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 | ||||
*Natural Beliefs a = .92; †Supernatural a = .75