self-complexity
n. the number of separate, unrelated aspects of the self-concept. For instance, a woman might think of herself in terms of her various social roles (lawyer, friend, mother), her relationships (colleague, competitor, nurturer), her activities (running, playing tennis, writing), her superordinate traits (hard working, creative), her goals (career success), and so forth. People low in self-complexity have few distinct facets of the self-concept, so they react more extremely to positive and negative events relevant to one of those aspects. People high in self-complexity have multiple distinct self-aspects, so they react less extremely to such events.