Effects of anxiety on the execution of police arrest and self-defense skills

Anxiety, Stress and Coping

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 100-112

  Renden, Peter G ^a   Landman, Annemarie ^a   Geerts, Suzanne F ^a   Jansen, Sander E M ^a   Faber, Gert S ^a   Savelsbergh, Geert J P ^a,b   Oudejans, Raôul R D ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

attentional control theory; avoidance behavior; choking; perceptual motor performance; pressure; threat

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANXIETY DISORDER; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CRIME; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; POLICE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; WORK;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANXIETY DISORDERS; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CRIME; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; JOB DESCRIPTION; MALE; POLICE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84887988979     PISSN: 10615806     EISSN: 14772205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10615806.2013.810213     Document Type: Article

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