Table 2.

Item loadings for each factor of the modified Illness Perceptions Questionnaire (M-IPQ, n = 56).

Item	Factor 1 Cure/control	Factor 2 Timeline	Factor 3 Causes
1. My problems can improvea	0.8
2. There is a lot which I can do to improve my problems	0.9
3. What I do can determine whether my current problems/illness get better or worse	0.7 (0.8)
4. My current problems/illness will improve in time	0.7	0.3
5. There is very little that can be done to improve my current problems (R)	0.4		0.5
6. Talking therapy will be effective in improving my current problems/illnessb	0.6 (0.7)
7. Recovery from my current problems is largely dependent on fate or chance (R)			0.8
8. My current problems/illness will last a short time (R)		0.7
9. My current problems/illness are likely to be permanent rather than temporary		0.8 (0.9)
10. My current problems/illness will last for a long time		0.8
11. My state of mind played a major part in causing my current problems/illness	0.6		−0.5 (0.4)
12. Something about my personality played a role in causing my current problems/illness			−0.5 (0.9)
13. Changing the way I think or the way I do things can improve my problemsa	0.8
14. Looking at things differently can be helpfula	0.8

Key: coefficients < 0.3 are suppressed; bold text denotes item considered part of this factor; () = coefficient if different once items 5 and 7 are removed; if not noted, coefficients remain constant.

^aNew items assessing expectation of change (Item 1) and Cognitive model fit (Items 13 and 14).

^bItem wording modified to ‘Talking therapy’ rather than ‘Treatment’.