CLOKE THEORY OF IDENTITY DEVELOPMENT, 2016
BEING
 Feeling ‘stuck’
 Difficult to see beyond
immediate circum-
stances
 Struggle to make con-
nections with others
 Difficulty in thinking
critically about oneself
 Detachment from
events in one’s life
SEEING DOING LIVING
 ‘Fog’ lessens; clarity  Freedom of movement  Continued increases in
increases becomes apparent and clarity and freedom
possible
 Actions or inactions  Fewer barriers to action
may not change  Increased clarity and ability
 Seeming paralysis re-  Recognitions of one’s  Mostly or fully-developed
mains abilities and qualities sense of self and identity
 Newly realized abilities or identities
 One ‘tries’ in what they
to see, learn, and dis-
do  Recognition of one’s
cern
place in a global, inter-
 Sense of self becomes  Foundation exists for
connected context not
evident learning to occur
seen in prior stages
 Ability to see beyond  Continued development
immediate events in- of self
creases
 Ability to form and main-
 Increased connections tain interpersonal rela-
with others and self tionships increases