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Psychological Safety Threats Questionnaire Test

Designed for personal reflection, the Psychological Safety Threats Questionnaire Test takes about 7 minutes to complete 36 questions. It highlights perceived threats across information, economic, social, health, military, anthropogenic, and natural domains, helping you recognize areas of concern and develop a clearer profile of your current sense of safety.

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Psychological Safety Threats Questionnaire Test: sample question card

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How the Scales are Structured

Information ThreatsIT

Measures perceived psychological safety threats from exposure to and overload of negative or alarming information.

example score9/18

9/18Moderateexample score

0 – 5Low

6 – 12Moderate

13 – 18High

A score of 9 falls in the Moderate range, suggesting a noticeable but not extreme impact of negative information exposure on perceived safety.

Economic ThreatsET

Measures perceived economic insecurity, such as worries about financial instability, loss of work or study, and limited control over material circumstances.

example score2/18

2/18Lowexample score

0 – 5Low

6 – 12Moderate

13 – 18High

A score of 2 falls in the Low range, indicating minimal concern about economic instability or loss of financial control at this time.

Social ThreatsST

Measures perceived threat from social factors such as relationship strain, isolation, loss of loved ones, and violence.

example score12/18

12/18Moderateexample score

0 – 6Low

7 – 12Moderate

13 – 18High

A score of 12 indicates a moderate level of perceived social threats, suggesting these concerns are present and can meaningfully affect comfort and sense of safety.

Military ThreatsMT

Measures perceived danger and anxiety related to war, terrorism, combat exposure, and forced displacement.

example score7/18

7/18Moderateexample score

0 – 6Low

7 – 12Moderate

13 – 18High

A score of 7 indicates a moderate level of perceived military-related threats, suggesting these concerns are present but not dominant.

Anthropogenic ThreatsAT

Measures how strongly a person perceives human-driven threats, including military, social, economic, and informational risks.

example score9/18

9/18Moderateexample score

0 – 5Low

6 – 12Moderate

13 – 18High

A score of 9 indicates a moderate level of concern about anthropogenic threats, suggesting these risks are noticeable but not dominant.

Health ThreatsHT

Assesses how strongly a person perceives threats related to mental and physical health deterioration, including illness, stress, fatigue, and sleep problems.

example score6/18

6/18Moderate concernexample score

0 – 5Low concern

6 – 12Moderate concern

13 – 18High concern

A score of 6 indicates a moderate level of perceived health-related threats, suggesting these concerns are present but not dominant.

Natural ThreatsNT

Measures perceived intensity of threat from natural hazards such as earthquakes, floods, storms, wildfires, and other disasters.

example score12/18

12/18Moderate concernexample score

0 – 5Low concern

6 – 12Moderate concern

13 – 18High concern

A score of 12 indicates a moderate level of concern about natural threats, suggesting these risks are noticeable but not at the highest perceived intensity.

Overall Threat IndexOTI

Measures the cumulative intensity of perceived psychological safety threats across multiple life domains.

example score41/108

41/108Moderateexample score

0 – 35Low

36 – 72Moderate

73 – 108High

A score of 41 falls in the Moderate range, indicating a noticeable but not pervasive level of perceived threats overall.

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DATA-BASED USER COHORTS

Who Usually Takes This Test?

Anxious about current events

41%OF USERS

People who feel on edge from news, instability, or conflict use it to pinpoint which threats drive their anxiety most.

Clients in counseling

34%OF USERS

Individuals working with a psychologist or counselor take it to clarify their main stress triggers and guide a support plan.

High-stress professionals

25%OF USERS

Healthcare, education, security, and public-service workers use it to track perceived risks and prevent burnout during demanding periods.

BASED ON AGGREGATED, ANONYMIZED DATA FROM TENS OF THOUSANDS OF FREUDLY USERS.

Benchmarking

See How You Compare

Once you complete the test, your results are compared with real-world data from people in your country.
Below is a preview of how scores are typically distributed across each scale.

Shaded area — where most people score

Dot — the average

You — your score lands on each curve after the test— your score, after the test

Information ThreatsIT

You?

Average13

Typical rangeTypical9.6 – 16.4

Possible0 – 18

Economic ThreatsET

You?

Average6.3

Typical rangeTypical3.3 – 9.2

Possible0 – 18

Social ThreatsST

You?

Average8

Typical rangeTypical5.1 – 11

Possible0 – 18

Military ThreatsMT

You?

Average7.9

Typical rangeTypical5.2 – 10.6

Possible0 – 18

Anthropogenic ThreatsAT

You?

Average4.7

Typical rangeTypical1.6 – 7.9

Possible0 – 18

Health ThreatsHT

You?

Average7.9

Typical rangeTypical5.4 – 10.3

Possible0 – 18

Natural ThreatsNT

You?

Average8.3

Typical rangeTypical5.6 – 11.1

Possible0 – 18

Overall Threat LevelOTL

You?

Average54.1

Typical rangeTypical39.9 – 68.4

Possible0 – 108

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SAMPLE QUESTIONS

Example Questions From the Test

Please answer the questions by selecting one of the response options provided. Your responses should reflect the past year of your life.

- No
- For several days
- For several months
- All the time
- No
- For several days
- For several months
- All the time
- No
- For several days
- For several months
- All the time

These are 3 of the 36 real questions — the rest appear in the test. No sign-up needed to start.

WHAT THE TEST MEASURES

Psychological Safety Threats Questionnaire Test - Description and methodology of the test

security

People who feel exposed to uncertainty, instability, distressing news, or danger may use this questionnaire to organize what is affecting their sense of safety. The Psychological Safety Threats Questionnaire Test is intended for someone who wants a structured snapshot of perceived risks across everyday, social, health, and crisis-related contexts. As a psychological safety assessment, it can show whether concern is concentrated in one area or distributed across several.

What This Assessment Explores

The construct treats perceived vulnerability across information, money, relationships, health, conflict, human action, and nature.

Results use these scales:

Information Threats (0-18) measures negative-information saturation; Low 0-5, Moderate 6-12, High 13-18. Anthropogenic Threats (0-18) measures human-generated military, social, economic, and information risks; Low 0-5, Moderate 6-12, High 13-18.
Economic Threats (0-18) measures financial insecurity; Low 0-5, Moderate 6-12, High 13-18.
Social Threats (0-18) measures relationship and violence risks; Low 0-6, Moderate 7-12, High 13-18.
Military Threats (0-18) measures war and displacement risks; Low 0-6, Moderate 7-12, High 13-18.
Health Threats (0-18) measures illness, stress, fatigue, and sleep concerns; Low concern 0-5, Moderate concern 6-12, High concern 13-18.
Natural Threats (0-18) measures natural disaster concerns including floods and fires; Low concern 0-5, Moderate concern 6-12, High concern 13-18.
Overall Threat Index (0-108) summarizes perceived threat; Low 0-35, Moderate 36-72, High 73-108.

Methodology and Evidence Base

Items use self-report formats for frequency, worry, exposure duration, occurrence, relationship or financial ratings, and changes in living conditions. Response options generally move from no or minimal exposure toward more frequent, prolonged, or severe experience, creating a profile rather than a clinical interview.

The source instrument is Psychological Safety Threats Questionnaire (Finogenova, 2025), a psychological safety questionnaire organized into 36 items and eight scales. Its standardization reports data from 123 students and examines internal consistency, structural validity, criterion validity, cross-validation, and descriptive norms. Kharlamenkova (2017) supports distinguishing human-generated from natural threats. Edmondson’s 1999 work defines psychological safety more narrowly as a team belief that interpersonal risk-taking is safe; this questionnaire is conceptually consistent with that framework, not an adaptation of Edmondson’s team scale.

Results are read by domain and as an aggregate: higher values indicate greater perceived threat in the area, while the overall result reflects combined concern across domains. Because answers depend on current context and honest self-report, scores may shift with news exposure, loss, health, finances, or environmental danger; the profile cannot establish causes, severity beyond the displayed bands, or a diagnosis.

Author: Amy C. Edmondson

Literature:

Finogenova, T. A. (2025). Standardization of the “Questionnaire of Threats to Psychological Safety”. Extreme Psychology and Personal Safety, 2(1), 89-105. 10.17759/epps.2025020107
Kharlamenkova, N. E. (2017). Anthropogenic and natural threats to human security: A psychological aspect. Bulletin of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research. Humanities and Social Sciences, no. 4 (89), 128-140.
Edmondson, A. C. (1999). Psychological safety and learning behavior in work teams. Administrative Science Quarterly, 44(2), 350-383. 10.2307/2666999

Updated: 2025-10-02