Higher Education Teachers' Trait and State Emotions in Finland, 59 Participants

59 higher education teachers from seven Finnish universities reported their emotions before and after 185 teaching situations via smartphone app and survey. Data was collected as part of the THEwellbeing research project (2022–2026) by Liisa Postareff. Results showed a shift from activating emotions before teaching to deactivating emotions afterwards.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the relationship between trait-level teaching enjoyment and state-level emotional valence based on pre-teaching assessments.
• Modeling shifts in emotional arousal from before to after teaching situations based on experience sampling data.
• Investigating the association between trait-level teaching-related anxiety and state-level emotional valence before teaching.
• Comparing the prevalence of positive versus negative state emotions reported by teachers in higher education contexts.

Strengths

• Multi-method data collection combining experience sampling (185 teaching situations) and survey responses.
• Data from 59 teachers across seven distinct Finnish higher education institutions.
• Explicitly measures both trait-level emotions (enjoyment, anger, anxiety) and state-level emotional valence and arousal.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data is limited to 94.3 KB, indicating a small-scale, focused study.

Provenance

Source

figshare, authored by Liisa Postareff.

Collection Method

Data collected via smartphone app for experience sampling and an online survey.

Time Range

Part of the THEwellbeing project (2022–2026); specific collection period not stated.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-21 15:01:48; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Finland (teachers from seven Finnish research and applied universities).