Social-psychological Peculiarities of Attitude to Self-image with Individuals Striving for Danger

Man cognizes the world on the basis of his ideas and security notions testing them daily. He builds up his behavior and alters the ways to interpret the environment by consulting his security notions. The study focuses on peculiarities of attitude to self- image with individuals striving for danger. 650 people participated in the study. The results obtained showed that people striving for danger look for the thrill, jeopardy attracts them. The marked distance of “safe Self”–image from the dyad “Self” – “endangered Self” indicates escape, security avoidance and existence of subjects own motives for seeking danger.