Training with anxiety: Short- and long-term effects on police officers' shooting behavior

27 police officers participated in a study investigating the short- and long-term effects of anxiety training on shooting behavior. The research used a pretest, posttest, and retention test design over 4 months, with participants executing a shooting exercise against an opponent that did or did not shoot back. The dataset was created by Arne Nieuwenhuys of Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and is hosted on Papers with Code.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the impact of anxiety on shot accuracy based on the described experimental conditions.
• Modeling the retention of training effects over a 4-month period based on the study design.
• Investigating the relationship between visual attention and performance under pressure as suggested by the description.

Strengths

• Study design includes a 4-month retention test, allowing for analysis of long-term effects.
• Experimental protocol clearly defines high-anxiety and low-anxiety conditions for comparison.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Arne Nieuwenhuys, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Collection Method

Experimental study using a pretest, posttest, and retention test design with 27 police officers.

Time Range

Study period included a 4-month retention test.