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Trial reportMilitary psychology : the official journal of the Division of Military Psychology, American Psychological Association2024

The first shot counts the most: Tactical breathing as an intervention to increase marksmanship accuracy in student officers.

Fabio Ibrahim, Jonas Schumacher, Lars Schwandt, Philipp Yorck Herzberg

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Military psychology : the official journal of the Division of Military Psychology, American Psychological Association, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Predicting closed quarters battle capability - Examining the influence of personality, attentional ability, 2D:4D-ratio and mindfulness on tactical performance.Military psychology : the official journal of the Division of Military Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Fabio IbrahimPersonality Psychology and Psychological Assessment, Helmut-Schmidt-Universität / Universität der Bundeswehr Hamburg: Helmut-Schmidt-Universitat Universitat der Bundeswehr Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0320-4204
Jonas SchumacherHelmut-Schmidt-Universität / Universität der Bundeswehr Hamburg: Helmut-Schmidt-Universitat Universitat der Bundeswehr Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.
Lars SchwandtHelmut-Schmidt-Universität / Universität der Bundeswehr Hamburg: Helmut-Schmidt-Universitat Universitat der Bundeswehr Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.
Philipp Yorck HerzbergHelmut-Schmidt-Universität / Universität der Bundeswehr Hamburg: Helmut-Schmidt-Universitat Universitat der Bundeswehr Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this study, we investigated the effect of tactical breathing (breath-based stress management) on marksmanship performance in a randomized between-subjects design. The total of

Indexed as

Military PersonnelAcademic PerformanceAdultBreathing ExercisesFemaleHumansMalePersonalityStress, PsychologicalStudentsYoung Adultfear of failuremarksmanship performanceneuroticismresilienceTactical breathing

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PMID37733483
PMCPMC11622642

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