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The human in the uniform. LEPH 2018 - Toronto. What is the goal of this session ?. Reflection on: How to investigate resilience ? How could our research improve police work ?. Background MSc Neurobiology Lecturer Police Leadership PhD Candidate – neurobiology of resilience.
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The human in the uniform LEPH 2018 - Toronto
Whatis the goal of thissession? Reflection on: • How toinvestigateresilience? • How couldour research improvepolicework? Background MSc Neurobiology Lecturer Police Leadership PhD Candidate – neurobiology of resilience #LEPH2018 - Toronto - @teunpieter
Resilienceindividual: threeperspectives the ability to function successfully under challenging circumstances Functioningsuccessfully: spirit (spirituality) Abilitytofunction: body (physiological) Functioningunderchallengingcircumstances: mind (psychological) #LEPH2018 - Toronto - @teunpieter
Human performance individual group organisation #LEPH2018 - Toronto - @teunpieter
Huntingforanexplanatorymechanism Homeostasis • Remainingthesame(Cannon, 1929) • Functionintegrity of a dynamic, open and composedwhole in interactionwith a continouislychanging context (Smit, 2018) In practice: • Focus on skills • Instrumental approach • Whenconfrontedwith ‘theunusual’, climate moves from ‘identity and meaning’ to ‘behaviour and skills’. #LEPH2018 - Toronto - @teunpieter
Levels of learning (Bateson) anxiety #LEPH2018 - Toronto - @teunpieter
Examples • Training Mental Strength • InspireResilienceScale • Group resilience • Moralresilience Personal challenges: • Focus on craftmanship – not gadgets or pathology • Connection betweenphysical, mental and other kind of indicators #LEPH2018 - Toronto - @teunpieter
Keyelements of stressor • Unpredictable • Uncertainty ‘I have had a greatmanytroubles in my life. And most never happened…’ Mark Twain #LEPH2018 - Toronto - @teunpieter
Acute stress-response en coördination Optimalstressor-aimedorchestration of organ and tissue functions. The braincoördinates the different responses. Goal is to adaptivelycopewith the stressor. #LEPH2018 - Toronto - @teunpieter
Next step • Self-reported and biological markers of resilience (cross-sectional analysis) • Relationship of IRS scores with biological markers of resilience, e.g., MR haplotype and other genotypes • Performance of Inspire Resilience Scale as selection aid (longitudinal analysis) • Predictive validity of psychological and biological markers of resilience. #LEPH2018 - Toronto - @teunpieter
Corticosteroid receptors / Hippocampus Mineralocorticoid Receptors Glucocorticoid receptors Mineralocorticoid receptorhigh affinityalmost always occupied Glucocorticoid receptorlower affinityoccupied after stress Whybiomarkers? #LEPH2018 - Toronto - @teunpieter
Whybiomarkers? Cortisol Mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) • Response selection Glucocortoid receptor (GR) • Memory storage • Preparation future encouters MR and GR need to operate in the right balance to maintain healthy and for optimal resilience. #LEPH2018 - Toronto - @teunpieter
Glucocorticoid and mineralocorticoid receptor distribution GR MR #LEPH2018 - Toronto - @teunpieter
Whybiomarkers? Decreased MR expression in limbic brain structures • Chronic stress • Depression Increased MR expression • Promotion slow wave sleep • Increased cognitive performance • Reduced anxiety #LEPH2018 - Toronto - @teunpieter
Whybiomarkers? MR-haplotype 2 associated with • more dynamic cortisol response • increased optimism • less rumination • less burn-out • less risk for depression #LEPH2018 - Toronto - @teunpieter
Questions #LEPH2018 - Toronto - @teunpieter
Thankyouforyour attention! • ResilienceInvestigated On human processes in policework www.politieacademie.nl/weerbaarheidonderzocht • Stories of resilience Resilience in thepractice of policework www.politieacademie.nl/veerkrachtigeverhalen • Contact teun-pieter.de.snoo@politieacademie.nl www.linkedin.com/in/teunpieter #LEPH2018 - Toronto - @teunpieter
Further reading #LEPH2018 - Toronto - @teunpieter