Performance and coping under stress in security settings - CREST

Editorial
Written By Nathan Smith

Following a workshop delivered for the Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats (CREST) in July 2018, Emma and Nathan wrote about what was discussed by speakers and attendees in a report entitled ‘Performance and coping under stress in security settings’. The workshop report covers the following topics:

  • Selection

  • Training

  • Stress and coping

  • Resilience and mental toughness

  • Group dynamics

  • Facilitative environments

  • Transitions

The full report is available open access and can be read here: https://crestresearch.ac.uk/resources/coping-under-stress-report/

Image: © CREST (CC BY-NC-SA).

Nathan Smith
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