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

Table 3

Significant correlations between illness perception items and illness attribution categories ( = 62).

Illness perception items	Illness attribution categories
() My illness affects my life^c	Personality	.44^**
	Family	.28^*
	Society	.27^*
() My illness will continue forever^c	—	—
() I have extreme control over my illness^c	—	—
() I am extremely concerned about my illness^e	Biology	.29^*
	Personality	.25^*
	Family	.26^*
() I very clearly understand my illness^u	Personality	−.26^*
	Family	−.25^*
() My illness extremely affects me emotionally^e	Personality	.30^*
	Family	.26^*
	Society	.27^*
(7) Treatment is extremely helpful for my illness^c	—	—
(8) I experience many severe symptoms from my illness^c	—	—

Cognitive dimension item, ^eemotional dimension item, and ^uunderstanding dimension item.
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