Reality-based practice under pressure improves handgun shooting performance of police officers

Ergonomics

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 261-273

  Oudejans, R R D ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acclimatization; Anxiety; Choking under pressure; Reality based training

Indexed keywords

STANDARDS; SULFATE MINERALS; TARGETS; TESTING; WEIGHT CONTROL;

CONTROL GROUP (CON); ELEVATED PRESSURES; EXPERIMENTAL GROUP (EXPG); POLICE OFFICERS; POST TEST; TEST DESIGNS; TRAINING EXERCISES; TRAINING SESSIONS; UNDER PRESSURE;

LAW ENFORCEMENT;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOB ADAPTATION; JOB ANALYSIS; JOB PERFORMANCE; JOB STRESS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POLICE; PRETEST POSTTEST CONTROL GROUP DESIGN; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; TRAINING; WORK CAPACITY;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADULT; ANXIETY; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; POLICE; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 47349125391     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130701577435     Document Type: Article

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