dc.creator | Bernárdez Jiménez, Beatriz | es |
dc.creator | Durán Toro, Amador | es |
dc.creator | Parejo Maestre, José Antonio | es |
dc.creator | Juristo, Natalia | es |
dc.creator | Ruiz Cortés, Antonio | es |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-11-19T09:06:25Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-11-19T09:06:25Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2022 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Bernárdez Jiménez, B., Durán Toro, A., Parejo Maestre, J.A., Juristo, N. y Ruiz Cortés, A. (2022). Effects of Mindfulness on Conceptual Modeling Performance: a Series of Experiments. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, 48 (2), 432-452. | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0098-5589 | es |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/11441/102721 | |
dc.description.abstract | Context. Mindfulness is a meditation technique whose main goal is keeping the mind calm and educating attention by
focusing only on one thing at a time, usually breathing. The reported benefits of its continued practice can be of interest for Software
Engineering students and practitioners, especially in tasks like conceptual modeling, in which concentration and clearness of mind are
crucial. Goal. In order to evaluate whether Software Engineering students enhance their conceptual modeling performance after
several weeks of mindfulness practice, a series of three controlled experiments were carried out at the University of Seville during three
consecutive academic years (2013–2016) involving 130 students. Method. In all the experiments, the subjects were divided into two
groups. While the experimental group practiced mindfulness, the control group was trained in public speaking as a placebo treatment.
All the subjects developed two conceptual models based on a transcript of an interview, one before and another one after the
treatment. The results were compared in terms of conceptual modeling quality (measured as effectiveness, i.e. the percentage of
model elements correctly identified) and productivity (measured as efficiency, i.e. the number of model elements correctly identified per
unit of time). Results. The statistically significant results of the series of experiments revealed that the subjects who practiced
mindfulness developed slightly better conceptual models (their quality was 8.16% higher) and they did it faster (they were 46.67% more
productive) than the control group, even if they did not have a previous interest in meditation. Conclusions. The practice of
mindfulness improves the performance of Software Engineering students in conceptual modeling, especially their productivity.
Nevertheless, more experimentation is needed in order to confirm the outcomes in other Software Engineering tasks and populations. | es |
dc.description.sponsorship | Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad TIN2015–70560–R | es |
dc.description.sponsorship | Junta de Andalucía US–1264651 | es |
dc.description.sponsorship | Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades RTI2018–101204–B–C22 | es |
dc.description.sponsorship | Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades RTI2018- 101204–B–C21 | es |
dc.description.sponsorship | Junta de Andalucía P18–FR–2895 | es |
dc.format | application/pdf | es |
dc.format.extent | 21 | es |
dc.language.iso | eng | es |
dc.publisher | IEEE Computer Society | es |
dc.relation.ispartof | IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, 48 (2), 432-452. | |
dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | * |
dc.subject | Mindfulness | es |
dc.subject | Conceptual Modeling | es |
dc.subject | Experiment Replication | es |
dc.subject | Family of Experiments | es |
dc.subject | Software Engineering Education | es |
dc.title | Effects of Mindfulness on Conceptual Modeling Performance: a Series of Experiments | es |
dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article | es |
dcterms.identifier | https://ror.org/03yxnpp24 | |
dc.type.version | info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion | es |
dc.rights.accessRights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | es |
dc.contributor.affiliation | Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Lenguajes y Sistemas Informáticos | es |
dc.relation.projectID | TIN2015–70560–R | es |
dc.relation.projectID | US–1264651 | es |
dc.relation.projectID | RTI2018–101204–B–C22 | es |
dc.relation.projectID | RTI2018- 101204–B–C21 | es |
dc.relation.projectID | P18–FR–2895 | es |
dc.relation.publisherversion | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9084263 | es |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1109/TSE.2020.2991699 | es |
dc.journaltitle | IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering | es |
dc.publication.volumen | 48 | |
dc.publication.issue | 2 | |
dc.publication.initialPage | 432 | |
dc.publication.endPage | 452 | |
dc.contributor.funder | Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO). España | es |
dc.contributor.funder | Junta de Andalucía | es |
dc.contributor.funder | Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (MICINN). España | es |
dc.contributor.funder | Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (MICINN). España | es |
dc.contributor.funder | Junta de Andalucía | es |
dc.description.awardwinning | Premio Mensual Publicación Científica Destacada de la US. Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Informática | |