Attitude to Personal Security during Identity Formation in University Students

The research featured the relationship between the indicators of identity and the characteristics of the attitude to personal security in university students. The study relied on M. Kuhn and T. McPartland’s Who am I questionnaire, M. Berzonski’s Questionnaire of Identity Styles adapted by E. P. Beli...

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Main Author: M. S. Ivanov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Kemerovo State University 2022-04-01
Series:Вестник Кемеровского государственного университета
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Online Access:https://vestnik.kemsu.ru/jour/article/view/5174
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description The research featured the relationship between the indicators of identity and the characteristics of the attitude to personal security in university students. The study relied on M. Kuhn and T. McPartland’s Who am I questionnaire, M. Berzonski’s Questionnaire of Identity Styles adapted by E. P. Belinskaya et al., J. Chik and L. Tropp’s Aspects of Identity, A. A. Ozerina’s Professional Identity, and E. L. Soldatova’s Ego-Identity SEI-test. The attitude to personal safety was investigated by the methods developed by the author. The study involved 238 students of 1–5 year that were majoring in humanities. The cluster and regression analyses of the data obtained by the cross-sectional method identified the related characteristics of identity and attitudes to personal security, as well as their differences at different stages of training. The author revealed some general tendencies in the phenomena that occurred in students during the period of university study. Positive dynamics included the following trends. The professional position became more active (I as a subject of relations). The assessments of threat of losing one’s reputation and connections decreased. Senior students preferred a personal security strategy, i.e. they relied on themselves. Positive dynamics included the following trends. Superficial identity increased, while the autonomy in the awareness of one's own values and emotional component decreased. The assessment of psychological risks and that of criminal organizations increased, while common preventive efforts mostly decreased. Security strategies in terms of the macro environment also changed: senior students preferred adapting strategy (living in an authoritarian society) to individualizing (living in a humane and tolerant society). The article introduces some conclusions about the correlation of identity and attitude to personal security, as well as the complexity and multidirectional nature of their development in university students.
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spelling doaj.art-0fd9c0229dbb4018bd68f02435b12e632023-07-13T12:08:38ZengKemerovo State UniversityВестник Кемеровского государственного университета2078-89752078-89832022-04-01241839110.21603/2078-8975-2022-24-1-83-914438Attitude to Personal Security during Identity Formation in University StudentsM. S. Ivanov0Kemerovo State UniversityThe research featured the relationship between the indicators of identity and the characteristics of the attitude to personal security in university students. The study relied on M. Kuhn and T. McPartland’s Who am I questionnaire, M. Berzonski’s Questionnaire of Identity Styles adapted by E. P. Belinskaya et al., J. Chik and L. Tropp’s Aspects of Identity, A. A. Ozerina’s Professional Identity, and E. L. Soldatova’s Ego-Identity SEI-test. The attitude to personal safety was investigated by the methods developed by the author. The study involved 238 students of 1–5 year that were majoring in humanities. The cluster and regression analyses of the data obtained by the cross-sectional method identified the related characteristics of identity and attitudes to personal security, as well as their differences at different stages of training. The author revealed some general tendencies in the phenomena that occurred in students during the period of university study. Positive dynamics included the following trends. The professional position became more active (I as a subject of relations). The assessments of threat of losing one’s reputation and connections decreased. Senior students preferred a personal security strategy, i.e. they relied on themselves. Positive dynamics included the following trends. Superficial identity increased, while the autonomy in the awareness of one's own values and emotional component decreased. The assessment of psychological risks and that of criminal organizations increased, while common preventive efforts mostly decreased. Security strategies in terms of the macro environment also changed: senior students preferred adapting strategy (living in an authoritarian society) to individualizing (living in a humane and tolerant society). The article introduces some conclusions about the correlation of identity and attitude to personal security, as well as the complexity and multidirectional nature of their development in university students.https://vestnik.kemsu.ru/jour/article/view/5174identityattitude to personal securityperceptions of threatssecurity psychologyidentity formation
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Attitude to Personal Security during Identity Formation in University Students
Вестник Кемеровского государственного университета
identity
attitude to personal security
perceptions of threats
security psychology
identity formation
title Attitude to Personal Security during Identity Formation in University Students
title_full Attitude to Personal Security during Identity Formation in University Students
title_fullStr Attitude to Personal Security during Identity Formation in University Students
title_full_unstemmed Attitude to Personal Security during Identity Formation in University Students
title_short Attitude to Personal Security during Identity Formation in University Students
title_sort attitude to personal security during identity formation in university students
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attitude to personal security
perceptions of threats
security psychology
identity formation
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