Parameters of self-healing subcultural life-making in wartime conditions
Abstract
The aim of the work was to determine the parameters of life-making as targets of influence on the self-healing of the age subculture in war conditions. Methodology of the study included narrative analysis of life stories and modelling. Sample were 431 civilians and military personnel. War conditions were considered as a trigger for testing the appropriate strategies of self-healing: for the youth subculture – an existential strategy aimed at the responsibility of the community for survival; for the subculture of early maturity – a care strategy aimed at the responsibility for preserving the weaker ones; for the subculture of middle and late maturity – a service strategy aimed at the responsibility for preserving the sovereignty of the country. In the course of the study, the key parameters of subcultural life-making that contribute to community self-healing were clarified. It was found that subculture served as a means of individual identification with a particular social group, while age-related subculture directed the planning of a healthy lifestyle in both the present and the future. Particular attention was given to landscape strategies both revolutionary and evolutionary, which shaped the scenarios of community development. The lifestyle within the subculture formed a corresponding configuration of self-healing strategies and self-preservation practices. Furthermore, subcultural capital played a crucial role in ensuring the community’s security, adaptive style, and identity-based functioning. The practical value of the work lies in providing opportunities for multi-step target prophylactic of the healthy lifestyle with its specifics in different age subcultures by determining the mutual influences of the parameters of subcultural life-making
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