title: Focus on health, motivation, and pride: A discussion of three theoretical perspectives on the rehabilitation of sick-listed people.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  During the last decades sickness absence from work has become a great societal problem. Questions of how rehabilitation processes should become successful and how peoples' ability to work can be improved have become of great public interest. In this paper we discuss three well-known theoretical perspectives regarding their usefulness when it comes to research on rehabilitation for return to work.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The three perspectives are: Antonovsky's salutogenic model of health, Kielhofner's model of human occupation and Scheff's sociological theory of "shame and pride".
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Each of these can be applied to increase understanding and knowledge concerning sickness absence and return to work. We discuss points of affinity among the three perspectives, as well as significant differences, and we propose that a very essential common denominator is the importance of self-experience.
authors.affiliation: Department of Behavioural Sciences and Learning, Linköping University, Sweden.
authors.forename: Tommy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Svensson
authors.forename: Anita
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Björklund
mesh_terms: D004644:Emotions; D004651:Employment; D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009042:Motivation; D012649:Self Concept; D018582:Sick Leave