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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Prev Sci. 2014 Apr;15(2):125–137. doi: 10.1007/s11121-012-0347-5

Table 2.

Reliability information and descriptive statistics for all scales

Scale Wave n Reliabilityb Mean (SE) intervention Mean (SE) control
Linking social capital
 School proactive Wave 1 246 α=0.81 3.11 (0.06) 3.15 (0.06)
Wave 2 229 α=0.71 3.57 (0.06) 3.38 (0.07)
Wave 3 220 α=0.75 3.48 (0.06) 3.33 (0.07)
 Extension reputation Wave 1 234 α=0.78 3.23 (0.06) 3.05 (0.07)
Wave 2 228 α=0.81 3.56 (0.06) 3.17 (0.07)
Wave 3 218 α=0.78 3.57 (0.06) 3.14 (0.07)
Bridging social capital
 School problems Wave 1 240 r=0.33 2.54 (0.08) 2.46 (0.09)
Wave 2 222 r=0.36 2.25 (0.09) 2.43 (0.10)
Wave 3 217 r=0.16 2.26 (0.09) 2.43 (0.10)
 Changes in community Wave 2 234 α=0.83 3.91 (0.05) 3.57 (0.06)
Wave 3 220 α=0.86 3.94 (0.05) 3.61 (0.07)
 Collaboration around prevention Wave 1 99 α=0.90 3.02 (0.07) 3.21 (0.08)
Wave 2 88 α=0.82 3.25 (0.07) 3.18 (0.09)
Wave 3 98 α=0.90 3.17 (0.07) 3.16 (0.08)
 Collaboration involvementa Wave 1 66 5.15 (0.30) 5.69 (0.38)
Wave 2 43 5.94 (0.36) 6.02 (0.43)
Wave 3 59 5.68 (0.31) 5.97 (0.39)
 Formal contractsa Wave 1 66 1.19 (0.29) 2.16 (0.36)
Wave 2 43 2.36 (0.34) 2.25 (0.41)
Wave 3 59 1.51 (0.30) 1.56 (0.38)
 Grant writinga Wave 1 66 1.06 (0.28) 1.83 (0.36)
Wave 2 43 1.71 (0.34) 1.37 (0.41)
Wave 3 59 1.44 (0.29) 1.41 (0.37)
 Co-sponsor events/activitiesa Wave 1 66 3.03 (0.37) 3.47 (0.47)
Wave 2 43 3.22 (0.45) 4.11 (0.54)
Wave 3 59 2.14 (0.39) 3.44 (0.49)
 Joint planninga Wave 1 66 4.14 (0.34) 5.00 (0.43)
Wave 2 43 4.80 (0.40) 5.09 (0.49)
Wave 3 59 4.16 (0.35) 4.70 (0.44)
Public life skill social capital
 Agency knowledge of prevention Wave 1 206 r=0.61 3.22 (0.05) 3.34 (0.07)
Wave 2 191 r=0.46 3.35 (0.05) 3.24 (0.08)
Wave 3 212 r=0.41 3.29 (0.05) 3.28 (0.06)
 Agency support of prevention Wave 1 207 α=0.56 3.65 (0.04) 3.66 (0.06)
Wave 2 192 α=0.59 3.46 (0.04) 3.37 (0.06)
Wave 3 212 α=0.56 3.74 (0.04) 3.65 (0.05)
a

Chronbach’s alpha was used as the measure of reliability for all scales that had three or more items; Pearson’s correlations are reported for two-item scales

b

The collaboration scales are count scales; therefore, no reliability estimate is reported