The general aim of this study was to research the relationship between psychosocial functioning and emotional intelligence in a sample of 69 employees in different organisational settings in South Africa. Each respondent completed the Personal Multi-Screening Inventory (PMSI) and the Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test (MSCEIT). The research findings indicated that there are significant relationships between subscales of the PMSI and subscales of the MSCEIT, in that the ability to manage emotions is associated with low levels of Helplessness, Stress and Frustration, and high levels of Expectation, Satisfaction and Achievement, whereas the ability to perceive emotions is associated with low levels of Satisfaction and Achievement. A relatively high level of the ability to perceive emotions is also associated with Helplessness. It is recommended that employee wellness interventions in the workplace be enhanced through emotional intelligence mediation of negative psychosocial functioning. The study is concluded with recommendations for further research. / Industrial and Organisational Psychology / M. A. (Industrial and Organisational Psychology)

Vårt intresse för äldreomsorgen och psykisk ohälsa i samhället grundar idén till denna uppsats. Uppsatsen riktar sig till sjukfrånvaron och vilka faktorer som är hälsofrämjande på en arbetsplats inom äldreomsorgen. För att få fram ett rikt resultat valde vi etnografi och semistrukturerade intervjuer som forskningsmetoder. Urvalet gjordes efter att statistik jämfördes på olika enheter inom äldreomsorgen i den aktuella kommunen. Vi genomförde observationer, enligt etnografisk metod, samt intervjuer på den valda enheten. Vi har valt att använda nya begrepp, osjuk och ofrisk eftersom de förklarar gråzonen mellan att vara sjuk och frisk och begreppen kan vara en del i att öka förståelsen för sjukfrånvaron inom äldreomsorgen. Studien visar att den mest betydande friskfaktorn på vår valda arbetsplats är trivsel i arbetsgruppen, samhörighet, teamkänsla samt de nya rutiner som införts angående sjukanmälan. Ledarskap som tidigare forskning visar är en stor bidragande del till sjukfrånvaro på en arbetsplats, visade sig inte vara lika betydelsefull som vi först trodde efter vår analys av vår studies resultat. / The idea for this bachelor thesis was founded by our interest in elderly care and psychiatric illness in the community. This paper addresses absenteeism and the factors that are health promoting in the workplace in elderly care. To obtain representative results, ethnography and semi-structured interviews were selected as research methods. The selection was made after we compered the statistics from different units within elderly care in the municipality. We made observations based on ethnographic methods and semi-structured interviews within the selected unit. We have chosen to introduce two new terms, ”unsick” and ”unhealthy”, because they both explain the grey area between being sick and being healthy and can be used for increasing the understanding of absenteeism in elderly care. The study shows that the most significant health determinants was appreciation of the work group, solidarity, team spirit along with new routines regarding reported sickness. Leadership, that previous research shows is a major contributing part of absenteeism in the workplace, proved in this study, not to be as significant as above mentioned factors.

Fysisk aktivitet är en determinant för en god folkhälsa. Till följd av detta vill idrottsrörelsen bidra till en utvecklig inom idrotten för att öka deltagarantalet och motivera människor att vara fysiskt aktiva livet ut. Ett dilemma som dock är förekommande inom elitidrotten är att många slutar idrottsutövandet innan de nått sin topp nivå. Syftet med denna studie var att undersöka föräldrars uppfattningar om deras barns tillvaro efter avslutad elitsatsning. En kvalitativ metod tillämpades och vid datainsamlingen genomfördes fem semistrukturerade intervjuer. Det insamlade materialet analyserades med hjälp av en manifest innehållsanalys. I resultatet framkommer det att flera av barnen som tidigare varit en del av en elitsatsning gått från en fysiskt aktiv livsstil till en friare livsstil där det upplevs finnas utrymme för spontanitet och lekfullhet. Vardagen inkluderas numer av nyfunna vänner och ett större fokus förkommer på studier alternativt jobb. Den tidigare sociala miljön som bestod av idrottsarenan har i stort bytts ut till andra miljöer. Den identitet de tidigare haft med idrotten har förlorats och i samband med elitsatsningens upphörande drabbades barnen av psykisk ohälsa, med de upplevs idag må bättre. Slutsatsen för denna studie är att tillvaron har förändrats hos samtliga barn efter avslutad elitsatsning. / Physical activity is a determinant of public health. Hence the Swedish sports movement wish to contribute to the development of sporting activities as a way to increase the number of participants and motivate people to stay physically active throughout life. A common issue in elite level sports is that many end their career before reaching their final potential. The purpose of this study was to investigate the parent’s perspective regarding their children’s being after ending their elite effort. A qualitative method was applied and data was collected in five semi-structured interviews. The collected material was analyzed with a manifest content analysis. The result indicated that several of the children, who previously had been a part of an elite investment, had changed their lifestyle from a physically active lifestyle to a freer way of life where it is perceived to be room for spontaneity and playfulness. Everyday life nowadays includes new friends and greater focus on studies or job. Former social context focused around the sports arena are now taking place in other environments. Their previous identification with their sport has been lost and by ending their elite efforts the children's mental health declaimed, however they have later recovered to some extent. The conclusion of this study is that life has changed for the children after ending their elite effort.

O objetivo desta pesquisa foi descrever e analisar a produção do cuidado através das atividades de arte e cultura nos CAPS que atendem adultos no município de São Paulo, conforme informado pela observação dessas atividades e breves relatos de profissionais envolvidos nesse cuidado. Trata-se de investigação empreendida a partir de parte da base de dados da pesquisa Avaliação dos Centros de Atenção Psicossocial do Município de São Paulo, desenvolvida em 21 CAPS que atendem adultos entre 2007 e 2008. Foram analisados os relatos de observação etnográfica das 126 atividades de arte e cultura que integraram aquela pesquisa. O método empregado foi análise de conteúdo, com referenciais da reabilitação psicossocial; da arte e da cultura; e de meios terapêuticos em Terapia Ocupacional (enquadres, atividades e vínculos). A interpretação dos resultados deu visibilidade a três tendências de cuidado. A primeira foi caracterizada por atividades realizadas exclusivamente dentro do CAPS e voltadas à ampliação de competências pessoais, com vínculos relacionados a interações dentro dos grupos; temas referentes às dificuldades e desafios dos participantes; e produções culturais circunscritas ao ambiente dos serviços. O foco do cuidado foi o processo grupal e as atividades tiveram função predominantemente expressiva. A segunda tendência caracterizou-se por uma perspectiva clínica desenvolvida na interface da arte e da saúde, com desdobramentos em direção ao território. Predominaram as parcerias com espaços culturais, a diversidade de abordagens, a sustentação de experiências criativas e a ampliação dos repertórios culturais dos participantes. A ampliação das relações com os espaços da cidade, a autoria e as produções artísticas e intervenções culturais em âmbito mais amplo do que o CAPS caracterizaram essa tendência, em que arte, cultura e cuidado estiveram relacionados à produção de vida. Uma terceira e minoritária tendência esteve relacionada a dificuldades na condução das atividades; repertórios limitados; desconsideração de necessidades, desejos ou projetos dos participantes; e ausência de oportunidades de experiência estética e cultural. No seu conjunto, as atividades tiveram pouca visibilidade para gestores, com escassez de discussão no âmbito das equipes multiprofissionais e um aproveitamento tímido na articulação de redes de apoio social aos sujeitos da atenção, percepções essas que sugerem uma possível fragmentação do cuidado, tanto em relação ao projeto terapêutico do CAPS quanto aos projetos individuais. Seu pleno desenvolvimento, na perspectiva da reabilitação psicossocial, parece depender: do acesso dos profissionais a bens culturais, processos criativos e recursos de avaliação; da sua visibilidade, para gestores e equipes, enquanto trabalho implicado na instauração de formas de convívio com a diferença; e da consideração de todos os atores envolvidos como produtores de fatos de cultura / The research\'s main goal was to describe and analyse the mental health care through artistic and cultural activities in 21 Psychosocial Health Care Community Services (CAPS) at the city of São Paulo. These facilities are targeted to the treatment of adult people undergoing serious mental ilness. This research was developed using part of the data base of the Avaliação dos Centros de Atenção Psicossocial do Município de São Paulo research, carried out from 2007 to 2008. The ethnographic observation reports related to all 126 artistic and cultural activities and a brief report of the health providers about it were analysed through content analysis. The theoretical framework included the concepts of psychosocial rehabilitation, art and culture and occupational therapy perspectives. It was possible to identify three main trends of mental health care. The first, more common trend, consisted of activities conduced strictly inside the CAPS\'s facilities, aiming to improve personal capacities, to stimulate the self knowledge, to establish bonds among the patients, to share life\'s adversities; the focus of this procedures were the patients group process. The second trend included activities outside the facilities, in public spaces and cultural facilities; aiming artistic and cultural creative experiences and social reinsertion; this trend stood out by using both health and art professionals, with different approaches. The third and smaller trend had difficulties to conduce their activities, lacking of cultural repertory, disregarding of patient\'s needs, desires or projects and lack of aesthetic and cultural experiences. The art and culture activities, in general, had low visibility to managers and healthcare teams and were barely considered in the social support network strength. The results suggest a fragmentation of the care provided, both in institutional terms as in individual therapeutic project. To develop a more comprehensive care with the whole development of art and culture activities would depend on: providers have greater access to creative and cultural experiences and evaluation resources; managers and providers teams to acknowledge these activities; the acceptance of the differences; and everybody start to be considered as facts of culture producers.

Syftet med studien var att undersöka öppen förskola som arena för ett hälsofrämjande arbete. Fokus var på de möjligheter och begränsningar som personalen upplevde i sitt arbete utifrån det hälsoprogram som tillämpades av dem. Studien var ett uppdrag från Salutsatsningen vid Västerbottens läns landsting. Metoden var en kvalitativ ansats och fem intervjuer genomfördes med personal inom öppen förskola i Västerbottens län. Intervjuerna utgick från de kriterier som fungerade som riktlinjer för arbetet. De tre huvudområdena (kriterierna) var psykosocial hälsa, matvanor och fysisk aktivitet. Resultatet visade att personalen som intervjuades hade goda rutiner för det hälsofrämjande arbetet. De upplevde möjligheter att stödja föräldrarna i deras föräldraskap och främja hälsosamma budskap. De upplevda begränsningarna bestod främst av avsaknad av utrymme för matlagning samt fysiska aktiviteter. Samverkan med andra aktörer som Barnavårdcentralen, Mödrahälsovården, Socialtjänsten och Tandhälsan var även de avgörande för det hälsofrämjande arbetet. Slutsatsen var att det hälsofrämjande arbete som bedrivs i Västerbotten har en god grund för att stärka och stödja barn och föräldrar samt främja hälsosamma budskap. Men det finns vissa brister i ämneskunskap hos personalen samt otydlighet vad vissa kriterier syftar till. / The aim of the study was to examine how open pre-school as an arena for health promotion worked. The focus was on the employees’ experiences of the opportunities and limits in their work. The study was a comission from Salutsatsningen in Västerbotten County Council in Sweden. The method was a qualitative approach and five interviews were conducted with employees in open pre-schools in Västerbotten. The interviews were based on the criteria that served as guidelines in the employees’ work. The three main elements (criteria) were psychosocial health, diet and physical activity. The results showed that the employees had adequate procedures for their health promotion work. They experienced opportunities to support parents in their parenting and to promote healthy messages to the visitors in open pre- school. The limits they experienced were primarily in the form of cooking facilities and physical activities. Collaboration with other actors as Child health center, Maternity Care, Social Services and Dental health was also crucial to health promotion work. The conclusion was that the health promotion work in Västerbotten has a solid foundation to strengthen and support children and parents and also to promote healthy messages. But there are some deficiencies in the area of knowledge among staff and lack of clarity from Salut regarding certain criteria.

Research on psychosocial health in social work isn't developed enough. Instead, there's much more research on psychosocial unhealth. What about social workers, the unhealth is often related to the situation at work and the work environment. The aim of this study was to "during interviews understand the factors which social workers experience as important to maintain their own psychosocial health in the life situations". With hermeneutic method the particular interest was directed on how the participants experienced and explained their psychosocial health on the basis of their life situations, and the results was analyzed with Antonovsky's (1991/2005) perspective directed on health and Sense of Coherence (SOC). In the study, we used a qualitative form of interviews which allowed our participants to answer with their own words and from how they interpreted the questions. We have made interviews with eight social workers in a average municipality in Sweden. The results are shown qualitatively in current text. With our interest in social workers´ psychosocial health, we have understood that it's complicated to make a partition line between the life at work and the private life when it comes to the social workers´ experiences of factors that helps to maintain psychosocial health. Instead, it's about to understand the social worker's psychosocial health as a whole, on the basis of the work as well as the private life. In comparison to research on psychosocial unhealth, our participants said that it's especially the private life, rather than the life at work, that influences and sometimes even controls the psychosocial health in general. Nevertheless, there were plural factors at work which were experienced as especially important to maintain the psychosocial health, for example a "good director", "good colleagues", "ability to let go of the liability for clients" and a working situation where you "work two together" plus "experience and knowledge" from the whole life situations. In private life, and in addition to work, the experiences were about "enriching leisure time", social support from friends and family and the ability to make "reasonable demands and limits for yourself" in private life as well as at work.

The general aim of this study was to research the relationship between psychosocial functioning and emotional intelligence in a sample of 69 employees in different organisational settings in South Africa. Each respondent completed the Personal Multi-Screening Inventory (PMSI) and the Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test (MSCEIT). The research findings indicated that there are significant relationships between subscales of the PMSI and subscales of the MSCEIT, in that the ability to manage emotions is associated with low levels of Helplessness, Stress and Frustration, and high levels of Expectation, Satisfaction and Achievement, whereas the ability to perceive emotions is associated with low levels of Satisfaction and Achievement. A relatively high level of the ability to perceive emotions is also associated with Helplessness. It is recommended that employee wellness interventions in the workplace be enhanced through emotional intelligence mediation of negative psychosocial functioning. The study is concluded with recommendations for further research. / Industrial and Organisational Psychology / M. A. (Industrial and Organisational Psychology)

Programa de Apoio aos Planos de Reestruturação e Expansão das Universidades Federais / The rouse of the mental health workers launches the Brazilian Psychiatric Reform, aiming to overcome the model of health care centered in the hospital, leading the suffering subject to a more humanitarian form of treatment. Thus, the Psychosocial Health Centers enter into force to restore the bonds among the user, his/her familiy and society, broadening the possibilities of user embracement and care. The psychologist, together with other professionals, is inserted in such new model. This study aimed to know the interventions practiced by psychology, from the perspective of the multiprofessional team of two Psychosocial Health Centers of a medium-sized city in the interior of Rio Grande do Sul. A qualitative study was carried out, using semi-directed interviews, together with systematic observations in the two Psychosocial Health Centers. Content analysis, more specifically thematic content analysis was used to analyze data. Results are presented in two articles. The first one is entitled Resignifying Psychological Practice: the perspective of the multiprofessional team of Psychosocial Health Centers and approaches themes regarding the psychological practice in the perspective of professionals who took part in the study. Psychological practice was highlighted as relevant to assistance, being constituted of actions that include, besides the individual assistance activities, group, collective and interdisciplinary activities. The psychologist was identified as an integrating and participatory professional in the service, and pointed out as the professional who mediates the link among health professionals team-family-society. Psychological understanding was mentioned as differentiated from the other modalities of understanding, being the main tool used by the psychologist in such professional context. The second article, entitled The Multiprofessional Team and the interdisciplinary practice: challenges of the new health care model in Mental Health portrays themes concerning the multiprofessional work in an interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary perspective. Initially, the professionals pointed out the unpreparedness and the difficulties lived when the professionals began their activities in a PHC. Regarding such aspect, they refer the clinical and institutional supervision as one of the devices that helps overcoming the fragilities faced daily. The professionals emphasized the importance of the integration of professionals that are part of the multiprofessional teams, of the health care team meetings, and, at the same time, they mentioned the importance of the specificity of each professional nucleus, as regards the construction of a wider perspective in relation to the phenomena. Final considerations emphasize a significant movement of the psychological practice, evidenced by the overcoming of the basic individual model, that has marked the path of the professional practice. The resignification of the psychologist s practice in the daily work of institutions was identified, redefining his/her place within the mental health teams. In conclusion, the results convey that the psychology professional was not the only one who needed to resignify his/her practice. The other members of the multiprofessional team also needed to reorganize their functions regarding such new modality of mental health care that emerges from the emergence of PHC. Therefore, a movement in the direction of a more integrated practice, including interdisciplinary actions and supported by an interdisciplinary perspective, is evidenced. / Com o despertar dos trabalhadores em saúde mental surge a Reforma Psiquiátrica Brasileira na perspectiva de superar o modelo hospitalocêntrico, levando ao sujeito que sofre uma forma mais humanitária de tratamento. Assim, os Centros de Atenção Psicossocial entram em vigor com a finalidade de restabelecer os laços entre o usuário, a família e a sociedade, ampliando as possibilidades de acolhimento e atendimento. O psicólogo, ao lado de outros profissionais, passa a se inserir nesse novo modelo. O presente estudo teve como objetivo conhecer o fazer da prática psicológica a partir do olhar da equipe multiprofissional de dois Centros de Atenção Psicossocial de uma cidade de porte médio do interior do Rio Grande do Sul. Com esse intuito, foi realizado um estudo de caráter qualitativo com a utilização da técnica de entrevista semidirigida, juntamente com observações sistemáticas ocorridas nos dois Centros de Atenção Psicossocial. A análise dos dados foi feita através da análise de conteúdo, mais especificamente a Analise de Conteúdo Temática. Os resultados são apresentados através de dois artigos. O primeiro intitulado Ressignificando a prática psicológica: o olhar da equipe multiprofissional dos Centros de Atenção Psicossocial aborda questões sobre a pratica psicológica na visão dos profissionais que compuseram o estudo. Destaca-se que a prática psicológica foi apontada como relevante para o serviço, constituindo-se em ações que incluem para além das atividades de atendimento individual, a realização de grupos, atividades coletivas e interdisciplinares. O psicólogo foi identificado como um profissional integrado e participativo no serviço, alem de ser o profissional que faz o link entre equipe-família-sociedade. A escuta psicológica foi destacada como sendo diferenciada das demais modalidades de escuta, constituindo-se por sua especificidade na principal ferramenta utilizada pelo psicólogo dentro desse contexto de atuação. O segundo artigo intitulado A Equipe Multiprofissional e a prática interdisciplinar: desafios do novo modelo de atenção em Saúde Mental retrata as questões referentes ao trabalho multiprofissional dentro de uma perspectiva inter e transdisciplinar. Inicialmente os profissionais apontaram o despreparo e as dificuldades vivenciadas quando da inserção num CAPS. Em relação a este aspecto, referem a supervisão clínico-institucional como um dos dispositivos que auxilia na superação das fragilidades encontradas no cotidiano. Os profissionais destacaram a importância da integração dos profissionais que compõem as equipes multiprofissionais, da realização das reuniões de equipe, ao mesmo tempo em que lembraram a importância da especificidade de cada núcleo profissional com vistas à construção de um olhar ampliado em relação ao fenômeno. As considerações finais apontam um movimento significativo da pratica psicológica, o qual pode ser evidenciado pela superação do modelo prioritariamente individual que marcou a trajetória da prática profissional. Identificou-se um ressignificar da atuação do psicólogo no cotidiano das instituições, redefinindo o seu lugar dentro das equipes de saúde mental. Conclui-se ainda que, não foi só o profissional da psicologia que precisou ressignificar sua pratica, os integrantes da equipe multiprofissional também necessitaram reorganizar suas funções perante a essa nova modalidade de atenção em saúde mental, que emerge com a criação dos CAPS. Assim, vê-se um movimento na direção de uma prática mais integrada, com ações interdisciplinares e sustentada por uma perspectiva transdisciplinar.

O objetivo desta pesquisa foi descrever e analisar a produção do cuidado através das atividades de arte e cultura nos CAPS que atendem adultos no município de São Paulo, conforme informado pela observação dessas atividades e breves relatos de profissionais envolvidos nesse cuidado. Trata-se de investigação empreendida a partir de parte da base de dados da pesquisa Avaliação dos Centros de Atenção Psicossocial do Município de São Paulo, desenvolvida em 21 CAPS que atendem adultos entre 2007 e 2008. Foram analisados os relatos de observação etnográfica das 126 atividades de arte e cultura que integraram aquela pesquisa. O método empregado foi análise de conteúdo, com referenciais da reabilitação psicossocial; da arte e da cultura; e de meios terapêuticos em Terapia Ocupacional (enquadres, atividades e vínculos). A interpretação dos resultados deu visibilidade a três tendências de cuidado. A primeira foi caracterizada por atividades realizadas exclusivamente dentro do CAPS e voltadas à ampliação de competências pessoais, com vínculos relacionados a interações dentro dos grupos; temas referentes às dificuldades e desafios dos participantes; e produções culturais circunscritas ao ambiente dos serviços. O foco do cuidado foi o processo grupal e as atividades tiveram função predominantemente expressiva. A segunda tendência caracterizou-se por uma perspectiva clínica desenvolvida na interface da arte e da saúde, com desdobramentos em direção ao território. Predominaram as parcerias com espaços culturais, a diversidade de abordagens, a sustentação de experiências criativas e a ampliação dos repertórios culturais dos participantes. A ampliação das relações com os espaços da cidade, a autoria e as produções artísticas e intervenções culturais em âmbito mais amplo do que o CAPS caracterizaram essa tendência, em que arte, cultura e cuidado estiveram relacionados à produção de vida. Uma terceira e minoritária tendência esteve relacionada a dificuldades na condução das atividades; repertórios limitados; desconsideração de necessidades, desejos ou projetos dos participantes; e ausência de oportunidades de experiência estética e cultural. No seu conjunto, as atividades tiveram pouca visibilidade para gestores, com escassez de discussão no âmbito das equipes multiprofissionais e um aproveitamento tímido na articulação de redes de apoio social aos sujeitos da atenção, percepções essas que sugerem uma possível fragmentação do cuidado, tanto em relação ao projeto terapêutico do CAPS quanto aos projetos individuais. Seu pleno desenvolvimento, na perspectiva da reabilitação psicossocial, parece depender: do acesso dos profissionais a bens culturais, processos criativos e recursos de avaliação; da sua visibilidade, para gestores e equipes, enquanto trabalho implicado na instauração de formas de convívio com a diferença; e da consideração de todos os atores envolvidos como produtores de fatos de cultura / The research\'s main goal was to describe and analyse the mental health care through artistic and cultural activities in 21 Psychosocial Health Care Community Services (CAPS) at the city of São Paulo. These facilities are targeted to the treatment of adult people undergoing serious mental ilness. This research was developed using part of the data base of the Avaliação dos Centros de Atenção Psicossocial do Município de São Paulo research, carried out from 2007 to 2008. The ethnographic observation reports related to all 126 artistic and cultural activities and a brief report of the health providers about it were analysed through content analysis. The theoretical framework included the concepts of psychosocial rehabilitation, art and culture and occupational therapy perspectives. It was possible to identify three main trends of mental health care. The first, more common trend, consisted of activities conduced strictly inside the CAPS\'s facilities, aiming to improve personal capacities, to stimulate the self knowledge, to establish bonds among the patients, to share life\'s adversities; the focus of this procedures were the patients group process. The second trend included activities outside the facilities, in public spaces and cultural facilities; aiming artistic and cultural creative experiences and social reinsertion; this trend stood out by using both health and art professionals, with different approaches. The third and smaller trend had difficulties to conduce their activities, lacking of cultural repertory, disregarding of patient\'s needs, desires or projects and lack of aesthetic and cultural experiences. The art and culture activities, in general, had low visibility to managers and healthcare teams and were barely considered in the social support network strength. The results suggest a fragmentation of the care provided, both in institutional terms as in individual therapeutic project. To develop a more comprehensive care with the whole development of art and culture activities would depend on: providers have greater access to creative and cultural experiences and evaluation resources; managers and providers teams to acknowledge these activities; the acceptance of the differences; and everybody start to be considered as facts of culture producers.

Mitt arbete handlar om körsång och att stärka sitt jag genom att sjunga. Men det handlar inte om körsång generellt utan en speciell kör som jag arbetat med under många år, den samiska kören Vaajmoe –sjung för livet. Det här projektet har två ingångar, dels att kören finns för ungdomar med samma samiska tillhörighet och dels för att skapa ett sätt för dessa ungdomar att träffas och må bra genom att sjunga. Den andra ingången har att göra med körens syfte. Den startades för att det är så många samiska ungdomar som mår dåligt och för att det är många som tagit sitt liv. Vaajmoe vill lyfta denna tunga fråga och synliggöra de problem som finns, men göra det på ett glädjefyllt sätt. Jag vill med denna uppsats undersöka vilka psykosociala effekter som projektet Vaajmoe haft på såväl deltagare som publik och även politiskt. / My work is about choral singing and to reinforce his ego by singing. But it's not about choral singing in general but a special project that I worked with for many years, Sami choir Vaajmoe-sing for life. This project has two inputs, and the choir is for young people with the same Sami belonging and to create a way for these young people to come together and feel great by singing. The second input has to do with the choir's purpose. It was started because there are so many Sámi youth who feel bad and that there are many who have taken their lives. Vaajmoe want to lift this heavy question and visualize the problems that exist, but do it in a joyful way. I want this essay examine the psychosocial effects of the project Vaajmoe had on both participants and audience and also politically.