| STAGE 1 | STAGE 2 | STAGE 3 | STAGE 4 |
| THEORY | CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK | EMERGENT THEMES | EMERGENT SUB THEMES AND CATEGORIES |
| Salutogenesis and a Sense of Coherence | Comprehensibility | Comprehension and insight | The experience |
| Understanding | |||
| Pre-existing pattern | |||
| Comprehensibility-social imbalance or pathology | Disengagement | ||
| Imbalance | |||
| Pathology | |||
| Body Image | |||
| Manageability | Manageability and control | Control | |
| Stress and coping | |||
| Manageability-the prior context, supporting or driving | The family | ||
| The public perception | |||
| Manageability-disclosure and impact | The prior experience | ||
| Disclosure | |||
| Labelling | |||
| Academically and professionally | |||
| Manageability - and support | Emotional support | ||
| Supporting environment | |||
| Supporting outreach | |||
| Meaningfulness | Meaningfulness- towards a more salutogenic response | Positive challenge | |
| Meaningfulness- supporting the context | Positive experience |