Abstract
In this study, we investigated the possible development of threat-related attentional bias due to the work as a police officer. For this purpose, we compared four groups, differing with regard to t...
Highlights
Police officers are regularly confronted with threatening situations in the line of duty (Ellrich, 2016)
It investigated whether regular exposure to real threats, which is typical of police officers, or regular exposure to threats in training settings leads to the development of threat-related attentional bias
Despite the limitations of this study, we provide evidence that there are no differences between police officers, martial artists, and controls for threat-related attentional bias, indicating no signs of a functional development of a cognitive bias
Summary
Police officers are regularly confronted with threatening situations in the line of duty (Ellrich, 2016). A critical component of SA is the fundamental perception of the elements of a particular environment (Saus et al, 2006) In this context, the allocation of attention to potential threat cues is a fundamental skill for any police officer, as identifying real threats can result in the prevention of harm (College of Policing, 2013; Füllgrabe, 2014). Healthy adaptation requires the individual to allocate attention to genuine threats while ignoring similar but nonthreatening stimuli (Naim et al, 2015) This delicate balance can be disrupted by traumatic events and give rise to threat avoidance and threat-related hypervigilance, which are often referred to as “clinical symptoms” (Das et al, 2005; Ehlers & Clark, 2000).
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