PRIORITION OF SOCIAL PROBLEM-SOLVING USING SECOND-ORDER FACTOR ANALYSIS

The purpose of this study was to determine the priority of social problem solving using the social problem solving inventory revised (SPSI-R) that is made by D’Zurilla and his colleagues. Method: In this study, 418 employees in Tehran were randomly selected through a two-stage cluster sampling and Social Problem Solving Inventory was administered to them. To determine the reliability and validity of the questionnaire, Cronbach s alpha test and confirmatory factor analysis were used. The second order factor analysis method was also used. Facts: Reliability of five factors was obtained 0.94 which states high reliability of the scale. Second-order factor analysis revealed a five-factor model in which the obtained chi-square was 838.9 and the other model fit indices such as: CMIN/DF (3.4), CFI (0.916), AIC (944.9), IFI (0.916), RMSEA (0.05) which show the model is a good mode. Results: In this study, the importance of each factor of solving social problems was determined. The influence of the factor RPS on solving social problems is 0.95, the influence of the factor AS on solving social problems is 0.84, the influence of the factor ICS on solving social problems is 0.70, the influence of the factor NPO on solving social problems is 0.69 and the influence of the factor PPO on solving social problems is 0.68

Keywords:

Solving social problems , Prioritization , Second-order factor analysis