Methodology control
Instrument Registry
Every assessment needs a visible development basis, rights decision, scoring rule, limitations statement and review status. “Original educational profile” is not presented as “validated” simply because it looks polished.
Assessment literacy
Read the evidence behind a test claim
The registry tells you what kind of instrument a page uses. These guides explain the psychometric terms that determine how much weight a score deserves.
Guide
Reliability vs Validity
Why a consistent score is not automatically a valid claim.
Read guide →GuidePersonality Test Accuracy
How self-report, model choice and evidence shape interpretation.
Read guide →GuideReasoning Tests vs IQ Tests
Why a narrow reasoning score should not be relabeled as full IQ.
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Implementation status and publication readiness are different
The catalogue covers the currently planned tests and assessments. Named clinical instruments and original concern checks remain visibly distinct. Public release still requires the evidence, item, bias, accessibility, privacy and reviewer checks described in this methodology.
| Product | Instrument / development basis | Rights basis | Status | Key limitation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Five Personality Test | IPIP Big-Five Factor Markers, 50 items | Public domain IPIP | Current working implementation | Five broad trait dimensions; possible-range display, not population percentile. |
| Introvert–Extrovert Test | IPIP Extraversion, 20 items | Public domain IPIP | Current working implementation | Broad continuum; no binary identity label. |
| Self-Esteem Test | Adapted Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, 10 items | Source scale public domain; wording adapted | Current working implementation | No universal discrete high/low cutoff; adaptation is not represented as identical to original validation studies. |
| Emotional Intelligence Test | DesperateMinds original educational self-report, 24 items | Original items | Development / evidence review | Measures perceived patterns, not objective emotional ability or a clinical “EQ.” |
| Core Values Test | DesperateMinds original educational profile, 24 items | Original items | Development / evidence review | Values reflection; not a validated vocational instrument. |
| Personal Strengths Profile | DesperateMinds original educational profile, 24 items | Original items | Development / evidence review | Distinct from CliftonStrengths, VIA and HIGH5. |
| Decision Style Profile | DesperateMinds original educational profile, 20 items | Original items | Development / evidence review | Process tendencies; does not predict decision accuracy. |
| Motivation Profile | DesperateMinds original educational profile, 24 items | Original items | Development / evidence review | Motivation sources are contextual and non-diagnostic. |
| Perfectionism Test | DesperateMinds original educational profile, 20 items | Original items | Development / evidence review | Separates standards from mistake concern, self-criticism and rigidity. |
| Procrastination Patterns Test | DesperateMinds original educational profile, 20 items | Original items | Development / evidence review | Does not diagnose ADHD, anxiety or depression. |
| People-Pleasing Test | DesperateMinds original educational profile, 20 items | Original items | Development / evidence review | Relationship pattern reflection; not an abuse or trauma assessment. |
| Learning Preferences Profile | DesperateMinds original educational profile, 24 items | Original items | Development / evidence review | Explicitly rejects fixed “learning style” and meshing claims. |
| Attachment Style Test | DesperateMinds original dimensional attachment profile, 16 items | Original items | Development / evidence review | Explores anxiety, avoidance, felt security and repair; no permanent four-box identity. |
| Relationship Needs Test | DesperateMinds original relationship-needs profile, 20 items | Original items | Development / evidence review | Not a proprietary Love Languages assessment; needs are contextual. |
| Communication Style Test | DesperateMinds original communication profile, 16 items | Original items | Development / evidence review | Communication tendencies are contextual and do not predict relationship success. |
| Conflict Style Test | DesperateMinds original conflict-and-repair profile, 16 items | Original items | Development / evidence review | No fixed conflict type; not an abuse or safety assessment. |
| Relationship Support Preferences Profile | DesperateMinds original support-preferences profile, 20 items | Original items | Development / evidence review | Deliberately distinct from proprietary Love Languages materials. |
| Relationship Health Check | DesperateMinds original relationship-wellbeing check, 20 items | Original items | Safety-gated development review | A score cannot establish safety; urgent/safety resources outrank monetization. |
| Boundaries Test | DesperateMinds original boundaries profile, 16 items | Original items | Development / evidence review | Educational reflection; not a diagnosis or substitute for a safety plan. |
| Trust in Relationships Test | DesperateMinds original trust profile, 16 items | Original items | Development / evidence review | Cannot prove whether another person is trustworthy or deceptive. |
| Jealousy Patterns Test | DesperateMinds original jealousy-patterns profile, 16 items | Original items | Development / evidence review | Cannot detect infidelity; control urges never justify coercion or monitoring. |
| Dating Patterns Test | DesperateMinds original dating-patterns profile, 20 items | Original items | Development / evidence review | Does not claim to reveal the single reason someone is single. |
| Relationship Compatibility Check | DesperateMinds original couples alignment profile, 20 items | Original items | Development / evidence review | No pass/fail verdict and no fake compatibility percentage. |
| Friendship Style Profile | DesperateMinds original friendship-patterns profile, 16 items | Original items | Development / evidence review | Educational social reflection; not a diagnostic social-functioning measure. |
| Emotional Availability Test | DesperateMinds original emotional-availability profile, 16 items | Original items | Development / evidence review | Does not diagnose attachment, trauma or avoidance disorders. |
| Relationship Readiness Test | DesperateMinds original readiness profile, 20 items | Original items | Development / evidence review | No pass/fail “ready/not ready” verdict; context matters. |
| Stress Level Test | Original DesperateMinds evidence-informed educational stress self-check; original items | Original items | Development / evidence review | A cardiac exercise stress test, a diagnosis of an anxiety disorder, or a substitute for medical or psychological evaluation |
| Burnout Test | Original DesperateMinds evidence-informed educational burnout check; original items; does not reproduce the Maslach Burnout Inventory | Original items | Development / evidence review | A diagnosis, an occupational fitness decision, or a substitute for assessment of depression, anxiety, sleep problems or medical causes of fatigue |
| Resilience Test | Original DesperateMinds evidence-informed educational resilience profile; original items | Original items | Development / evidence review | A prediction of who will cope well with trauma, a diagnosis, or proof that someone should handle adversity without support |
| Sleep Habits Test | Original DesperateMinds educational sleep-habits check; original items | Original items | Development / evidence review | Diagnosis of insomnia, sleep apnea, narcolepsy, circadian rhythm disorders or any other sleep disorder |
| Emotional Regulation Test | Original DesperateMinds evidence-informed educational emotion-regulation profile; original items | Original items | Development / evidence review | Diagnosis of a mood, personality, trauma or impulse-control disorder, or a substitute for therapy |
| Work–Life Balance Test | Original DesperateMinds educational work-life balance profile; original items | Original items | Development / evidence review | An employment fitness decision, productivity rating, or proof that an individual can solve structural workplace problems alone |
| Loneliness Test | Original DesperateMinds educational loneliness self-check; original items; does not reproduce the UCLA Loneliness Scale | Original items | Development / evidence review | Diagnosis of depression, social anxiety or another condition, or a judgment about how many relationships a person “should” have |
| Anger Response Test | Original DesperateMinds educational anger-response profile; original items | Original items | Development / evidence review | Diagnosis of an anger disorder, prediction of violence, or a substitute for urgent help when someone may be at risk |
| Mindfulness Habits Test | Original DesperateMinds educational mindfulness-habits profile; original items | Original items | Development / evidence review | A measure of enlightenment, a diagnosis, or proof that mindfulness is the right strategy for every person or problem |
| Digital Wellbeing Check | Original DesperateMinds educational digital-wellbeing check; original items | Original items | Development / evidence review | Diagnosis of “phone addiction,” internet gaming disorder or another behavioral addiction |
| Verbal Reasoning Test | Original 16-item verbal reasoning task: analogies, inference, classification, meaning in context | Original items | Current educational implementation | English-language familiarity affects performance; task score is not an employment norm or IQ percentile. |
| Numerical Reasoning Test | Original 16-item numerical reasoning task: sequences, ratios, arithmetic, quantitative logic | Original items | Current educational implementation | Not a standardized employment or academic aptitude test; calculator use changes the construct sampled. |
| Logical Reasoning Test | Original 16-item formal reasoning task: deduction, conditionals, ordering, consistency | Original items | Current educational implementation | Short task; no population norms or formal IQ interpretation. |
| Spatial Reasoning Test | Original 16-item spatial task using rotation, orientation, mirror and transformation problems | Original items / original lightweight visuals | Current educational implementation | Not a neuropsychological or standardized spatial-ability instrument. |
| Pattern Recognition Test | Original 16-item pattern task using number, symbol, letter and matrix rules | Original items | Current educational implementation | Not Raven’s Progressive Matrices; no proprietary Raven items or population percentile. |
| Working Memory Test | Original forward/reverse digit-span-style browser task | Original task implementation | Current educational implementation | Brief task only; not a dementia screen, ADHD diagnosis or clinical working-memory index. |
| Processing Speed Test | Original fixed 60-second same/different comparison task | Original task implementation | Current educational implementation | Device, screen, latency, motor speed and input method can materially affect the result. |
| Cognitive Flexibility Test | Original color/shape rule-switching task informed by task-switching paradigms | Original task implementation | Current educational implementation | Not NIH Toolbox DCCS or a clinical executive-function assessment. |
| Depression Screen (PHQ-9) | Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), standard 9-item symptom screen | Pfizer / PHQ Screeners; use subject to applicable terms | Educational implementation; independent clinical review required before use as a clinical service | 0–27 symptom score with established severity ranges. Screening is not diagnosis. Any positive self-harm/death-thought response triggers safety guidance and needs fuller follow-up. |
| Postpartum Depression Screen (PHQ-9) | Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), standard 9-item depression screen used with postpartum-specific interpretation | Pfizer / PHQ Screeners; Pfizer states PHQ tools can be downloaded without a formal permission request when applicable terms are met. ACOG includes PHQ-9 as a perinatal depression screening option. | Educational implementation; postpartum adults 18+; independent perinatal clinical review required before use as a clinical service | 0–27 PHQ-9 score with established severity ranges plus the standard unscored functional-impact question. Postpartum context is added to interpretation and routing; the scored items and scoring are not modified. The page does not claim to detect postpartum psychosis. |
| Anxiety Screen (GAD-7) | Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item scale (GAD-7), standard 7-item symptom screen | Pfizer / PHQ Screeners; Pfizer has stated GAD-7 is available without copyright restriction and at no charge; use remains subject to applicable source terms | Educational implementation; independent clinical review required before use as a clinical service | 0–21 symptom score with established 0–4, 5–9, 10–14, and 15–21 severity ranges. Screening is not diagnosis; functional impact and clinical context still matter. |
| Adult ADHD Screen (ASRS v1.1) | Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale v1.1, 6-question Screener | Official ASRS site states the 6-question v1.1 screener is free to use without formal permission; citation and copyright notice required. Other ASRS forms have separate permission rules. | Educational implementation; independent clinical review and current rights verification required before use as a clinical service | Uses the official 2024 0–24 scoring update: 0–9 low negative, 10–13 high negative, 14–17 low positive, 18–24 high positive. Screening is not diagnosis; adult ADHD evaluation requires developmental history and impairment assessment. |
| PTSD Screen (PC-PTSD-5) | Primary Care PTSD Screen for DSM-5 (PC-PTSD-5), opening trauma-exposure item plus 5 Yes/No symptom items | U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs National Center for PTSD; public domain and not copyrighted | Educational implementation; independent clinical review required before use as a clinical service | Uses the VA public self-screen interpretation of 3+ Yes responses as a reason for follow-up. Professional guidance notes that other cut-points may be chosen depending on population and screening purpose. Screening is not diagnosis. |
| Psychosis Risk Screen (PQ-B) | Prodromal Questionnaire–Brief Version (PQ-B), 21 Yes/No items with a 1–5 distress follow-up for each endorsed item | © University of California 2010; UCSF Loewy Lab states listed PQ versions are free for research, clinical purposes, and EHR platforms as long as users are not charged per use | Educational implementation; adults 18–35; independent clinical review required before use as a clinical service | Total score 0–21 and distress score 0–105. Original help-seeking validation used 3+ total or 6+ distress as follow-up thresholds. First-stage screen only; not a diagnosis or prediction of psychosis. |
| Child Mental Health Screen (PSC-17 Parent) | Pediatric Symptom Checklist — 17-item Parent form (PSC-17) | Massachusetts General Hospital provides the PSC forms, scoring instructions, and free online versions; commercial online reproduction requires confirmation of the applicable terms or permission. | Educational implementation; parent/caregiver completed for ages 4–17; independent clinical review and rights verification required before use as a clinical service | Total score 0–34; recommended overall follow-up threshold ≥15. Internalizing ≥5, attention ≥7, and externalizing ≥7 are published subscale thresholds. Broad psychosocial screen only; not a diagnosis. |
| Youth Mental Health Screen (PSC-Y) | Pediatric Symptom Checklist — Youth Report (PSC-Y), 35-item English self-report form | Massachusetts General Hospital provides the PSC-Y form, scoring guidance, and links to free online versions; current commercial online reproduction requires confirmation of the applicable terms or permission. | Educational implementation; ages 11–17 self-report; independent clinical review, rights verification, and youth-safeguarding review required before launch | Total score 0–70; English youth recommended overall follow-up cutoff ≥30. Common attention ≥7, internalizing ≥5, and externalizing ≥7 subscale thresholds. Broad psychosocial screen only; not a diagnosis or suicide-risk assessment. |
| Eating Disorder Concerns Check | Symptom-focused adaptation based on EDDS-5 items 1–18, PhenX protocol 120602 | PhenX lists the protocol as freely available and says permission is not required for use; current production terms still receive a final review | Educational implementation; adults 18+; independent eating-disorder clinical review required before public release | Omits weight, height, highest weight, sex, and age items and does not run the EDDS-5 diagnostic algorithm. The 0–6 concern-area summary is descriptive, not a validated cutoff. |
| Substance Use Risk Check (TAPS) | Tobacco, Alcohol, Prescription medication, and other Substance use Tool (TAPS-1 + TAPS-2), NIDA Clinical Trials Network | AHRQ Integration Academy lists TAPS terms of use as public domain; final production source/version review still required | Integrated educational implementation; adults 18+; independent clinical review required before use as a clinical service | Adaptive two-stage pathway. Any TAPS-1 response above Never opens the corresponding TAPS-2 branch. Substance-specific scores are 0–3 for tobacco/drug classes and 0–4 for alcohol; no combined addiction score is created. |
| Gambling Risk Screen (PGSI) | Problem Gambling Severity Index (PGSI), 9-item past-year gambling-risk and harm index | Ferris & Wynne / Canadian Problem Gambling Index; wording and scoring publicly documented by the UK Gambling Commission. Commercial/digital reproduction basis must be documented before production. | Educational implementation; adults 18+; independent clinical review and final rights verification required before public release | 0–27 total. Established categories: 0, 1–2, 3–7, 8–27. Population screening/index measure, not a Gambling Disorder diagnosis. The current pathway supersedes the earlier 3-item BBGS development version. |
| Bipolar & Mood Elevation Concerns Check | DesperateMinds original 24-item evidence-informed concern check; domain coverage informed by NIMH clinical descriptions of manic/hypomanic features, spanning elevated activation, reduced sleep/pace, fast thoughts/speech, impulsivity/risk, irritability, and episode change/impact | Original DesperateMinds wording. MDQ remains permission-gated; this build does not reproduce MDQ items or claim MDQ validation. | Educational implementation; adults 18+; independent clinical review required before use as a clinical service | Descriptive six-domain profile only. No diagnostic cutoff, no probability of bipolar disorder, and no medication advice. |
| OCD Concerns & Patterns Check | DesperateMinds original 24-item evidence-informed concern check; domain coverage informed by NIMH descriptions of obsessions, compulsions, avoidance, and interference, spanning intrusive thoughts, checking/responsibility, contamination/cleaning, ordering/just-right experiences, rituals/reassurance, and burden/interference | Original DesperateMinds wording. This build deliberately does not reproduce OCI-R/OCI-4, DOCS, FOCI, Y-BOCS, or another named OCD instrument while commercial/digital rights remain unresolved. | Educational implementation; adults 18+; independent OCD-specialist review required before public release | Descriptive six-domain profile only. It cannot diagnose OCD or distinguish OCD from other causes of intrusive thoughts, rituals, avoidance, or rigidity. |
| Social Anxiety Concerns & Avoidance Check | DesperateMinds original 24-item evidence-informed concern check; domain coverage informed by NIMH descriptions of scrutiny/evaluation fear, avoidance, physical anxiety, and interference, spanning interaction fear, performance/scrutiny, negative evaluation, avoidance/safety behaviors, physical anxiety, and interference | Original DesperateMinds wording. This build deliberately does not reproduce SPIN/Mini-SPIN, SIAS/SPS, LSAS, or another named social-anxiety scale while commercial/digital rights remain unresolved. | Educational implementation; adults 18+; independent clinical review required before use as a clinical service | Descriptive six-domain profile only. It does not diagnose social anxiety disorder or distinguish it from introversion, autism, panic, trauma, depression, or other conditions. |