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Table 5 Correlations between belief type scores and indicators of sample heterogeneity

From: Illness causal beliefs in Turkish immigrants

 

Gender

Age

Mar Stat

Educat

Urban Origin

Satisf Aust

Arriv Cohort

Accult

Eng Prof

Health

Invalid

GHQ Sympts

INFECT: Infection/Infestation

-.08

-.09 1

-.03

.17 2

.11 1

-.15 2

.17 2

.13 2

-.03

-.01

-.17 2

-.02

PHTR: Physical Stress

-.02

.00

.03

.14 2

.16 2

-.12 1

.12 2

.10 1

-.03

.05

-.07

.05

PSTR: Psychological Stress

.00

.00

.05

.15 2

.12 1

-.16 2

.08

.13 2

-.01

.09

-.03

.13 2

LITR: Life Events/Circumstances Stress

-.02

.04

.08

.16 2

.17 2

-.13 1

.08

.13 2

.02

.10 1

.00

.111

ORGAN: Organic Deterioration

.04

-.04

.08

.21 2

.17 2

-.14 2

.13 2

.17 2

.03

.03

-.10 1

.09 1

ACCID: Accident Plus

-.04

-.02

.05

.16 2

.21 2

-.15 2

.16 2

.12 1

-.07

.02

-.05

.02

FATE

.11 1

.17 2

.11 1

-.22 2

.01

-.08

-.10 1

-.16 2

-.09

.20 2

.18 2

.18 2

OMEN: Ominous Sensations

.17 2

.03

.13 2

-.11 1

-.04

-.08

-.05

-.11 1

-.10 1

.18 2

.07

.26 2

CONTA: Contagion

.04

-.12 1

-.03

.04

.04

.07

.02

.11 1

.11 1

-.04

.00

-.03

RETA: Accidental Mystical Retribution

.04

.05

.03

-.05

-.06

-.02

-.02

-.04

-.04

.08

.01

.08

RETN: Non-accidental Mystical Retribution

.03

.12 1

.08

-.05

-.10 1

-.10 1

-.01

-.08

-.08

.10 1

.05

.12 1

MAGIC: Animistic/Magical

.17 2

.11 1

.14 2

-.20 2

-.11 1

-.10 1

-.04

-.13 2

.13 2

.21 2

.14 2

.10 1

NATURAL

-.03

-.02

.05

.19 2

.18 2

-.17 2

.15 2

.15 2

-.02

.05

-.08

.08

SUPERNAT

.15 2

.08

.12 1

-.14 2

-.07

-.08

-.05

-.11 1

-.06

.19 2

.11 1

.20 2

META

.00

.06

.11 1

.10 1

.12 2

-.03

-.03

.05

.06

.10 1

-.02

.13 2

  1. 1p < .05; 2p < .01; degrees of freedom range between 439 and 443 depending on missing values
  2. NOTE: higher scores for all belief scale reflect higher endorsement of items;
  3. Abbreviations: NATURAL = sum of natural types; SUPERNAT = sum of supernatural types; META = sum of metaphysical scales; Gender (female); Age (older); Mar Stat (Marital Status: divorced/widowed/separated); Educat (Education: higher education); Arriv Cohort (Arrival period cohort: recent arrival); Satisf Aust (Satisfaction with Australia: higher satisfaction); Accult (Acculturation: higher acculturation score); Eng Prof (English Proficiency: higher proficiency); Health (Self reported health: presence of illness; Invalid (Invalid status: invalidity; GHQ Sympts (sum of endorsed GHQ-60 symptoms: more symptoms)