Associations Among PTSD, Acute Stress, and Performance
| Acute Stress | Posttraumatic Stress | |
|---|---|---|
| Police recruits | Subjective distress not correlated with performance | No correlation between PTSD and performance |
| Cortisol positively correlated with performance | ||
| Child protection workers | Acute stress associated with higher likelihood of finding that a child is at risk | PTSD associated with less likelihood of finding that a child is at risk |
| Paramedics | Global performance lower during high-stress event | No correlation between PTSD and performance |
| More commission errors after high-stress event | ||
| Communicators | More errors on complex tasks after high-stress event | PTSD associated with decreased performance in high-acuity scenarios |