The Complexity of Self–Complexity: An Associated Systems Theory Approach

The current work proposed a new measurement of self–complexity based on Carlston's (1994) Associated Systems Theory (AST). AST is a systematic approach to classifying the cognitive representations of social entities and, as such, it provides a rich and theoretically based framework for examining self–concept representation in ways that existent approaches cannot. In the current study, an AST–based measure of self–complexity showed evidence of...