Jan 2026· arXiv.org· Vol abs/2601.17658· 0 citations· 66 references
Computer Science
Abstract
Large-scale computational research on conspiracy theories has focused exclusively on believers'online behavior, leaving the harm experienced by those closest to them under-examined. This paper bridges this gap by analyzing 12747 stories from r/QAnonCasualties, an online support group for people who have ``lost''someone to conspiracy beliefs. We design a computational pipeline to extract fine-grained thematic traits from personal narratives and cluster them into six coherent radicalization personas, which we then link to the emotional toll reported by narrators via LLM-assisted emotion detection and regression modeling. We find that personas are meaningful predictors of specific emotional harms: radicalization perceived as a deliberate ideological choice is associated with anger and disgust, while personas marked by personal and cognitive collapse correspond to fear and sadness. This work provides an empirically grounded computational framework for understanding the relational harms of radicalization, opening new avenues for research into its wider social consequences.
This publication proposes a definition and a classification of agile software development approaches and analyses ten software development methods that can be characterized as being "agile" against the defined criterion.
P. Abrahamsson, O. Salo, Jussi Ronkainen et al.· arXiv.org· 727 citations· ⚡54
Consequences of happiness and unhappiness that are beneficial and detrimental for developers' mental well-being, the software development process, and the produced artifacts are found.
D. Graziotin, Fabian Fagerholm, Xiaofeng Wang et al.· Journal of Systems and Softw...· 236 citations· ⚡13
The Mobile-D approach is briefly outlined here and the experiences gained from four case studies are discussed, which helped develop an agile development approach for mobile application development.
P. Abrahamsson, Antti Hanhineva, H. Hulkko et al.· Conference on Object-Oriente...· 225 citations· ⚡18
GAOKAO-Bench is introduced, an intuitive benchmark that employs questions from the Chinese GAOKAO examination as test samples, including both subjective and objective questions that contribute a robust evaluation benchmark for future large language models and offers valuable insights into the advantages and limitations of such models.
Xiaotian Zhang, Chun-yan Li, Yi Zong et al.· arXiv.org· 216 citations· ⚡17
A study with 42 participants investigates the relationship between the affective states, creativity, and analytical problem-solving skills of software developers and offers support for the claim that happy developers are indeed better problem solvers in terms of their analytical abilities.
D. Graziotin, Xiaofeng Wang, P. Abrahamsson· PeerJ· 216 citations· ⚡13
This state-of-practice investigation was performed using a literature review followed by a multiple-case study approach and presents how inconsistency between managerial strategies and execution can lead to failure by means of a behavioral framework.
Carmine Giardino, Xiaofeng Wang, P. Abrahamsson· International Conference on...· 175 citations· ⚡19
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