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Danger and Safety Needs Questionnaire Test

In about three minutes, the Danger and Safety Needs Questionnaire Test presents 15 questions about your responses to safety, stability, protection, and risk. Your result can reveal how strongly you seek security or excitement, helping you reflect on uncertainty, precautions, and everyday decisions.

Questions: 153 minutes

Danger and Safety Needs Questionnaire: sample question card

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How the Scales are Structured

Need for Safety AssuranceNfSA

Measures how strongly a person values safety and security and tends to actively ensure protective conditions for themselves and others.

example score5/10

5/10Balancedexample score

0 – 4Lower need for safety control

5 – 6Balanced

7 – 10High need for safety control

A score of 5 suggests a balanced focus on safety, with some inclination to plan and maintain security without an overly controlling emphasis.

Need to Experience a Sense of SafetyNtEaSoS

Measures how strongly a person desires feelings of security and stability in everyday life.

example score5/10

5/10Moderate need for safetyexample score

0 – 4Low need for safety

5 – 6Moderate need for safety

7 – 10High need for safety

A score of 5 indicates a moderate need for safety, suggesting you value stability while still tolerating some uncertainty.

Need to Experience a Sense of DangerNtEaSoD

Measures how strongly a person is motivated to seek thrilling, risky experiences and a sense of danger.

example score7/10

7/10Highexample score

0 – 4Low

5 – 6Moderate

7 – 10High

A score of 7 falls in the High range, suggesting a pronounced tendency to look for excitement and engage with risk rather than consistently choosing stability.

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DATA-BASED USER COHORTS

Who Usually Takes This Test?

Thrill and novelty seekers

41%OF USERS

People drawn to adrenaline, competition, and new experiences take it to see how strongly they crave risk versus stability.

Career and role deciders

34%OF USERS

Students and working adults use it for career guidance to judge fit for high-pressure, unpredictable, or safety-focused jobs.

Anxiety and safety planners

25%OF USERS

People who worry about danger or prioritize control take it to understand their safety needs and how they respond under stress.

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

The need for safety and securityTnfsas

You?

Average3.7

Typical rangeTypical2.3 – 5.1

Possible0 – 10

The need to experience a sense of safetyTnteasos

You?

Average4.5

Typical rangeTypical3.3 – 5.8

Possible0 – 10

The need to experience a sense of dangerTnteasod

You?

Average5.1

Typical rangeTypical3.7 – 6.6

Possible0 – 10

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SAMPLE QUESTIONS

Example Questions From the Test

You are asked to answer a series of questions about your life and activities. Each question has four response options. Please select the one option that best reflects your opinion.

- Yes
- Rather yes than no
- Rather no than yes
- No
- Yes
- Probably yes
- Probably not
- No
- Yes
- Rather yes than no
- Rather no than yes
- No

These are 3 of the 15 real questions — the rest appear in the test. No sign-up needed to start.

WHAT THE TEST MEASURES

Danger and Safety Needs Questionnaire Test - Description and methodology of the test

security

risk-taking

For readers weighing protection, stability, and risk, the Danger and Safety Needs Questionnaire Test offers a focused self-report profile. The result helps you examine your need for safety, your desire to feel protected and stable, and your tendency to seek or avoid dangerous situations. These patterns support practical reflection on everyday choices.

What This Assessment Explores

Three dimensions separate protection, stability, and risk attraction. Questions about safety, risk, precautions, conflict, and change show how these themes relate to the profile. The scales are:

Need for Safety Assurance (0-10) measures active protection for self and others; higher scores indicate stronger safety control. Bands: Lower need for safety control (0-4), Balanced (5-6), High need for safety control (7-10).
Need to Experience a Sense of Safety (0-10) measures desire for protection and stability; higher scores indicate stronger safety needs, while lower scores suggest tolerance for uncertainty. Bands: Low need for safety (0-4), Moderate need for safety (5-6), High need for safety (7-10).
Need to Experience a Sense of Danger (0-10) measures attraction to thrills and risk; higher scores may indicate seeking danger, while lower scores may reflect risk avoidance. Bands: Low (0-4), Moderate (5-6), High (7-10).

Methodology and Scientific Basis

Each statement in this self-report questionnaire uses four ordered response choices, from Yes to No, with two intermediate options expressing a leaning. The items cover precautions, smoothing conflict, preserving stability, weighing consequences, and deliberately creating or welcoming excitement. Responses are summarized across the three dimensions, not as one global score.

The closest source is the questionnaire developed by Maralov and colleagues in 2016. This online questionnaire is conceptually consistent with that work, but is not presented as a validated reproduction or direct adaptation. The 2015 study by Maralov and colleagues contextualizes individual differences in safety-needs structure, while the 2018 study addresses personal psychological safety in interaction. Maslow’s framework supplies the broader view of safety as a human motive.

Interpret the resulting safety and danger profile as a pattern of reported preferences. The response-to-score mapping is not specified; the displayed ranges organize the result without showing how each answer contributes. Current circumstances, self-awareness, and response bias can shape answers, including reported risk-taking tendencies, making the online result a self-report profile rather than a clinical diagnosis.

Author: Abraham H. Maslow

Literature:

Maralov, V. G., Kudaka, M. A., Smirnova, O. V., Perchenko, E. L., & Tabunov, I. A. (2016). Development of a questionnaire test for diagnosing safety needs in people. Scientific Notes of Cherepovets State University, no. 1(5), 12-17.
Maralov, V. G., Kudaka, M. A., Perchenko, E. L., Smirnova, O. V., & Tabunov, I. A. (2015). Individual-typological features of the structure of safety needs in students. Concept, 13, 2586-2590.
Maralov, V. G., Fortunatov, A. A., & Shonin, M. Yu. (2018). Interaction positions of students in the context of problems of ensuring personal psychological safety. Knowledge. Understanding. Skill, no. 3, 196-205. 10.17805/zpu.2018.3.18.
Maslow, A. H. (1954). Motivation and Personality. New York: Harper & Brothers.

Updated: 2025-10-02