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Anxiety check-in

21 questions, about 5 minutes.

How much space worry is taking up right now, and where it shows up: mind, body, and sleep. Built on an established screening instrument, reviewed by licensed psychologists.

Anxiety

Screening, not diagnosis See the full test

Question 1 of 21

Over the last two weeks, how often have you felt nervous, anxious, or on edge?

Not at all Several days More than half the days Nearly every day

Answering takes you into the full test. Private, no account needed.

Burnout inventory

16 questions, about 4 minutes

Exhaustion, distance from your work, and what is still recovering you versus what is not.

Work and stress

Screening, not diagnosis Start

Attention and focus screener

18 questions, about 5 minutes

Where your attention holds and where it slips, across work, conversation, and daily follow-through.

Attention

Screening, not diagnosis Start

Sleep quality index

19 questions, about 5 minutes

How your nights are actually going: falling asleep, staying asleep, and how mornings feel.

Sleep

Screening, not diagnosis Start

Relationship patterns profile

25 questions, about 7 minutes

The patterns you bring to closeness and conflict, described without labels or verdicts.

Relationships

Self-reflection, not diagnosis Start

Stress load assessment

14 questions, about 4 minutes

What you are carrying across work, money, health, and home, and how heavy the total load is.

Stress

Screening, not diagnosis Start

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From question to clearer picture
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Step one

Take the test

Every assessment is built on established screening instruments and reviewed by licensed psychologists before it is published. A few minutes, at your pace.

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Step two

Read your results

Plain-language scores: what they measure, what they mean, and just as clearly, what they do not mean. Every range explained, nothing hidden.

Screening and self-reflection, not diagnosis.

Step three

Decide what is next

Guides and tools that fit your result. And if a result suggests it, the option to be introduced to a licensed therapist. Your call, always.

Your results are yours. Nothing is shared without consent.

Your results

Scores in plain language,
honest about their limits.

A score, a range, and what the range means

Every result shows where you landed, how the ranges are drawn, and what a score like yours often looks like in daily life.

What the result does not mean, stated plainly

Every result page says what it is not: not a diagnosis, not treatment, not a verdict on you. That line is never buried.

Next steps that fit, never a hard sell

A guide to read, a tool to try, and when a result suggests it, an introduction to a licensed therapist. You choose, or you close the tab.

Your result Complete

Anxiety check-in

21 questions. Completed July 2, 2026.

11 of 21 Moderate range

LowModerateElevated

Worry

Physical tension

Sleep impact

A score in this range often means anxiety is taking real energy, even if you are managing day to day. It is a signal worth listening to, not a verdict on who you are.

What this is not. Not a diagnosis, not a treatment plan, and not a substitute for talking with a licensed professional.

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Whatever you are carrying, understanding it comes first.

Free tests for anxiety, burnout, sleep, and attention. Results in plain language, tools that help, and a licensed therapist when you are ready.

How tests are built

Rigor you can read.

A test is only useful if you can trust how it was made. Here is how every assessment on psychology.com gets here.

Built on established instruments

Every test starts from established, validated screening instruments with published research behind them, adapted into plain language. We never invent a test from scratch.

Reviewed by licensed psychologists

A licensed psychologist reviews every question, every scoring rule, and every line of interpretation before an assessment is published, and again when it changes.

Scored transparently

Each results page shows how your score was calculated and where the ranges come from. No black boxes, no mystery percentiles.

Private, never sold

Your answers stay yours. We do not sell them, we do not use them for advertising, and no result is shared with anyone without your consent.

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Tools

Small tools for ordinary days.

Not everything needs a score. Three simple practices you can start right now, free, no account needed.

Worry log

Write a worry down, note what actually happened, and watch the gap between the two become its own kind of evidence.

Free. No account needed.

Values sorter

Sort a deck of value cards until the handful that actually drive your decisions rises to the top. Ten minutes, surprisingly clarifying.

Free. No account needed.

Sleep diary

Two minutes each morning. After two weeks you have a clearer picture of your nights than memory alone will ever give you.

Free. No account needed.

The library

Psychology, in plain language.

The reference shelf behind the tests: the field's ideas, conditions, and therapies, written carefully and reviewed before publishing.

Concepts

The ideas psychology thinks with, from attachment to cognitive load, explained without jargon.

Browse concepts

Conditions

What we actually know about anxiety, depression, ADHD, and the conditions people live with.

Browse conditions

Therapies

How the major approaches work, what a session looks like, and what the evidence says.

Browse therapies

AI and therapy

The definitive resource on AI in mental health care: reviews, statistics, laws, and honest limits.

Read the hub

New on psychology.com

The shelf keeps growing.

Recently published tests, plus the most used corners of the site.

When a result points to more

A licensed therapist, when you are ready.

Some results suggest talking with a professional. When you want that, we can introduce you to a licensed therapist, verified with the state licensing board. The introduction is not therapy, and it is never pushed.

Find a therapist

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Guides

Read before you decide.

What screening tests can and cannot tell you

Reviewed by a licensed psychologist. Updated July 2, 2026

How to choose a therapist

Reviewed by a licensed psychologist. Updated June 18, 2026

Reading your own results without catastrophizing

Plain help for the hour after a result. Updated May 29, 2026

All guides

The home of psychology.

Start with a questionyou already have.

Anxiety check-in

Burnout inventory

Attention and focus screener

Sleep quality index

Relationship patterns profile

Stress load assessment

From question to clearer picturein three steps.

Take the test

Read your results

Decide what is next

Scores in plain language,honest about their limits.

A score, a range, and what the range means

What the result does not mean, stated plainly

Next steps that fit, never a hard sell

Whatever you are carrying, understanding it comes first.

Rigor you can read.

Built on established instruments

Reviewed by licensed psychologists

Scored transparently

Private, never sold

Small tools for ordinary days.

Worry log

Values sorter

Sleep diary

Psychology, in plain language.

Concepts

Conditions

Therapies

AI and therapy

The shelf keeps growing.

Popular tests

By topic

AI and therapy

A licensed therapist, when you are ready.

Read before you decide.

What screening tests can and cannot tell you

How to choose a therapist

Reading your own results without catastrophizing

Start with a question
you already have.

From question to clearer picture
in three steps.

Scores in plain language,
honest about their limits.