Table 3.
Inter-item correlations for the modified Illness Perceptions Questionnaire (M-IPQ, n = 56).
| Item | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 7 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cure/control+ | 1 | – | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.4 | |||||
| 2 | 0.7 | – | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.7 | −0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | |||||
| 3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | – | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | −0.3 | 0.3 | ||||||
| 4 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 | – | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | −0.5 | −0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | ||||
| 6 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | – | 0.5 | 0.6 | −0.4 | −0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | ||||
| 13 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | – | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.3 | ||||||
| 14 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | – | −0.3 | −0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | ||||
| Timeline | 8 | −0.3 | −0.5 | −0.4 | −0.3 | – | 0.3 | 0.5 | −0.3 | ||||||
| 9 | −0.3 | 0.3 | – | 0.6 | |||||||||||
| 10 | −0.3 | −0.4 | −0.3 | −0.4 | 0.5 | 0.6 | – | ||||||||
| Internal/external cause | 11 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | −0.3 | – | −0.3 | ||||
| 12 | – | ||||||||||||||
| 5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | – | 0.3 | |||||||
| 7 | −0.3 | 0.3 | – |
Correlations < 0.3 are suppressed.