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Ser polícia pressupõe uma exposição constante a uma diversidade de estímulos potencialmente stressores, desencadeando níveis elevados de stress fisiológico, com impacto no funcionamento fisiológico e psicológico destes sujeitos. Estar exposto a tais stressores exige, da parte destes agentes, capacidades e estratégias para atenuar o impacto destes estímulos, podendo ser a regulação emocional uma dessas capacidades. A literatura sobre a polícia em Portugal que menciona o stress fisiológico e a regulação emocional ainda é escassa, sendo necessário investir no estudo de temáticas relacionadas com o stress em polícias, dado o grupo de risco que representam. Nesta investigação, adotou-se um desenho correlacional entre o stress fisiológico, monitorizado através de medidas neurofisiológicas periféricas (modalidade cardíaca, eletrotérmica e respiratória), e a regulação emocional, numa amostra de 17 agentes da PSP (Polícia de Segurança Pública), sendo esta regida por um paradigma experimental. Os resultados evidenciaram um recurso frequente a estratégias de reavaliação cognitiva, e seguidamente, a estratégias de supressão emocional, evidenciando igualmente alta capacidade de diferenciação emocional. No entanto, não revelaram níveis elevados de perceção de stress. A nível fisiológico os dados evidenciaram que determinadas estratégias associadas à regulação emocional promovem uma diminuição na resposta de stress fisiológico, nomeadamente, na modalidade respiratória e eletrodérmica.
Being a police officer presupposes constant exposure to various potentially stressful stimuli, triggering high levels of physiological stress, with an impact on these individuals’ physiological and psychological functioning. Being exposed to such stressors requires, on the part of these officers, capacities and strategies to attenuate the impact of these stimuli, and emotional regulation may be one of these capacities. The literature on police in Portugal that mentions physiological stress and emotional regulation is still scarce, and it is necessary to invest more in the study of stress related aspects that impact police officers’ health, given the risk this group is exposed to in their daily lives. In this investigation, a correlational design was adopted between physiological stress, monitored through peripheral neurophysiological measures (cardiac, electrodermal and respiratory modalities), and emotional regulation in a sample of 17 PSP agents (Public Security Police) during an experimental paradigm. The results showed frequent use of cognitive reassessment strategies, and, emotional suppression strategies, also showing a high capacity for emotional differentiation. However, they did not reveal high levels of perceived stress. At a physiological level, the data showed that specific strategies associated with emotional regulation promote a decrease in the physiological stress response, namely, in the respiratory and electrodermal modalities.
Being a police officer presupposes constant exposure to various potentially stressful stimuli, triggering high levels of physiological stress, with an impact on these individuals’ physiological and psychological functioning. Being exposed to such stressors requires, on the part of these officers, capacities and strategies to attenuate the impact of these stimuli, and emotional regulation may be one of these capacities. The literature on police in Portugal that mentions physiological stress and emotional regulation is still scarce, and it is necessary to invest more in the study of stress related aspects that impact police officers’ health, given the risk this group is exposed to in their daily lives. In this investigation, a correlational design was adopted between physiological stress, monitored through peripheral neurophysiological measures (cardiac, electrodermal and respiratory modalities), and emotional regulation in a sample of 17 PSP agents (Public Security Police) during an experimental paradigm. The results showed frequent use of cognitive reassessment strategies, and, emotional suppression strategies, also showing a high capacity for emotional differentiation. However, they did not reveal high levels of perceived stress. At a physiological level, the data showed that specific strategies associated with emotional regulation promote a decrease in the physiological stress response, namely, in the respiratory and electrodermal modalities.
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Agentes policiais Stress fisiológico Neurofisiologia periférica Regulação emocional Police officers Physiological stress Peripheral neurophysiology Emotional regulation