Risky Personality in the Crisis Stages of Ontogeny
Keywords:
risky personality; risk inclination in domestic, spatial, interpersonal sphere and the sphere of health; self-assessment of risk inclination; the search for thrills, new experiences; non-adaptive tendency to difficulties; intolerance of monotony; teenage crisis; midlife crisisAbstract
The article examined the differences in psychological characteristics of the individual risk of crisis stages of ontogeny. It was found that the crisis of adolescence is characterized by high levels of risk inclination in the spatial field, as well as sufficiently high risk inclination in the field of health and interpersonal sphere. It is proved that most of adolescents take risks using harmful substances, doing extreme sports and make acquaintance with risky companies. Adolescence is characterized by intolerance to monotony crisis, accompanied by the desire to get rid of boredom, to find entertainment opportunity for self-affirmation. The 30 years’ crisis is characterized by high levels of risk inclination in the field of health (smoking, alcohol abuse, use of products of unknown quality). It is proved that the 30-year-old studied reveal risks in the spatial sphere determined mainly by energetic sports. The study shows that the 40–50 years’ crisis is characterized by high risk in the area of life and interpersonal sphere, at that time the person is on a break of social stereotypes, seeks to learn new roles and retain old ones. It was determined that during the 40–50 years’ crisis provides high search of thrills and the search for new experiences, as the 45-year-old person seeks to obtain new life experience.
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