| CFA | Confirmatory Factor Analysis |
| CFI | Comparative Fit Index |
| CI | Cognitive Interview |
| df | Degrees of Freedom |
| EAs | Expert Assessments |
| FAS | Family Affluence Scale |
| FGs | Focus Groups |
| HLCA | Health Literacy in Childhood and Adolescence |
| HLS-EU-Q47-GER | German version of the European Health Literacy Survey Questionnaire, 47-item version |
| ITC | Corrected Item-Total Correlation |
| LR | Literature Review |
| MOHLAA-Q | Measurement of Health Literacy Among Adolescents Questionnaire |
| MSPSS | Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support |
| NVS | Newest Vital Sign |
| HLAT-8 | Health Literacy Assessment |
| RMSEA | Root Mean Square Error of Approximation |
| TLI | Tucker-Lewis Index |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
| WLSM | Robust Weighted Least Square Mean-Adjusted |
| WRMR | Weighted Root Mean Square Residual |