Social identity complexity
The concept of Social Identity Complexity is a theoretical construct that refers to an individual's subjective representation of the interrelationships among his or her multiple group identities.
Social identity complexity reflects the degree of overlap perceived to exist between groups of which a person is simultaneously a member.
Roccas and Brewer report that membership in many different groups can lead to greater social identity complexity, which can foster the development of superordinate social identities and global identity, making international identity more likely in individualist cultures.
Social identity complexity may be a crucial factor to consider in applying social psychological models of bias reduction.
Poetics – like coolitude or creolization – have used the rhizome to refer to multiple identities.
