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Perceived and Measured Physical Fitness of Police Students

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Police Sports Education Centre, Abu Dhabi Police, Abu Dhabi 253, UAE
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Center for Sport Performance, Department of Kinesiology, California State University, Fullerton, CA 92843, USA
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Faculty of Sport and Physical Education, University of Belgrade, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
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Department of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, Čika Ljubina 18-20, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
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Department of Criminalistics, University of Criminal Investigation and Police Studies, 11080 Belgrade, Serbia
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Faculty of Security Sciences, University of Banja Luka, 78000 Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17(20), 7628; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17207628
Received: 25 September 2020 / Revised: 14 October 2020 / Accepted: 16 October 2020 / Published: 19 October 2020
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Testing and Physical Conditioning for Tactical Populations)
The physical fitness of police officers needs to support good health and physical performance. Physical fitness comprises a considerable amount of training for police students who are to become police officers. However, to what degree police students are able to perceive their fitness level and differentiate between health-related and performance-related physical fitness is unknown. Therefore, the first aim of this study was to investigate the possibility of differentiation between health-related and performance-related physical fitness using physical self-concept and measured indicators of physical fitness. The second aim of this study was to investigate the association between components of physical self-concept and measured indicators of physical fitness of police students. The sample of 177 police students of both sexes (98 males and 79 females) completed a 40-item physical self-description questionnaire and their physical abilities were assessed for handgrip strength, standing long jump, 30 s sit-ups, and 12-min running. Principal component analysis established health-related and performance-related physical fitness from both perceived and measured physical fitness measures. Correlation analysis revealed a significant relationship between the perceived and measured physical fitness. Results suggest small to moderate ability to recognize the level of certain physical abilities, indicating the association between psychological mechanisms and biological functioning. View Full-Text
Keywords: recruits; tactical fitness; trainee assessment; fitness testing recruits; tactical fitness; trainee assessment; fitness testing
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Kukić, F.; Lockie, R.G.; Vesković, A.; Petrović, N.; Subošić, D.; Spasić, D.; Paspalj, D.; Vulin, L.; Koropanovski, N. Perceived and Measured Physical Fitness of Police Students. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17, 7628. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17207628

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Kukić F, Lockie RG, Vesković A, Petrović N, Subošić D, Spasić D, Paspalj D, Vulin L, Koropanovski N. Perceived and Measured Physical Fitness of Police Students. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17(20):7628. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17207628

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Kukić, Filip, Robert G. Lockie, Ana Vesković, Nikola Petrović, Dane Subošić, Danijela Spasić, Darko Paspalj, Lazar Vulin, and Nenad Koropanovski. 2020. "Perceived and Measured Physical Fitness of Police Students" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 20: 7628. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17207628

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