The physical competence test of the Dutch National Police:the effects of wearing a police uniform on test performance
In this study, we investigated the effects of wearing a police uniform and gear on officers’ performance during the Physical Competence Test (PCT) of the Dutch National Police. In a counterbalanced within-subjects design, twenty-seven police officers performed the PCT twice, once wearing sportswear and once wearing a police uniform. The results showed clear indications that wearing a police uniform influenced the performance on the PCT. Participants were on average 14 seconds slower in a police uniform than in sportswear. Furthermore, performing the test in uniform was accompanied by higher RP... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2020 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Koedijk , M , Stuurman , H F , Renden , P G , Hutter , R I , Strating , M & Oudejans , R R D 2020 , ' The physical competence test of the Dutch National Police : the effects of wearing a police uniform on test performance ' , Police Practice and Research , vol. 21 , no. 3 , pp. 264-278 . https://doi.org/10.1080/15614263.2019.1658583 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27025105 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://research.hva.nl/en/publications/d0344ca2-d458-407b-8575-033b673e6442 |
In this study, we investigated the effects of wearing a police uniform and gear on officers’ performance during the Physical Competence Test (PCT) of the Dutch National Police. In a counterbalanced within-subjects design, twenty-seven police officers performed the PCT twice, once wearing sportswear and once wearing a police uniform. The results showed clear indications that wearing a police uniform influenced the performance on the PCT. Participants were on average 14 seconds slower in a police uniform than in sportswear. Furthermore, performing the test in uniform was accompanied by higher RPE-scores and total physiological load. It seems that wearing a police uniform during the test diminishes the discrepancy between physical fitness needed to pass the simulated police tasks in the PCT and the job-specific physical fitness that is required during daily police work. This suggests that wearing a police uniform during the test will increase the representativeness of the testing environment for the work field.