@article{ref1,
title="Training for the job: evaluation of a self-defence training program for correctional officers",
journal="Ergonomics",
year="2019",
author="Koedijk, Matthijs and Renden, Peter G. and Oudejans, Raoul R. D. and Hutter, R. I. Vana",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="We investigated to what extent correctional officers were able to apply skills from their self-defence training in reality-based scenarios. Performance of nine self-defence skills were tested in different scenarios at three moments: before starting the self-defence training program (Pre-test), halfway through (Post-test 1), and after (Post-test 2). Repeated measures analyses showed that performance on skills improved after the self-defence training. For each skill, however, there was a considerable number of correctional officers (range 4 -73%) that showed insufficient performance on Post-test 2, indicating that after training they were not able to properly apply their skills in reality-based scenarios. Reality-based scenarios may be used to achieve fidelity in assessment of self-defence skills of correctional officers. <b>Practitioner Summary:</b> Self-defence training for correctional officers must be representative for the work field. By including reality-based scenarios in assessment, this study determined that correctional officers were not able to properly apply their learned skills in realistic contexts. Reality-based scenarios seem fit to detect discrepancies between training and the work field.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0014-0139",
doi="10.1080/00140139.2019.1677947",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00140139.2019.1677947"
}