Effects of threat, trait anxiety and state anxiety on police officers' actions during an arrest

Purpose. We investigated the effects of threat and trait anxiety on state anxiety and how that affects police officers’ actions during an arrest. Most experiments on police performance under anxiety test the performance of one particular skill. Yet, police work often involves concerted use of a comb...

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Authors: Renden, Peter G. (Author) ; Landman, Annemarie (Author) ; Daalder, Nathalie R. (Author) ; Savelsbergh, Geert J. P. (Author) ; Oudejans, Raôul R. D. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2017
In: Legal and criminological psychology
Year: 2017, Volume: 22, Issue: 1, Pages: 116-129
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Keywords:
challenge state
perceptual-motor performance
Police Work
state anxiety
Trait Anxiety
threat state