Evidence-Based Quizzes
Every quiz here is based on real research — Maslach burnout scales, Likert-style assessments, validated instruments from the last 5 years. With citations and resources so you can read for yourself.
Because you deserve more than "which type of mom are you based on your coffee order."
5 questions · Likert scale · Evidence-based · Takes 2 minutes
1. How often do you feel emotionally exhausted by your caregiving responsibilities?
2. How often do you feel like you have nothing left to give at the end of the day?
3. How often do you feel detached or disconnected from your children or partner?
4. How often do you feel like your efforts go unnoticed or unappreciated?
5. How often do you feel like you've lost your sense of self outside of being a mom?
8 questions · Likert scale · Evidence-informed · Takes 3 minutes
It is okay that you were taught to be nice. It is okay that you are easy to get along with and genuinely flexible. The goal is not to become difficult — it is to know when you are uncomfortable before you have already said yes three times.
1. When someone asks you for a favor you really don't want to do, what do you usually do?
2. How do you feel when someone is visibly upset or disappointed with you?
3. When you disagree with someone in a group setting, what do you do?
4. How often do you apologize even when you're not sure you did anything wrong?
5. When you set a boundary and someone pushes back, what happens?
6. How much of your energy goes toward managing other people's emotions?
7. When you do something for yourself — a solo trip, a night out, time alone — how do you feel?
8. How do you handle it when someone gives you a compliment?
Based on attachment theory (Bowlby, 1969; Hazan & Shaver, 1987). Identify your attachment style and how it shows up in your relationships — romantic, parental, and friendships.
Hazan, C., & Shaver, P. (1987). Romantic love conceptualized as an attachment process. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 52(3), 511–524.
Adapted from Daminger (2019) cognitive labor research. Measure the mental load you carry — anticipating, identifying, deciding, monitoring — and see how it compares.
Daminger, A. (2019). The cognitive dimension of household labor. American Sociological Review, 84(4), 609–633.
Adapted from Abidin's Parenting Stress Index (PSI). Identify sources of stress in the parent-child relationship and get connected with targeted resources.
Abidin, R. R. (1995). Parenting Stress Index (3rd ed.). Psychological Assessment Resources.