Health, Department of Public Health, Nursing, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
Department of Communication and Psychology, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark.
Scand J Caring Sci. 2022 Dec;36(4):1134-1142. doi: 10.1111/scs.13078. Epub 2022 Mar 25.
An increasing body of qualitative and quantitative research suggests that choir singing can improve mental and physical health and wellbeing. A recurring phenomenon is social agency and social and emotional competences. However, there is little consensus about the underlying impact mechanisms and the special nature of music as a medium for music-based social-emotional competence.
This research was carried out to explore how the participants experienced engaging and singing in the choir A Song for the Mind in order to understand the social and emotional aspects in relation to choir singing and mental health.
Six women and two men were interviewed. The study involved open-ended interviews and applied Paul Ricoeur's phenomenological-hermeneutic theory of interpretation in processing the collected data.
Two themes emerged-The Singing Me and Cultivating Us. Joining the choir, singing and engaging with the lyrics, helped the participants get in contact with complex feelings and visualise and express challenges. This formed feelings of connecting to oneself and opening up to become aware of the world such as nature, the other person and the choir. Songs, melodies, tones, lyrics-singing together-formed a relation between the participants and the other and the group. This was a meaningful, and to some, a life-changing experience, and an important learning process to the professionals. As the participants are sensing and connecting to themselves, there is an opening for growing a nascent presence and awareness.
Joining the initiative A Song for the Mind instils an attention to the other person(s). The singing process seems to evoke presence, leading to awareness towards relational aspects and solidarity. In a choir singing perspective, and health care practice in general, this can be seen as a budding and ground-breaking formation of cultural activities holding learning and empowering potentials instilling mental health.
越来越多的定性和定量研究表明，合唱可以改善身心健康和幸福感。一个反复出现的现象是社会代理和社会情感能力。然而，对于音乐作为音乐社交情感能力媒介的潜在影响机制和特殊性质，尚未达成共识。
本研究旨在探讨参与者参与和演唱“心灵之歌”合唱团的体验，以了解与合唱演唱和心理健康相关的社交和情感方面。
对六名女性和两名男性进行了访谈。研究采用了开放式访谈，并应用保罗·利科的解释现象学-解释学理论对收集的数据进行处理。
出现了两个主题-唱歌的我和培养我们。加入合唱团、唱歌和参与歌词帮助参与者接触到复杂的情感，并将挑战可视化和表达出来。这形成了与自己联系的感觉，并打开了对自己、对自然、对他人和对合唱团的意识。歌曲、旋律、音调、歌词——一起唱歌——形成了参与者之间以及与团体之间的关系。对于专业人士来说，这是一次有意义的、甚至是改变生活的经历，也是一个重要的学习过程。随着参与者感知和与自己联系，他们开始成长并获得意识。
参与“心灵之歌”倡议会引起对他人的关注。唱歌的过程似乎唤起了存在感，导致对关系方面和团结的意识。从合唱团唱歌的角度来看，以及一般的医疗保健实践，可以将其视为文化活动的萌芽和开创性形成，具有学习和赋权潜力，培养心理健康。
