Table 3 Frequency and illness attribution of classes of causes in the Turkish community
| Â | Â | Â | Â | Mean % classed to cause | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Number of Items | Mean % of sample believing this | Cross-item range of % of sample | Somatic Illness (S) | Mental Illness (M) | Mental & Somatic (MS) |
NATURAL CAUSATION | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Stress | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
INFECT: Infection/Infestation | 4 | 58.3 | 28.4 – 88.1 | 69.0 | 2.0 | 23.2 |
PHTR: Physical Stress | 15 | 72.1 | 28.2 – 91.2 | 62.8 | 6.6 | 27.4 |
PSTR: Psychological Stress | 10 | 66.0 | 37.8 – 88.5 | 13.4 | 62.9 | 21.4 |
LITR: Life Events/Circumstances Stress | 17 | 59.6 | 27.9 – 76.1 | 3.7 | 68.2 | 25.1 |
Organic and Accident | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
ORGAN: Organic Deterioration | 23 | 66.6 | 21.9 – 76.1 | 55.5 | 11.3 | 29.4 |
ACCID: Accident Plus (Accidental Causation/Overt Human Aggression/Constitution/Inheritance) | 9 | 67.7 | 30.4 – 88.5 | 32.8 | 14.3 | 48.8 |
SUPERNATURAL CAUSATION | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Mystical Causation | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
FATE | 5 | 13.0 | 1.4 – 33.1 | 24.3 | 26.8 | 39.2 |
OMEN: Ominous Sensations | 2 | 22.0 | 19.1 – 25.0 | 7.8 | 53.2 | 29.0 |
CONTA: Contagion | 3 | 9.5 | 3.4 – 19.6 | 34.3 | 29.9 | 16.6 |
RETA: Accidental Mystical Retribution | 5 | 8.8 | 3.6 – 18.7 | 24.6 | 42.4 | 16.2 |
RETN: Non-accidental Mystical Retribution | 12 | 16.2 | 7.9 – 29.1 | 12.8 | 57.0 | 23.0 |
Animistic/Magical Causation | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
MAGIC: Animistic/Magical | 9 | 15.5 | 8.8 – 12.2 | 11.1 | 42.9 | 33.2 |
METAPHYSICAL CAUSATION | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
META: Metaphysical | 5 | 47.1 | 37.8 – 51.8 | 66.0 | 2.7 | 25.7 |