A1 Journal article (refereed)
Mental self‐renewal as a measure of systems thinking (2024)
Mononen, L., & Kujala, T. (2024). Mental self‐renewal as a measure of systems thinking. Systems Research and Behavioral Science, Early View. https://doi.org/10.1002/sres.3017
JYU authors or editors
Publication details
All authors or editors: Mononen, Laura; Kujala, Tuomo
Journal or series: Systems Research and Behavioral Science
ISSN: 1092-7026
eISSN: 1099-1743
Publication year: 2024
Publication date: 28/05/2024
Volume: Early View
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Publication country: United States
Publication language: English
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/sres.3017
Publication open access: Openly available
Publication channel open access: Partially open access channel
Publication is parallel published (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/95459
Abstract
Systems thinking research confronts theoretical and empirical challenges, and new measures based on the cognitive sciences have been sought. In this paper, mental self-renewal is proposed as a suitable new theoretical construct for studying systems thinking. The objective was to construct and validate a psychometric scale of mental self-renewal (MSRS) and to investigate its associations with complex postformal thinking (CPFT), existing systems thinking scores (STSR) and visual remote associative thinking (vRAT). Data were collected by surveying 311 international designers. Exploratory factor analysis and correlative analyses indicate construct validity for a novel scale with 14 different factors that, when taken together, measure designer's mental self-renewal. The MSRS is a strong predictor of CPFT, whereas its correlation with STSR is weak. MSRS or CPFT did not predict performance in the vRAT test, while STSR did. In conclusion, MSRS can measure novel aspects of systems thinking; however, further research is necessary.
Keywords: systems thinking; thinking; creativity; development (active); renewal; measurement
Free keywords: complex postformal thinking; dynamical systems paradigm; embodied dynamism; mentalself-renewal; systems thinking; visual remote associates
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Ministry reporting: Yes
VIRTA submission year: 2024
Preliminary JUFO rating: 1
