Author(s): Alves, Andréa Cristina ; Pereira, Camila Corrêa Matias ; Ribeiro, Maria Inês Lemos Coelho ; Almeida, Aline Siqueira de ; Carvalho, José Carlos ; Vedana, Kelly Graziani Giacchero
Date: 2022
Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/43580
Origin: Escola Superior de Enfermagem do Porto
Subject(s): Suicide; Music; Mental health; Life
Listening to music can trigger unpleasant feelings or bring meaning to our lives, both from the cognitive and psychic perspectives. Thus, music can attribute meanings to our personal experiences and act as a regulator of emotions when living these experiences.Songlyrics can often influence behaviours while helping to work on processes of resilience, autonomy, empowerment, and psychosocial rehabilitation.This study aims to analyse the possibilities of music in the process of resignification of life through the discursive productions of individuals after a suicide attempt.A qualitative study was conducted with eight Brazilian adults assisted in a mental health service,in 2018, through semi-structured interviews.The Symbolic Interactionism theoretical framework was used, and the data weresubmitted for thematic analysis.Three categories were identified: ‘Spirituality as an empowering agent’;‘Sense of belonging and identification’, and ‘The importance of music as a sensitizer of reasons for living and an instrument of verbalization of feelings.The study provides important findings that merit further investigation regarding interventions and possibilities related to music as a healing method in the process of resignification oflife after a suicide attempt
