Dealing with students’ emotions: exploring trait EI theory in translator education

Figures & data

Figure 1. Timeline of the project.

Figure 2. The factors and facets of the TEIQue questionnaire used to evaluate a person's general emotional functioning (Source: Petrides 2023; see also Petrides 2009, 93).

Figure 3. Sample questions from the TEIQue questionnaire circulated to students via google forms.

Table 1. Results from the TEIQue questionnaire and global trait EI scores (C = Cronbach’s alpha [α]; SD = standard deviation [σ]).

Table 2. Results from the Exit Survey (ES).

	QUESTION	NU	NU SD	SU	SU SD	NU+SU
1	BEFORE THE PROJECT STARTED, how much importance would you have given to emotions in collective work such as the simulated translation project?	4	0.82	4.8	1.4	4.47
2	How helpful did you find seeing your cohort’s Trait EI profile before embarking on the simulated translation project? 2a. Please briefly justify your answer.	4.14	1.21	4.5	1.72	4.35
3	Did you sign up and attend any of the recommended wellbeing workshops? If so, please state which workshop you attended. 3a. If not, please say briefly why.	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
4	How much did you enjoy working in a simulated translation project as part of this module?	5.43	1.81	6.1	1.10	5.82
5	How much do you think you have learned working in a simulated translation project as part of this module?	6	1	5.4	1.43	5.65
6	How much do you think your own contributions helped with the success of your simulated translation project?	6.29	1.11	5.8	1.03	6
7	How much do you think the other group members’ contributions helped with the success of your simulated translation project?	5.14	2.41	6.1	1.1	5.71
8	How successful do you think you were in managing other group members’ emotions in your simulated translation project?	5	1.91	5.6	1.07	5.35
9	How successfully do you think you asserted yourself to others (i.e. making sure your side of the story was heard) in your simulated translation project?	6.29	0.95	6.4	0.84	6.35
10	How successfully do you think you created a good rapport with the other group members of your simulated translation project?	6.14	1.07	6	0.82	6.06
11	How successfully do you think you managed to understand the perspective of the other group members in your simulated translation project?	5.29	0.95	6	0.67	5.71
12	How easy do you think it was for you to acknowledge both your own feelings and those of the other group members in your simulated translation project?	4.71	1.38	5.5	1.08	5.18
13	How successfully do you think you managed to communicate your feelings to the other group members of your simulated translation project?	5.57	2.15	5.6	1.51	5.59
14	How successfully do you think you managed to stay in control of your emotions during the simulated translation project?	4	2.16	6	1.05	5.18
15	How successfully do you think you managed to take a step back to take the time to reflect on the situation despite the urge to react straight away when confronted with a crisis situation during the simulated translation project?	5.71	2.14	5.8	1.03	5.76
16	How successfully do you think you managed to cope with the pressure and regulate your own stress during the simulated translation project?	4.86	2.12	6	0.82	5.53
17	How successfully do you think you managed to keep yourself motivated and resist the urge to give up when faced with challenging situations during the simulated translation project?	6.43	0.79	5.9	1.1	6.12
18	How flexible and willing to adapt to changing circumstances do you think you proved yourself to be during the simulated translation project?	6.71	0.49	6	0.67	6.29
19	How much do you think discussing the role of emotions before starting work on the translation project helped you become more aware of the potential impact of YOUR OWN EMOTIONS on your contributions to the project?	5.14	1.86	4.7	1.34	4.88
20	How much do you think discussing the role of emotions before starting work on the translation project helped you become more aware of the potential impact of FELLOW TEAM MEMBERS’ emotions on your contributions to the project?	5.14	1.95	4.8	1.23	4.94
21	NOW THAT THE PROJECT IS FINISHED, how important a role do you think emotions play in a collective translation project such as the one you have just completed?	5.71	0.95	5.1	1.29	5.35
22	On balance, do you think that our raising awareness of the role of emotions as part of this project has helped you contribute more successfully to your translation agency?	5.29	1.6	5.1	1.29	5.18
23	On balance, do you think that our raising awareness of the role of emotions as part of this project has helped you reflect on your own emotions in any collaborative work situation and what this might mean for your future career ambitions?	5.71	0.76	5.7	1.06	5.71
24	Any other comments on emotions in simulated translation projects?	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

Petrides, K. V. 2023. Trait Emotional Intelligence (Trait EI). https://teique.com/about/theory

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