Koedijk Matthijs, Renden Peter G, Oudejans Raôul R D, Kleygrewe Lisanne, Hutter R I Vana
Department of Human Movement Sciences, Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Institute of Brain and Behavior Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Front Psychol. 2021 Feb 26;12:589258. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.589258. eCollection 2021.
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.
本文提出并展示了一种开发观察行为评估工具的方法，以评估警察的心理能力。我们为警察组织概述了一种循序渐进的方法，以便以有意义的方式测量和评估行为，从而评估这些能力。我们用一个实际例子说明了所提出的方法。我们认为直接行为观察可能是在实践中测量心理能力表现的关键，而实践中的心理能力正是警察组织应该关注的。我们希望本文为警察组织提供一种方法，以便对其警察的心理能力进行科学合理的观察行为评估，并激发对这一重要领域的更多研究努力。
