Mirella L Stroink
Biographic Data
| ID | 6284708 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mirella L Stroink |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mirella L |
| FAMILY NAME | Stroink |
| SIGNATURE | STROINK M L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Lakehead University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8311-0939 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 20 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Intolerance of Ambiguity Mediates the Links Between Systems Thinking With Dichotomous Thinking and Attributional Complexity in a Canadian Sample
Dichotomous thinking is often employed to break down and simplify wicked problems (e.g., climate change) arising from complex adaptive systems (CASs). However, these dilemmas display emergent properties that cannot be reduced to the individual systemic parts. In contrast, systems thinking is considered to be essential in understanding the behaviour of CASs. The capacity to work with the ambiguity of CASs and wicked problems has been posited to be…
Posthumanism and Human Rights Psychology – Opportunities for Advancing Rights for Nonhumans
The planet’s ecological and environmental crisis is a pressing global challenge. We argue that the dual objectives of human rights and well-being for humans and rights for nonhumans involving prioritizing the natural ecological space, need not be seen as separate goals. Both can be achieved by building on a rights-based approach informed by the tradition of human rights. Rights for nonhumans are an extension of, and not a displacement for, the si…
Interpreting human rights as the social psychological phenomenon of rights claiming
In the last 5 years, the intersection between psychology and human rights has become more evident, with influential international, national and local human rights institutions, including the American Psychological Association, issuing reports and resolutions on the topic. Within jurisprudence, human rights are less of a legalistic regulatory enactment and more of what social psychologists refer to as injunctive norms. We argue that conceptualisin…
Exploring the ecotone of critical food studies in Community Psychology
The acquisition and consumption of food plays a major role in human well-being. It shapes culturally significant symbols, social ties and practices, and relationships with natural environments. The dominant food system is global, and capitalist in nature, and has led to many challenges in respect to equity and sustainability. In this chapter, we introduce the interdisciplinary and emerging field of food studies and put it into conversation with C…
Biospheric Values Predict Ecological Cooperation in a Commons Dilemma Scenario
In ecological commons dilemma research, environmental values tend to be treated as a monolith. However, environmental values vary and they do not equally predict proenvironmental behavior. In this study, we investigated the impact of three kinds of proenvironmental values (egoistic, altruistic, and biospheric) on competitive and cooperative behavior in a hypothetical ecological commons dilemma scenario. Two hundred Canadian undergraduate students…
The Problem of Overpopulation
Human overpopulation continues to be a pressing problem for the health and viability of the environment, which impacts the survival and well-being of human populations. Limiting the number of offspring one produces or deciding to remain child-free may be viewed as a proenvironmental behavior (PEB) that can significantly reduce one's carbon footprint. Nonetheless, few researchers have examined the relations between environmental concerns, reported…
Within-Culture Differences in Self-Construal, Environmental Concern, and Proenvironmental Behavior
A substantial amount of research has employed Stern and Dietz's (1994) value-belief-norm theory in examining environmental concern. As useful as this model has been, it fails to take into account important personal and social factors, such as self-perception and culture, relevant to understanding environmental concern. The objective of the present research was to test a more comprehensive model of concern introduced by Arnocky, Stroink, and DeCic…
Addiction and the adaptive cycle
This paper explores addiction through the lens of complex adaptive systems theory, as an emergent, non-linear phenomenon that undergoes cyclical patterns of stability and change. Particularly, an addiction is a behavioural pattern that emerges through the dynamic interactions of numerous variables operating both within the individual and in the environment. Furthermore, we argue that an addiction moves through the four phases of the adaptive cycl…
Environmental concern and fertility intentions among Canadian university students
Culture, religion, and the underlying value dimensions of the metapersonal self-construal
The metapersonal self-construal (MPS) is presented in the context of a three-factor model of self-construal that is grounded in the literature on culture and values. The MPS is an understanding of the self as profoundly interconnected with all humanity and nature. It is distinct from the independent and interdependent self-construals and may emerge from one's cultural, religious, or spiritual background. Relating self-construal with a structural …
An Investigation of the Relationships Among SelfConstrual, Emotional Intelligence, and Well-Being
This study aims to further investigate the convergent validity of the recently-proposed metapersonal model and measure of self-construal, and to emphasize the discriminant validity of the metapersonal self-construal as a distinct construct, capturing a unique aspect of self-construal separate from either interdependent or independent aspects. The study looked at two questions: (1) Does the metapersonal self-construal predict higher emotional inte…
Processes and preconditions underlying terrorism in second-generation immigrants
The purpose of this article is to encourage empirical research on the precursors and processes underlying terrorism in second-generation immigrants. While the Western-born children of immigrants may be at no greater risk of terrorism overall, their strategic significance as a resource for violent groups makes it important for researchers to understand the factors that may lead even a small number of these individuals to terrorism. Existing litera…
Representations and Preferences of Responses to Housing and Employment Discrimination
In two studies, the behavioral preferences of majority (White) and visible minority (non-White) individuals in response to a hypothetical situation of discrimination were examined. In addition, the characteristics and dimensions perceived to relate to these behaviors were also examined. In the first study, 120 primarily White undergraduate students first rated the likelihood of engaging in each of 14 behaviors in response to a situation of discri…
Environmental concern and fertility intentions among Canadian university students
Processes and preconditions underlying terrorism in second-generation immigrants
The purpose of this article is to encourage empirical research on the precursors and processes underlying terrorism in second-generation immigrants. While the Western-born children of immigrants may be at no greater risk of terrorism overall, their strategic significance as a resource for violent groups makes it important for researchers to understand the factors that may lead even a small number of these individuals to terrorism. Existing litera…
Representations and Preferences of Responses to Housing and Employment Discrimination
In two studies, the behavioral preferences of majority (White) and visible minority (non-White) individuals in response to a hypothetical situation of discrimination were examined. In addition, the characteristics and dimensions perceived to relate to these behaviors were also examined. In the first study, 120 primarily White undergraduate students first rated the likelihood of engaging in each of 14 behaviors in response to a situation of discri…
Representations and Preferences of Responses to Housing and Employment Discrimination
In two studies, the behavioral preferences of majority (White) and visible minority (non-White) individuals in response to a hypothetical situation of discrimination were examined. In addition, the characteristics and dimensions perceived to relate to these behaviors were also examined. In the first study, 120 primarily White undergraduate students first rated the likelihood of engaging in each of 14 behaviors in response to a situation of discri…
Processes and preconditions underlying terrorism in second-generation immigrants
The purpose of this article is to encourage empirical research on the precursors and processes underlying terrorism in second-generation immigrants. While the Western-born children of immigrants may be at no greater risk of terrorism overall, their strategic significance as a resource for violent groups makes it important for researchers to understand the factors that may lead even a small number of these individuals to terrorism. Existing litera…
An Investigation of the Relationships Among SelfConstrual, Emotional Intelligence, and Well-Being
This study aims to further investigate the convergent validity of the recently-proposed metapersonal model and measure of self-construal, and to emphasize the discriminant validity of the metapersonal self-construal as a distinct construct, capturing a unique aspect of self-construal separate from either interdependent or independent aspects. The study looked at two questions: (1) Does the metapersonal self-construal predict higher emotional inte…
Culture, religion, and the underlying value dimensions of the metapersonal self-construal
The metapersonal self-construal (MPS) is presented in the context of a three-factor model of self-construal that is grounded in the literature on culture and values. The MPS is an understanding of the self as profoundly interconnected with all humanity and nature. It is distinct from the independent and interdependent self-construals and may emerge from one's cultural, religious, or spiritual background. Relating self-construal with a structural …
Environmental concern and fertility intentions among Canadian university students
Addiction and the adaptive cycle
This paper explores addiction through the lens of complex adaptive systems theory, as an emergent, non-linear phenomenon that undergoes cyclical patterns of stability and change. Particularly, an addiction is a behavioural pattern that emerges through the dynamic interactions of numerous variables operating both within the individual and in the environment. Furthermore, we argue that an addiction moves through the four phases of the adaptive cycl…
Within-Culture Differences in Self-Construal, Environmental Concern, and Proenvironmental Behavior
A substantial amount of research has employed Stern and Dietz's (1994) value-belief-norm theory in examining environmental concern. As useful as this model has been, it fails to take into account important personal and social factors, such as self-perception and culture, relevant to understanding environmental concern. The objective of the present research was to test a more comprehensive model of concern introduced by Arnocky, Stroink, and DeCic…
The Problem of Overpopulation
Human overpopulation continues to be a pressing problem for the health and viability of the environment, which impacts the survival and well-being of human populations. Limiting the number of offspring one produces or deciding to remain child-free may be viewed as a proenvironmental behavior (PEB) that can significantly reduce one's carbon footprint. Nonetheless, few researchers have examined the relations between environmental concerns, reported…
Exploring the ecotone of critical food studies in Community Psychology
The acquisition and consumption of food plays a major role in human well-being. It shapes culturally significant symbols, social ties and practices, and relationships with natural environments. The dominant food system is global, and capitalist in nature, and has led to many challenges in respect to equity and sustainability. In this chapter, we introduce the interdisciplinary and emerging field of food studies and put it into conversation with C…
Biospheric Values Predict Ecological Cooperation in a Commons Dilemma Scenario
In ecological commons dilemma research, environmental values tend to be treated as a monolith. However, environmental values vary and they do not equally predict proenvironmental behavior. In this study, we investigated the impact of three kinds of proenvironmental values (egoistic, altruistic, and biospheric) on competitive and cooperative behavior in a hypothetical ecological commons dilemma scenario. Two hundred Canadian undergraduate students…
Interpreting human rights as the social psychological phenomenon of rights claiming
In the last 5 years, the intersection between psychology and human rights has become more evident, with influential international, national and local human rights institutions, including the American Psychological Association, issuing reports and resolutions on the topic. Within jurisprudence, human rights are less of a legalistic regulatory enactment and more of what social psychologists refer to as injunctive norms. We argue that conceptualisin…
Posthumanism and Human Rights Psychology – Opportunities for Advancing Rights for Nonhumans
The planet’s ecological and environmental crisis is a pressing global challenge. We argue that the dual objectives of human rights and well-being for humans and rights for nonhumans involving prioritizing the natural ecological space, need not be seen as separate goals. Both can be achieved by building on a rights-based approach informed by the tradition of human rights. Rights for nonhumans are an extension of, and not a displacement for, the si…
Intolerance of Ambiguity Mediates the Links Between Systems Thinking With Dichotomous Thinking and Attributional Complexity in a Canadian Sample
Dichotomous thinking is often employed to break down and simplify wicked problems (e.g., climate change) arising from complex adaptive systems (CASs). However, these dilemmas display emergent properties that cannot be reduced to the individual systemic parts. In contrast, systems thinking is considered to be essential in understanding the behaviour of CASs. The capacity to work with the ambiguity of CASs and wicked problems has been posited to be…
Psychology (13 works) · Social Psychology (10 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Cultural Differences and Values (5 works) · Environmental Education and Sustainability (5 works) · Behavioral Health and Interventions (4 works) · Biology (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Social and Intergroup Psychology (4 works)