Observational Behavior Assessment for Psychological Competencies in Police Officers: A Proposed Methodology for Instrument Development
This paper proposes and showcases a methodology to develop an observational behavior assessment instrument to assess psychological competencies of police officers. We outline a step-by-step methodology for police organizations to measure and evaluate behavior in a meaningful way to assess these comp...
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| author | Matthijs Koedijk Matthijs Koedijk Peter G. Renden Peter G. Renden Raôul R. D. Oudejans Raôul R. D. Oudejans Raôul R. D. Oudejans Lisanne Kleygrewe Lisanne Kleygrewe R. I. Vana Hutter R. I. Vana Hutter |
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| description | This paper proposes and showcases a methodology to develop an observational behavior assessment instrument to assess psychological competencies of police officers. We outline a step-by-step methodology for police organizations to measure and evaluate behavior in a meaningful way to assess these competencies. We illustrate the proposed methodology with a practical example. We posit that direct behavioral observation can be key in measuring the expression of psychological competence in practice, and that psychological competence in practice is what police organizations should care about. We hope this paper offers police organizations a methodology to perform scientifically informed observational behavior assessment of their police officers’ psychological competencies and inspires additional research efforts into this important area. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-03f8f3c0317a42d98d1bbd6aff14d0cf2022-12-21T20:33:15ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782021-02-011210.3389/fpsyg.2021.589258589258Observational Behavior Assessment for Psychological Competencies in Police Officers: A Proposed Methodology for Instrument DevelopmentMatthijs Koedijk0Matthijs Koedijk1Peter G. Renden2Peter G. Renden3Raôul R. D. Oudejans4Raôul R. D. Oudejans5Raôul R. D. Oudejans6Lisanne Kleygrewe7Lisanne Kleygrewe8R. I. Vana Hutter9R. I. Vana Hutter10Department of Human Movement Sciences, Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, NetherlandsInstitute of Brain and Behavior Amsterdam, Amsterdam, NetherlandsDepartment of Human Movement Sciences, Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, NetherlandsFaculty of Health, Nutrition and Sport, The Hague University of Applied Sciences, The Hague, NetherlandsDepartment of Human Movement Sciences, Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, NetherlandsInstitute of Brain and Behavior Amsterdam, Amsterdam, NetherlandsFaculty of Sports and Nutrition, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, Amsterdam, NetherlandsDepartment of Human Movement Sciences, Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, NetherlandsInstitute of Brain and Behavior Amsterdam, Amsterdam, NetherlandsDepartment of Human Movement Sciences, Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, NetherlandsInstitute of Brain and Behavior Amsterdam, Amsterdam, NetherlandsThis paper proposes and showcases a methodology to develop an observational behavior assessment instrument to assess psychological competencies of police officers. We outline a step-by-step methodology for police organizations to measure and evaluate behavior in a meaningful way to assess these competencies. We illustrate the proposed methodology with a practical example. We posit that direct behavioral observation can be key in measuring the expression of psychological competence in practice, and that psychological competence in practice is what police organizations should care about. We hope this paper offers police organizations a methodology to perform scientifically informed observational behavior assessment of their police officers’ psychological competencies and inspires additional research efforts into this important area.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.589258/fullpsychological competenceassessment instrumentbehavioral observationpsychological observationprofessional performancepolice |
| spellingShingle | Matthijs Koedijk Matthijs Koedijk Peter G. Renden Peter G. Renden Raôul R. D. Oudejans Raôul R. D. Oudejans Raôul R. D. Oudejans Lisanne Kleygrewe Lisanne Kleygrewe R. I. Vana Hutter R. I. Vana Hutter Observational Behavior Assessment for Psychological Competencies in Police Officers: A Proposed Methodology for Instrument Development Frontiers in Psychology psychological competence assessment instrument behavioral observation psychological observation professional performance police |
| title | Observational Behavior Assessment for Psychological Competencies in Police Officers: A Proposed Methodology for Instrument Development |
| title_full | Observational Behavior Assessment for Psychological Competencies in Police Officers: A Proposed Methodology for Instrument Development |
| title_fullStr | Observational Behavior Assessment for Psychological Competencies in Police Officers: A Proposed Methodology for Instrument Development |
| title_full_unstemmed | Observational Behavior Assessment for Psychological Competencies in Police Officers: A Proposed Methodology for Instrument Development |
| title_short | Observational Behavior Assessment for Psychological Competencies in Police Officers: A Proposed Methodology for Instrument Development |
| title_sort | observational behavior assessment for psychological competencies in police officers a proposed methodology for instrument development |
| topic | psychological competence assessment instrument behavioral observation psychological observation professional performance police |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.589258/full |
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