Att skapa helhet - en kvalitativ studie av verksamma mekanismer i kamratstöd

Sammanfattning: The thesis used a qualitative design. Its purpose was to study a Group of firemen´s experiences of taking part of peer support (a form of psychological debriefing) as part of their work within the Emergency Service. The research questions dealt with investigating how the interviewees had experienced peer support, what mechanisms in this method could be considered effective and how these mechanisms could be interpreted. The results showed the interviewees to have favorable experiences of peer support. They felt that peer support conducted a comprehensive picture of the incident. Findings included in these results, shedding light on the effective mechanisms of peer support, were discussed and interpreted using theories of ritual behavior and mentalization.