Belonging to the subculture of skinheads in the context of resilience

The aim of the studies featured in this article was to determine the influence of belonging to a youth subculture on the resilience of skinheads. To search for correlations between belonging to the subculture of skinheads and resilience, a questionnaire on resilience was used developed by Sandra Prince-Embury. Fifty men belonging to the subculture of skinheads for at least a year, and fulfilling all the criteria of belonging to the subculture indicated by researchers, participated in the study. The analysis of the study results shows that due to belonging to this subculture, changes occur in the subjective perception of one’s resilience in terms of effectiveness, support and vulnerability. These results demonstrate that belonging to the subculture of skinheads may have a positive influence on the resilience of its members. Nevertheless, one must consider the extent to which it is possible for a young person to participate in the constructive aspects of a subculture functioning, while at the same time resigning from its destructive activities. Dependencies between belonging to subcultures and resilience are yet to be researched extensively, and the results of such research may be of interest to persons working with youth and wanting to help it develop high resilience. Ke