Table 3 Results of confirmatory factor analysis of the modified final measurement model (Model 2c: 34 items, 2 error covariances, item 6 respecified) of the Turkish IPQ-R part II
Factors and items | λ | SE | ρ |
|---|---|---|---|
Timeline acute/chronic | 0.92 | ||
1: My illness will last a short time | 0.92** | 0.03 | |
2: My illness is likely to be permanent rather than temporary | 0.95** | 0.02 | |
3: My illness will last a long time | 0.96** | 0.02 | |
4: This illness will pass quickly | 0.89** | 0.04 | |
5: I expect to have this illness for the rest of my life | 0.96** | 0.02 | |
18: My illness will improve in time | 0.76** | 0.05 | |
6: My illness is a serious condition | 0.63** | 0.06 | |
Consequences | 0.81 | ||
7: My illness has major consequences on my life | 0.58** | 0.06 | |
8: My illness does not have much effect on my life | 0.49** | 0.06 | |
9: My illness strongly affects the way other see me | 0.61** | 0.05 | |
10: My illness has serious financial consequences | 0.71** | 0.05 | |
11: My illness causes difficulties for those who are close to me | 0.79** | 0.04 | |
Personal Control | 0.82 | ||
12: There is a lot I can do to control my illness | 0.57** | 0.07 | |
13: What I do can determine whether my illness gets better or worse | 0.84** | 0.05 | |
14: The course of my illness depends on me | 0.77** | 0.07 | |
15: Nothing I do will affect my illness | 0.55** | 0.09 | |
16: I have the power to influence my illness | 0.82** | 0.06 | |
Treatment Control | 0.63 | ||
21: The negative effects of my illness can be prevented by my treatment | 0.63** | 0.18 | |
22: Treatment can control my illness | 0.56* | 0.22 | |
23: There is nothing that can help my illness | 0.48** | 0.14 | |
Illness Coherence | 0.91 | ||
24: The symptoms of my illness are puzzling to me | 0.61** | 0.06 | |
25: My illness has no meaning to me | 0.87** | 0.03 | |
26: I don’t understand my illness | 0.90** | 0.03 | |
27: My illness doesn’t make any sense to me | 0.90** | 0.03 | |
28: I have a clear picture or understanding of my illness | 0.85** | 0.04 | |
Timeline cyclical | 0.61 | ||
29: The symptoms of my illness change from day to day | 0.49** | 0.06 | |
30: My symptoms come and go in cycles | 0.63** | 0.09 | |
32: I go through cycles in which my illness gets better and worse | 0.87** | 0.09 | |
Emotional representations | 0.94 | ||
33: I get depressed when I think about my illness | 0.88** | 0.03 | |
34: When I think about my illness I get upset | 0.90** | 0.02 | |
35: My illness makes me feel angry | 0.58** | 0.05 | |
36: My illness does not worry me | 0.86** | 0.03 | |
37: My illness makes me feel anxious | 0.95** | 0.01 | |
38: My illness makes me feel afraid | 0.89** | 0.02 | |
Error covariance between items 33 and 34 | 0.69** | 0.09 | |
Error covariance between items 7 and 8 | 0.82** | 0.04 |