Effects of Coping-Related Traits and Psychophysiological Stress Responses on Police Recruits’ Shooting Behavior in Reality-Based Scenarios

Effects of Coping-Related Traits and Psychophysiological Stress Responses on Police Recruits’ Shooting Behavior in Reality-Based Scenarios

Police officers are often required to perform under high-stress circumstances, in which optimal task performance is crucial for their and the bystanders’ physical integrity. However, stress responses, particularly anxiety and increased cortisol levels, shift attention from goal-directed to stimulus-...

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Main Authors: Laura Giessing, Marie Ottilie Frenkel, Christoph Zinner, Jan Rummel, Arne Nieuwenhuys, Christian Kasperk, Maik Brune, Florian Azad Engel, Henning Plessner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
performance under stress
police officers
anxiety
cortisol
alpha-amylase
cardiac vagal activity
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01523/full

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