Hardiness and baton performance among police student trainees

IF 1.3 3区社会学 Q3 CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY

Policing-A Journal of Policy and Practice Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI:10.1093/police/paad077

Tom Hilding Skoglund, Anders Lohne Lie, Einar Kristian Jakobsen, Patrick Risan

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Abstract

Abstract Following Kobasa’s seminal description of hardiness in 1979, this psychological construct has attained an increased research focus in law enforcement. The present study adds to this research focus by sampling 156 Norwegian police student trainees to investigate whether trainees’ hardiness levels were related to their performance in a high-stress baton exercise. The Dispositional Resilience Scale-15-R was used to measure hardiness and its three components: commitment, challenge, and control. Baton performance was independently evaluated by two examiners. The results of a regression analysis controlling for age and sex revealed that, among the three components, commitment significantly predicted baton performance. Considerable sex differences were observed in the performance scores, where men outperformed women. An interaction model treating sex as a moderator showed that the commitment prediction was aligned across men and women. In conclusion, police educators should increase their focus on hardiness—especially the commitment component—to facilitate the police student trainees’ operational skill training.

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警用学员的耐寒性及警棍表演

继Kobasa在1979年对耐寒性的开创性描述之后，这一心理结构在执法领域获得了越来越多的研究焦点。本研究通过对156名挪威警察学员进行抽样调查，以调查学员的耐受力水平是否与他们在高压警棍练习中的表现有关，从而增加了这一研究的重点。本研究采用《性格弹性量表-15- r》测量心理韧性及其三个组成部分:承诺、挑战和控制。指挥棒的性能由两名审查员独立评估。控制年龄和性别的回归分析结果显示，在三个组成部分中，承诺显著预测指挥棒性能。在表现得分上观察到相当大的性别差异，男性表现优于女性。一个以性别为调节因素的互动模型表明，承诺预测在男性和女性之间是一致的。总之，警察教育工作者应加强对吃苦耐劳的重视，特别是对承诺的重视，以促进警察学员的操作技能训练。

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Policing-A Journal of Policy and Practice CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY-

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