Influencing Factors of Video-Induced Fear in the Criminal Police

To investigate the applicability of existing fear-induction video stimuli in the criminal police and explore determinants of fear response generation. Experiment 1 recruited 30 criminal police officers and 34 college students to compare the evoked effects of four fear-induction video stimuli segments in the two groups. Results revealed that the criminal police group exhibited significantly lower levels of fear, negativity, and arousal, but higher perceived controllability compared to the college student group. Experiment 2 employed semi-structured interviews with 33 criminal police officers, utilizing qualitative analysis to construct a multidimensional determinant model of fear elicitation in the criminal police. The framework identified three core determinants: professional, situational, and personal factors.