A.S. Domashenkina, I.V. Yaroslavtseva Irkutsk State University, Faculty of Psychology The problem of psychological readiness for risk in representatives of various professions has not been sufficiently studied. In particular, the question of the characteristics of psychological readiness for risk of persons in dangerous professions, whose professional activities are associated with increased and often extreme psychological and physical stress, remains open, and its successful implementation largely depends on the level of development of moral and volitional qualities, self-control, courage and mastery, awareness of responsibility, duty to the team. The purpose of our research was to study the psychological readiness for risk of military personnel. The study involved 20 men who participated in combat operations between the ages of 22 and 45 years. To study the psychological readiness for risk of military personnel, the diagnostic method for the degree of risk readiness (“PSK”) by A. M. Schubert and the EPI (Eysenck Personality Inventory) method by G. Eysenck were used. During the study, it was found that the level of psychological readiness for risk directly is associated with age (r=0.45, p<0.05) and length of service of the military personnel (r=0.47, p<0.05). Thus, military personnel aged 20-30 years showed a higher level of risk tolerance than military personnel aged 31-40 years. In our opinion, the connection between psychological readiness for risk and a serviceman’s length of service is explained by the same circumstances as the connection between age and readiness for risk. A high level of risk readiness is directly proportional to the experience of a serviceman, and the latter, in turn, depends on length of service. In addition, the influence of the type of temperament on the level of risk readiness has been traced. Thus, 40% of the total number of people surveyed are introverts and ambiverts. They are characterized by restraint, concentration, and self-control. According to the data obtained, military personnel in 75% of cases are characterized by low levels of neuroticism; they have neuropsychic stability, maturity and a high level of adaptation to extreme situations. According to our results, no significant relationships were found between risk taking and temperament. This seems to be an indirect confirmation that: risk-taking is a personality trait. The riskiness of the profession determines the development of professionally significant personal qualities and their combination. So, military personnel with a high level of psychological readiness for risk are characterized by such personal manifestations as restraint, concentration, self-control, they are distinguished by neuropsychic stability, maturity and a high level of adaptation to extreme situations. Moreover, the level of psychological readiness for risk is directly related to the age and length of service of military personnel.