Thompson A H, Howard A W, Jin Y
Department of Public Health Sciences, 13-103 Clinical Sciences Building, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2G3.
Can J Psychiatry. 2001 Feb;46(1):45-51. doi: 10.1177/070674370104600107.
To construct an index that represents the general level of social problems among Canadian provinces and territories.
Factor weights were used to combine provincial and territorial rates for homicide, attempted murder, assault, sexual assault, robbery, divorce, suicide, and alcoholism into a single Social Problem Index.
The resulting index demonstrated strong positive intercorrelations among its factors across provinces. That is, provinces that showed high rates on one factor tended to show high rates on the others as well. The validity of the Social Problem Index is demonstrated by its positive correlation with an independent measure of the likelihood of having experienced personal trauma.
The robust nature and apparent validity of the Social Problem Index suggest that it can be well used for needs assessments and theoretical studies and as a feedback mechanism to national, provincial, and community leaders on the social problem status of their particular jurisdictions.
构建一个代表加拿大各省和地区社会问题总体水平的指数。
使用因子权重将各省和地区在凶杀、谋杀未遂、袭击、性侵犯、抢劫、离婚、自杀和酗酒方面的发生率合并为一个单一的社会问题指数。
所得指数在各省的各个因子之间显示出很强的正相关。也就是说，在一个因子上显示高发生率的省份在其他因子上往往也显示高发生率。社会问题指数的有效性通过其与经历个人创伤可能性的独立测量指标呈正相关得到证明。
社会问题指数的稳健性质和明显有效性表明，它可很好地用于需求评估和理论研究，并作为向国家、省和社区领导人反馈其特定辖区社会问题状况的机制。
