TABLE 2—

Sample Mental Health Characteristics Among Midwestern US University Employees: Wave 1, 1996, and Wave 6, 2005

	Wave 1, Mean Score (SD)	Wave 6, Mean Score (SD)
Symptomatic distress
Depression	3.7 (4.0)	3.5 (3.9)
Anxiety	7.4 (5.9)	6.4 (5.3)
Hostility	1.8 (2.8)	1.5 (2.4)
Somatizationa	4.2 (5.4)	3.7 (4.8)
Posttraumatic stress disordera	21.2 (6.3)	20.4 (5.5)
Alcohol-related outcomes
Quantity of consumption	1.3 (1.4)	1.7 (1.1)
Escape motives for drinking	6.9 (2.9)	7.3 (3.7)
Binge drinking	0.6 (1.2)	0.5 (1.1)
Drinking to intoxication	0.5 (1.0)	0.6 (1.0)

^aBaseline taken at wave 5.