Child wellbeing and parental beliefs

The project aims to explore parents beliefs about their children’s socio-emotional wellbeing, focusing on non-cognitive or character skills, which are less observable compared to cognitive skills measurable through school outcomes. These character skills are increasingly recognized as crucial for various life outcomes. The research investigates how parental beliefs shift with new information, aiming to identify effective interventions to correct inaccurate beliefs and enhance children’s wellbeing and theory of mind. The study address whether parents’ beliefs align with their children’s self-reported wellbeing, the differences between parents’ first-order and second-order beliefs about their children's feelings, and how these beliefs change when parents are informed about the discrepancies between their perceptions and their children’s reports.