Acute stress and performance in police recruits

Stress and Health

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 295-303

  Regehr, Cheryl ^a   LeBlanc, Vicki ^a   Jelley, R Blake ^b   Barath, Irene ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Cortisol; Performance; Police; Stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; JOB STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; POLICE; SALIVA LEVEL; SIMULATION; VIDEORECORDING; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 56749105149     PISSN: 15323005     EISSN: 15322998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smi.1182     Document Type: Article

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