اشكالية التحليل العاملي الاستكشافي في الدراسات النفسية

Abstract EN

The current study sought to define factor analysis and clarify the conditions for its application, and the steps for conducting exploratory factor analysis for psychological tests and measures.

And to identify some of the problems that were observed during the use of exploratory factor analysis in psychological studies.

The study found that among the problems raised are: - The problem of the study sample size.

- The problem of deleting some necessary items.

- The problem of many factors that go beyond theoretical explanations of the psychological state.

- It worked on proposing possible solutions for this; By explaining what is stated in the theoretical and applied literature of factor analysis.