Table 2. Questions retained and analyzed on the HB questionnaire.

1. Do you worry a lot about catching diseases?

2. Are other people unsympathetic when you are feeling ill?

3. Do you worry a lot about other members of your family getting ill?

4. Do you stay off work if you have any kind of health problem?

5. Do you read medical books and worry that you have all of the symptoms described?

6. Do you find it comforting when you are ill to get all the extra attention and sympathy from your family and friends?

7. Do you feel pity for people who are ill?

8. Are you seldom ill?

9. Do you worry a lot about your health?

10. Do you tend to feel ill around certain people or places?

11. Do you get a deal of pleasure from the health and vitality of your body?

Note: The questions loaded together (loadings ≥ .4) on the first factor in a principal component analysis.