Illness causal beliefs in Turkish immigrants

BMC Psychiatry

Table 2 Pattern matrix (oblique rotation) of causal belief types based on belief frequency summed within belief types

	Number of Items	Factor 1	Factor 2	Communality	Scale alpha
*ORGAN: Organic Deterioration	23	.96	-.08	.87	.91
*PHTR: Physical Stress	15	.91	-.02	.82	.86
*ACCID: Accident Plus	9	.84	.03	.74	.73
*PSTR: Psychological Stress	10	.83	.10	.76	.82
*INFECT: Infection/Infestation	4	.72	-.07	.49	.57
*LITR: Life Events/Circumstances Stress	17	.70	.27	.72	.89
META: Metaphysical	5	.66	-.02	.43	.84
^†MAGIC: Animistic/Magical	6	-.08	.84	.66	.66
^†RETN: Non-accidental Mystical Retribution	12	.08	.77	.65	.78
^†OMEN: Ominous Sensations	2	.00	.72	.51	.23
^†FATE*	5	-.06	.66	.41	.30
^†RETA: Accidental Mystical Retribution	5	.00	.64	.41	.45
^†CONTA: Contagion	3	.11	.38	.19	.12
%variance		43.3	15.4	Total % var = 58.7
Factor correlation		.40

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