TrustBridge: Student Wellbeing Insight Tool
Investigating the role of epistemic trust and emotion regulation in predicting self-esteem and interpersonal relationships in students
Summary
My company, TrustBridge, is developing a student wellbeing insight tool to help educators and mental health professionals identify and support at-risk students with a data-driven approach that connects epistemic trust and emotion regulation patterns to measurable wellbeing outcomes.
Problem statement
Customers struggle with a lack of insight into how trust and emotional regulation affect students' self-esteem and relationships, which causes unaddressed psychological challenges that hinder academic performance and social development.
Solution
TrustBridge provides educators and mental health professionals with a research-backed digital assessment tool that measures students' epistemic trust and emotion regulation behaviors to predict risks to self-esteem and interpersonal relationships. The platform translates complex psychological data into actionable, easy-to-understand insights and early warning indicators, enabling timely and targeted interventions. By bridging the gap between academic research and real-world application, TrustBridge empowers schools to proactively support student mental health at scale.
Growth metric
The key metric to focus on is the number of students assessed and actively supported through the platform. To scale this metric to affect 1 million people, the company should partner with school districts and universities to integrate TrustBridge into existing student support frameworks and develop a scalable, low-cost digital assessment model that enables counselors to monitor and intervene across large student populations efficiently.