Index (economics) In economics and finance, an index is a statistical measure of changes in a representative group of individual data points. These data may be derived from any number of sources, including company performance, prices, productivity, and employment. Economic indices track economic health from different perspectives.
Transference and countertransference. Transference and countertransference: In a therapy context, transference refers to redirection of a client's feelings from a significant person to a therapist.
Munday (2003) and others also suggest European systems of social work also have a social integration function. On this view social work has as a key function the integration or reintegration of sections of the community with mainstream society.