Pike, Cathy KingHudson, Walter W.Murphy, Douglas L.Rathbone-McCuan, Eloise2010-12-082010-12-081998-03Pike, Cathy King, Walter W. Hudson, Douglas L. Murphy and Eloise Rathbone McCuan. "Using second-order factor analysis in examining multiple problems of clients." Research on Social Work Practice 8, no. 2 (March 1998): 200-211.Pike, Cathy King, Walter W. Hudson, Douglas L. Murphy and Eloise Rathbone McCuan. "Using second-order factor analysis in examining multiple problems of clients." December 8, 2010. Available from IUPUI ScholarWorks. http://hdl.handle.net/1805/2327.1049-7315https://hdl.handle.net/1805/2327This post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of the article submitted to IUPUI ScholarWorks as part of the OASIS Project. Article reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Permission granted through posted policies on copyright owner’s website or through direct contact with copyright owner.Data from veterans of the Persian Gulf engagement were studied to assess the potential of second-order factor analysis in examining, interpreting, and directing person-environment interventions with an array of different but related individual and environmental problems. Participants of the study were 1,532 veterans of the Persian Gulf engagement who were eligible for social services provided by the Veterans Administration. The results provided support for the use of second-order factors in examining client data and provided information about the relationships among clinically significant problems. Further research on the second-order factors of multidimensional instruments that are used in social work to measure client progress can yield information about how client populations differ and provide direction in selecting interventions that are congruent with social work's person-environment focus.en-USadultsfactor analysissocial workersFactor analysisSocial service ResearchPersian Gulf War, 1991Article