Parentification test: what it measures and how to interpret your score
Measure the impact of parent-child role reversal on your adult life.
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Articles on relationship psychology, CBT, well-being and personal development.
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Pathological Perfectionism Test: What It Measures and How to Read It
This test assesses pathological perfectionism across four dimensions: unrealistic standards, fear of mistakes, perfectionist procrastination and self-criticism.
Read the article →Perfectionism Test: What It Measures and How to Interpret Your Score
Examine your relationship with perfectionism across four dimensions: personal standards, fear of mistakes, doubts and social pressure.
Read the article →Performance Anxiety Test: What It Measures & How to Interpret Your Score
This test assesses key dimensions of performance anxiety: pressure to succeed, fear of failure, anxious procrastination, and social comparison tendencies.
Read the article →Performance Anxiety Test: What It Measures & How to Interpret Your Score
This test assesses performance anxiety dimensions: pressure to succeed, fear of failure, anxious procrastination, and social comparison tendencies.
Read the article →Performance Anxiety Test: What It Measures & How to Interpret Your Score
This test assesses performance anxiety dimensions: pressure to succeed, fear of failure, anxious procrastination, and social comparison tendencies.
Read the article →Performance Anxiety Test: what it measures and how to interpret your score
This test evaluates the dimensions of performance anxiety: pressure to succeed, fear of failure, anxious procrastination, and tendency toward social comparison.
Read the article →Personal Leadership Test: What It Measures and How to Read Your Score
A test to measure your personal leadership through vision, influence, decision-making and responsibility.
Read the article →Personality Disorders: Understanding the DSM-5's 10 Types Without Labeling
The DSM-5's 10 personality disorders (clusters A, B, C) explained simply. The difference between having traits and having a disorder — and why it changes everything.
Read the article →PTSD Test: What It Measures and How to Interpret Your Score
This test assesses the signs of post-traumatic stress: re-experiencing, avoidance, hyperarousal and negative trauma-related cognitions.
Read the article →Preemptive Abandonment: When Fear Drives You Away
Explore preemptive abandonment—a self-protective pattern rooted in fear of rejection. Discover CBT strategies to break this cycle and build secure relationships.
Read the article →Preemptive Abandonment: When Fear of Loss Makes You Quit
Imagine building a sandcastle, pouring your heart into it, visualizing the highest tower. But fear of loss makes you destroy it before it's finished.
Read the article →Professional Burnout Test: what it measures and how to interpret your score
This test evaluates the dimensions of burnout: emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, reduced sense of accomplishment, and workplace cynicism.
Read the article →Psychological Resilience Test: What It Measures and How to Read It
A test to assess your resilience through adaptation to change, optimism, social support and the search for meaning.
Read the article →Pyromania: What the DSM-5 Actually Says (and the Fragile Science)
Pyromania (impulse-control disorder, DSM-5): criteria, fascination with fire, and why its scientific basis is very limited. A cautious test, never a diagnosis.
Read the article →Fire-Setting Impulse (Pyromania) Test: What It Measures and How to Read It
Screening self-assessment for pyromania (fire fascination, tension, relief, absence of motive), inspired by DSM-5 criteria. Limited scientific basis.
Read the article →Relational Intelligence Test: What It Measures and How to Read Your Score
A test measuring your relational skills through listening, communication, conflict management and positive influence.
Read the article →Romantic Breakup Test: what it measures and how to interpret your score
This test measures the emotional impact of a romantic breakup and your ability to get through this ordeal. It explores romantic grief, post-breakup self-esteem, rumination, and your capacity to move forward.
Read the article →Schizoid Personality Test: what it measures and how to interpret your score
Test to identify schizoid personality traits. 20 questions based on DSM-5 clinical criteria.
Read the article →Schizotypal Personality: Signs, Test, and Its Place on the Spectrum
Schizotypal personality (DSM-5 cluster A): signs, the SPQ scale, and its place on the schizophrenia spectrum. A test to explore your tendencies — never a diagnosis.
Read the article →Over 2300 applied psychology articles
The Psychologie et Sérénité blog offers over 2300 articles written by Gildas Garrec, CBT Psychopractitioner. Each article is based on validated psychological models (Gottman, Young, attachment theory, CBT) to provide concrete keys to understanding.
Couple communication — Gottman's 4 horsemen, the 5:1 ratio, stonewalling, NVC
Attachment — Anxious, avoidant, disorganized styles, path to secure attachment
Emotional dependency — The 10 signs, self-assessment tests, CBT strategies
Ghosting & dating — Ghosting, breadcrumbing, curving, orbiting, zombieing
Manipulation — Gaslighting, control, narcissistic pervert, psychological violence
Infidelity — Understanding, forgiving, trauma bonding, reconstruction
Anxiety & stress — Relationship anxiety, burnout, rumination, insomnia
Jealousy — Pathological jealousy, retrospective, social media
Breakup & grief — The 7 stages, no contact, relationship PTSD
Couple & cohabitation — Moving in, arguments, libido, mental load
Parenting — Parental alienation, co-parenting, blended family
Young's schemas — 18 early schemas, cognitive distortions
Dating apps — Mental health impact, paradox of choice, dating fatigue
Mental health — When to consult, online therapy, CBT vs EMDR