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	Εγκυρότητα εννοιολογικής κατασκευής σύντομης μορφής	Επαληθευτική Παραγοντική Ανάλυση (Confirmatory Factor Analysis - CFA)
Πεδίο	Ψυχομετρία	Ψυχομετρία
Οικογένεια	Latent structure	Latent structure
Έτος προέλευσης	1990s–2000s	1969
Δημιουργός	Multiple contributors; Smith, McCarthy, & Anderson (2000) formalized short-form validation criteria	Karl Gustav Jöreskog
Τύπος	Validity assessment / scale shortening	Hypothesis-testing latent variable model
Θεμελιώδης πηγή	Smith, G. T., McCarthy, D. M., & Anderson, K. G. (2000). On the sins of short-form development. Psychological Assessment, 12(1), 102–111.	Jöreskog, K. G. (1969). A general approach to confirmatory maximum likelihood factor analysis. Psychometrika, 34(2), 183–202.
Εναλλακτικές ονομασίες	abbreviated scale construct validity, short-form scale validation, brief scale validity, short measure construct validation	CFA, confirmatory FA, measurement model, restricted factor analysis
Συναφείς	6	4
Σύνοψη	Short form construct validity is the systematic evaluation of whether an abbreviated version of a psychological scale still measures the same underlying construct as the original full-length instrument. It combines item selection procedures with confirmatory factor analysis, convergent and discriminant validity tests, and criterion-related evidence to demonstrate that scale shortening has not compromised the meaning of measurement.	Confirmatory factor analysis tests a researcher-specified factor structure against observed data. Unlike exploratory approaches, the researcher decides in advance which indicators load on which latent factor, and the model is evaluated by how closely the implied covariance matrix reproduces the sample covariance matrix. CFA is central to scale validation, construct validity assessment, and measurement invariance testing.