Clinical Scientist researching how #software #developers can cope and thrive through stressful circumstances. Expertise in #stress, #anxiety, cognitive-behavioral change and interventions, measurement, and experimental methods. Clinical Psychology PhD.
#psychology #science #research
How can we reduce #code review anxiety? Our intervention reduced code review anxiety, increased self-efficacy, & increased self-compassion. Our intervention, which focused on cognitive restructuring (where folks identify, challenge, & reframe negatively biased thoughts to be more realistic and compassionate), likely worked by increasing folks’ self-efficacy & self-compassion.
Summary: https://mastodon.social/@CSLee/112281177521690736
Full Paper: https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/8k5a4
"What leads to #code review anxiety? Our model shows that we can intervene on code review anxiety by targeting the cost bias (when we overestimate the "cost" of a negative outcome) and anxiety self-efficacy (our belief in our ability to tolerate and manage anxiety), with anxiety self-efficacy being the strongest contributor to code review anxiety."
Summary: https://mastodon.social/@CSLee/112281177521690736
Full Paper: https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/8k5a4
I keep forgetting to post about this; My newest EngBlobs science comic, based on a study by @grimalkina , myself, and @KFosterMarks is live! If you've ever felt like the blue blob in this frame, this one's for you! Check out the full comic here (you can download a pdf version with a11y text here too): https://www.pluralsight.com/resources/blog/leadership/ai-skill-threat-thriving-blobs-comic
Shameless Re-Plug: If you experience anxiety about giving or receiving code reviews, sign up for my FREE code review anxiety workshop (held over zoom)! Tis part of a research study I am conducting and we will go over evidence based strategies for managing code review anxiety taken from clinical psychology (I'm a clinical psychologist). Sign up here: https://bit.ly/code-review-notification
