探索的因数分析と確認的因数分析ツリーを使用して,組織研究における複数の共変数に対する測定不変性を調査する
David Goretzko1, Matt C Howard2, Philipp Sterner3
1Department of Psychological Methods (With a Focus on Methods for Psychotherapy Research), Goethe University Frankfurt.
The Journal of applied psychology
|February 19, 2026
まとめ
探索的および確認的因数分析ツリーのような新しい方法は,研究者がスケール開発の初期に測定不変性を (MI) 評価するのに役立ちます. これらのツールは,多くのグループで潜在変数を調査するのに有用です,特にMIの潜在的な違反が不明である場合です.
科学分野:
- 組織心理学の心理学
- サイコメトリクス サイコメトリクス
- 統計モデリング 統計モデリング
背景:
- 組織研究では,しばしば潜在変数 (例えば,仕事の満足度,リーダーシップスタイル) を使用します.
- グループ間の潜在変数を比較するには,測定不変性 (MI) が前提条件である必要があります.
- MIを検査するための既存の方法は,既定のモデルと事前に定義された仮説に限定されています.
研究 の 目的:
- 測定インヴァリアンス (MI) の調査のための新しい方法を導入する.
- 現在のMI試験方法の限界に対処するため,特に初期測定モデル開発の際に.
- 多くのグループを定義する多数の共変数を持つMIを調査するためのツールを提供すること.
主な方法:
- 探索的因数分析ツリー (EFA-Trees) の開発と応用.
- 確認因数分析ツリー (CFA-Trees) の開発と応用.
- これらのツリーベースの方法を初期段階のMI調査に活用する.
主要な成果:
- EFA-TreesとCFA-Treesは,早期MI調査のための効果的なアプローチを提供します.
- これらの方法は,連続した共変数によって定義される多数のグループにおけるMIの検査を容易にする.
- これらは,スケール開発プロセスにおいて特に有用です.
結論:
- 探索的および確認的因数分析ツリーは,測定不変性を評価するための貴重なツールです.
- これらの方法は,測定モデル開発の初期段階を向上させます.
- それらは,複雑なグループ構造における潜在的なMI違反を調査するための柔軟な枠組みを提供します.
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