventive intervention that prepares student opinion leaders (called Peer Leaders [PL]) to modify social-ecological protective factors, including healthy bonds to adults, within their schools and social networks. The Sources program involves three phases: (1) School and community preparation, (2) PL recruitment and training, and (3) School-wide prevention campaigns. The Student Survey dataset contains responses from 6465 9th-11th grade students across 4 data collection waves (Fall 2017 – Spring 2019). Data collection occurred once each semester during regular class times under the supervision of two researchers. Most surveys were completed online in English while an online and paper version was also available in Spanish. A braille version was also used in one school. This codebook provides a list and description of the original and transformed variables in the dataset.