Table 1.

Levels of and Change in Mental-Health Variables at Waves 1 and 2

Variable	Level		Change from Wave 1 to Wave 2
	Wave 1	Wave 2	Participants reporting an increase or new incidence	Participants reporting a decrease or no longer present	Participants reporting stability over time
General affective distress	M = 1.50, SD = 0.58	M = 1.48, SD = 0.52	n = 300 (42%)	n = 299 (42%)	No change: n = 118 (16%)
Self-reported disorder	n = 121 (17.3%)	n = 120 (17.5%)	n = 59	n = 60	Stable presence, n = 61 Stable absence, n = 470
CIDI-SF affective diagnosis based on self-report	n = 87 (12.24%)	n = 73 (10.27%)	n = 43	n = 57	Stable presence, n = 30 Stable absence, n = 581

Note: For self-reported disorder, the ns at each wave represent the number of people who reported that they had been diagnosed or treated for an emotional disorder. The ns for Composite International Diagnostic Interview Short Form (CIDI-SF; Kessler, Andrews, Mroczek, Ustun, & Wittchen, 1998) affective diagnosis based on self-report represent the number of people at each wave who met the criteria for major depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, or dysthymia. The numbers in parentheses represent the percentage of the total sample who met the criteria in each category.