Causal Attribution and Illness Perception: A Cross-Sectional Study in Mexican Patients with Psychosis

Table 2

Pearson correlations between illness perception dimensions (Brief-IPQ) and illness attribution categories (Angermeyer and Klusmann Scale) ( = 62).

	Biology	Personality	Family	Society	Esoteric
Cognitive	.14	.25^*	.25^*	.20	−.05
Emotional	.28^*	.31^**	.30^*	.22	.04
Understanding	−.20	−.26^*	−.25^*	−.09	−.10

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Note. Score range for the Brief-IPQ: from 1 to 4. High scores in the cognitive and emotional dimensions reflect an unfavorable perception of illness; high scores in the understanding dimension are favorable. Score range for the Angermeyer and Klusmann Scale: from 1 to 4. A high score reflects acknowledging that factor as a cause of illness.