Pulling away from the trigger: the influences of purpose in life and self-affirmation on decisions to shoot

IntroductionRecent data suggests significant racial disparities in police killings in the United States: Much research finds that Black men are killed by police officers at higher rates than White men, and many individuals killed by police have been unarmed.MethodToward addressing psychological mech...

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Main Authors: Kayla A. Burd, Anthony L. Burrow, Max Guyll
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2024-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Cognition
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcogn.2024.1397643/full