Effects of Threat on Police Officers' Shooting Behavior: Anxiety, Action Specificity, and Affective Influences on Perception

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  2012

• Venue

  Applied Cognitive Psychology

• Publication date

  2012-07-01

• Fields of study

  Psychology

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  DOI 10.1002/ACP.2838
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