AGGRESSION OF POLICE OFFICERS AS A FUNCTION OF TEMPERATURE - AN EXPERIMENT WITH THE FIRE ARMS TRAINING SYSTEM

Authors
VRIJ A VANDERSTEEN J KOPPELAAR L
Citation
A. Vrij et al., AGGRESSION OF POLICE OFFICERS AS A FUNCTION OF TEMPERATURE - AN EXPERIMENT WITH THE FIRE ARMS TRAINING SYSTEM, Journal of community & applied social psychology, 4(5), 1994, pp. 365-370
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology, Social
Journal title
Journal of community & applied social psychology → ACNP
ISSN journal
10529284
Volume
4
Issue
5
Year of publication
1994
Pages
365 - 370
Database
ISI
SICI code
1052-9284(1994)4:5<365:AOPOAA>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
The impact of temperature on police officers' tension, perception, and behaviour in police-offender interactions was investigated. It was hy pothesized that increased temperature results in: (1) increased tensio n; (2) a negative impression of the offender; and (3) aggressive behav iour. The findings confirmed these hypotheses. Finally, some implicati ons of the results are discussed.