ABSTRACT Methodological issues abound when conducting cross-cultural research. In this manuscript we discuss three methodological issues present in many cross-cultural communication studies: lack of geographic diversity, reliability, and validity. To explore these issues the Personal Report of Communication Apprehension (PRCA-24) is assessed. The PRCA-24 serves as an exemplar of a US-designed and -validated measure frequently used outside the US without tests of validity or measurement invariance. In fact, since 1990 less than 10 studies have reported validity results, often citing fit issues. The PRCA-24 was administered to respondents from 11 countries and failed to yield acceptable fit statistics in all samples, showing poor construct validity. Implications for cross-cultural research are discussed, with particular emphasis on recommendations for increased cross-cultural methodological rigor.

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沟通恐惧个人报告（PRCA-24）的多国效度分析

摘要 在进行跨文化研究时，方法论问题比比皆是。在这份手稿中，我们讨论了许多跨文化传播研究中存在的三个方法论问题：缺乏地理多样性、可靠性和有效性。为了探讨这些问题，我们评估了个人沟通恐惧报告 (PRCA-24)。PRCA-24 作为美国设计和验证的衡量标准的范例，经常在美国境外使用，没有有效性或衡量不变性的测试。事实上，自 1990 年以来，只有不到 10 项研究报告了有效性结果，通常引用了拟合问题。对来自 11 个国家的受访者进行了 PRCA-24，但未能在所有样本中产生可接受的拟合统计数据，表明结构效度较差。讨论了对跨文化研究的影响，