Table 3 Illness beliefs, fatalistic beliefs, social networks
BIPQ items | Consequences | Timeline | Personal control | Treatment beliefs | Identity | Concern | Understanding | Emotional distress | Fatalism 1 | Fatalism 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Spearman’s Correlation Coefficient | ||||||||||
Total number of conditions | .341** | .126 | -.027 | -.066 | .122 | .010 | .030 | .076 | -.009 | .143 |
No of supportive females | -.005 | -.080 | -.066 | -.249 | -.057 | -.366* | .047 | -.183 | .002 | -.259 |
Frequency of contact | -.193 | -.146 | .149 | -.220 | -.264 | -.437** | .009 | -.352** | -.212 | -.309 |
Emotional work | -.171 | .153 | .241 | .051 | -.107 | -.599** | .306# | -.465** | -.022 | -.166 |
Illness work | .002 | .238 | -.183 | -.209 | -.010 | -.358* | .146 | -.195 | -.278 | -.300 |
Size of support network | -.276 | -.088 | .165 | -.139 | -.239 | -.470** | .060 | -.373* | -.258 | -.298 |
Proximate children | .311 | .232 | .002 | -.249 | .099 | -.055 | -.006 | .212 | -.205 | -.193 |
Types of relationships | -.150 | -.215 | -.035 | .232 | -.195 | -.022 | -.128 | -.198 | -.133 | -.294## |