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Take The Anxiety Test
Test your anxiety level - Most of us experience anxiety and worry about things at times, but at what point does it become excessive? This quick 10-question anxiety test can help you assess your level of anxiety and tendency to worry, so you can see if you're experiencing excessive levels of stress and anxiety.

Stress and Self Sabotage:Are You Creating Additional Mental Stress For Yourself?
Are you the victim of self sabotage? Sometimes we shoot ourselves in the foot by reacting to stress in ways that cause even more stress! The following are some of the most common ways that people unknowingly create mental and emotional stress in their own lives.

Quiz: Do You Have a "Type A" Personality? Take This Self Test To Find Out!
Do you have a Type A Personality? Take the Type A Personality Quiz from About's Stress Management Site and see if type a personality characteristics may be causing more stress in your life. Also, find more information about type a personality and resources for dealing with type a personality characteristics in yourself and others.

The Low-Stress Healthy Lifestyle Quiz
Take the Healthy Lifestyle Quiz, examine ten important areas of your life, and see if you're getting enough sleep, stressing too much at work, getting adequate exercise, and more. You'll find tips for every area of your life that are tailored to your situation so you can live a more healthy lifestyle today!

Take The Communication Skills Self Test
Communication skills have a significant impact on a relationship's stress level. Do you relate to others assertively, or do you cause unnecessary additional conflict and stress in your life with aggressive, passive or passive-aggressive styles of relating to others? Take the Communication Skills to find out!

Job Burnout Quiz: Assess Your Risk For Job Burnout
This job burnout self test is designed to analyze features of your job that may put you at a greater risk of job burnout, and assess your emotional state and feelings about your job, to let you know more about your job burnout risk. Assess your situation, and find resources for combating burnout.

Stress and Health Quiz: How Does Stress Affect Your Health?
You may have already learned from this site or other sources that stress can affect your health in a negative way, but do you know exactly how? This quiz is designed to test your knowledge, pique your interest, and inform you on the connection between stress and your body. Topics include cortisol, sleep deprivation, and other factors.

Quiz: Are You A Perfectionist?
Do you sometimes wonder if your desire for excellence crosses the line into perfectionism? This fifteen-question quiz can help you to better understand yourself, see the distinction between perfectionism and high achievement, and find out where your tendencies lie.

Balance Quiz: Are You Overscheduled?
Sometimes we tend to add so many activities to our schedules that our lives become imbalanced, overly stressful, and unhealthy. How can you tell if important areas of your life are suffering because you’ve taken on too much? This quiz can help you assess your lifestyle, see what might need changing, and find resources for change.

Stress Myths: Test Your Knowledge of Fact and Fiction--And Learn The Truth!
Can you really worry yourself sick? Can stress really make your hair fall out? Does stress make you fat? We all hear tales of the effects of stress, but which are stress myths and which are, in fact, true? This quick quiz can test your knowledge of the effects of stress, and give you the truth about stress myths and stress facts! It's a fun road to a healthier life.

How Happy Are You? The Happiness Assessment Test
Are you as happy as you could be? This test can assess your level of happiness, tell you how conducive to happiness your life is, and provide resources for specific changes to help you be more happy in your life. It's a quick and powerful tool for a better life.

Quiz: What Controls Your Life? Test Your Locus of Control
Regardless of whether you know what a locus of control is, it has a pretty major impact on your stress levels and the outcome of your life. Your locus of control impacts whether you believe in destiny or self control, whether you feel in empowered in your own life. This quiz can assess your locus of control and provide resources for a more empowered life.

Is Your Social Life An Asset or a Liability? Take The Social Assessment Test!
Social support can be a great buffer from stress! Unfortunately, relationships that are conflicted or ambivalent can actually cause more harm than good, and volatile friendships can actually be worse for you than your relationships with your enemies! Does your social life help or hurt you? This test can help you find out, and provide resources for positive change.

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