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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Johnsen, Bjørn Helge
• Espevik, Roar
• Saus, Evelyn-Rose
• Sanden, Sverre
• Olsen, Olav Kjellevold
• Hystad, Sigurd W.

Titel

Hardiness as a Moderator and Motivation for Operational Duties as Mediator: the Relation Between Operational Self-Efficacy, Performance Satisfaction, and Perceived Strain in a Simulated Police Training Scenario

Ist Teil von

• Journal of police and criminal psychology, 2017-12, Vol.32 (4), p.331-339

Ort / Verlag

New York: Springer US

Erscheinungsjahr

2017

Quelle

Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA)

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Training of police officers is important in order to maintain an effective law enforcement community. The present study investigates the mediating effect of motivation for operational duties on the relation between operational self-efficacy and performance satisfaction as well as perceived strain during a simulated operational scenario. Moderating effects of personality hardiness on the same relations were also investigated. Personality hardiness as a moderator was found only for the relation between operational self-efficacy and performance satisfaction. A positive effect was found for high hardy subjects, and a negative effect was found for low hardy subjects. The results also showed a mediating effect of motivation for operational duties on both performance satisfaction and perceived strain. This could have implication for selection and training in the police force.