Assumptions of Self-Worth with a Different Attitudes to Personal Security Threats
https://doi.org/10.21603/2078-8975-2020-22-4-992-999
Abstract
The present research featured the relationship between assumptions about self-worth as a characteristic of identity and the attitude to threats as part of general attitude to personal security. The study was based on R. Janoff-Bulman’s theory of basic assumptions and related methodology. Attitudes to personal security were assessed according to an authentic methodology as scores given to various threats. Assumptions of self-worth appeared to determine the values of threats in certain combinations with assumptions about the environment. For instance, respondents with high anxiety expressed a world-is-badbut-I-am-good kind of attitude, while those with lower anxiety possessed a world-is-bad-but-I-am-lucky attitude. However, identity as the relationship between ideas about one’s self and the environment needs further research. In addition, studies on identity as the key source of personal security attitudes is a promising research topic.
Keywords
assumptions,
self-image,
identity,
attitude to personal security,
perceptions of threats,
security psychology
Supporting agencies: The article was written with the financial support of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR) in the framework of the scientific project No. 19-013-00066 "The system of identity of the personality of young students: dynamics, factors, threats".
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Ivanov M.S. Assumptions of Self-Worth with a Different Attitudes to Personal Security Threats. The Bulletin of Kemerovo State University. 2020;22(4):992-999. https://doi.org/10.21603/2078-8975-2020-22-4-992-999
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