The term precariousness points to an intrinsic sense of instability and insecurity stemming from a lack of, or difficulty to, access essential resources.
But Trump's narcissism, insecurities and viciousness are intrinsic components of who he is, and they've already damaged the world's wellbeing – whether or not they're best thought of as formal disorders.
We may well be under invasion from ill-mannered Chinese tourist hordes, but our reaction to it says just as much about our own insecurities as it does any concept of intrinsic Han coarseness.
For instance, self-employed persons are characterized by high levels of intrinsic motivation to work (long working hours), job control, job insecurity, work demands, decision latitude, type-A personality, and low levels of social support in their work [ 21].
These susceptibilities are intrinsic to the pastoral mode of subsistence and are generative of a chronic sense of livelihood insecurity.
The perspective that certainty and security are "intrinsic values" downplays the fact that individuals differ in the extent to which they perceive and tolerate insecurity and uncertainty (Weitz 1989; Heckhausen and Schulz 1995; Sverke and Hellgren 2002).
