Document Type : Original Article
Author
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Allameh Tabatabai University
Abstract
This survey-based study investigates the status of youth subcultures across Iran. The statistical population comprises all young men and women aged 18 to 35 years in the country during the year 1403 (2024-2025). A multi-stage sampling method was employed, and based on Cochran's formula, the sample size was estimated at 4,111 individuals. Data were collected from 15 provincial centers according to social and cultural clustering.
The theoretical framework focuses on identifying two patterns: "resistance subculture" (including dress and political activism) and "deviant subculture" (including drug use, sexual relations, and experienced risks). Findings indicate that 29 percent of youth fall into the pattern of free dress based on resistance, while 11 percent are situated within the pattern of politically protest activism. Furthermore, 37 percent of youth are identified in the pattern of drug use, 7 percent in the pattern of accepting sexual relations, and 26 percent in the pattern of risk acceptance.
The statistical analysis is descriptive-analytical. Accordingly, the analysis of youth subcultures is situated on a continuum ranging from resistance-based activism to social deviance, such that the study of these subcultures is intrinsically linked to both social deviance and political protest.
The most significant policy implication is that any cultural or social intervention must distinguish between resistance-oriented actions (free dress and political activism) and behaviors based on risk and deviance (drug use and risk-taking), adopting differentiated approaches for each of these patterns.
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