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The work of enforcing the law has inherently aerated anxiety and cynicism among police officers. Through the use of Neiderhoffer’s Police Cynicism Scale and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, the levels of anxiety and cynicism were measured in a random sample of peace officers from the Attanta area. The authors found, through the use of a single-factor analysis of variance, that when anxiety decreased, cynicism decreased. One conclusion, contrary to earlier studies, was that cynicism is higher among new police officers than among veteran officers.
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Edge, J.R., Buffington, P.W. & Slemons, D.E. Anxiety and cynicism: Companions of the police officer. AJCJ 5, 18–24 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02887384
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