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 Admintstration. 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.
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