Could You Make It On Survivor II? Take queendom.com's New Resilience Test And Find Out!

MONTREAL, CANADA -- (INTERNET WIRE) -- 03/30/2001

The web's #1 Psychology and Mental Health site, queendom.com, has once again launched a powerful tool for self-insight and personal growth – The Hardiness Test. Just in time for the grand finale of Survivor II, you can find out if you have what it takes to make it through hard times!

Do You Endure…or Crumble?

Why do some people bounce back from seemingly insurmountable hardship, while others throw in the towel at the slightest sign of trouble? There is no simple answer to that question; the ability to recover from life's trials and tribulations – to "survive" – rests on a combination of coping skills and strategies. The professionally designed Resilience Test, which uses situational questions that anyone can relate to, evaluates how well you are able to pull through when the going gets tough. Along with an informative introduction, each test taker gets an analysis of their score and suggestions on how to build resilience.

What exactly is resilience? Trina St. Jean, creator of the test, says, "Resilience is not as cut and dry as it may seem. It is a combination of several different attitudes and coping strategies that we acquire through experiences and role models. And it's certainly not an either-you-have-it-or-you-don't type deal - many people survive horrible ordeals like war or extreme poverty, only to crumble to pieces from a smaller blow like losing a job. Our ability to bounce back varies throughout our lifetime, which is actually good news; it means we are all capable of developing stronger coping skills simply through conscious effort. This test was designed to point you in the right direction."

Other Ways to Test Your Personality and Career

Queendom offers a whole range of tools to explore personality characteristics and career aptitudes. In the personality tests section, visitors can gain insight into their psyche by taking the Assertiveness Test, Extroversion Test, Coping Skills, Type A Personality, Power Profile, Perfectionism Test – just to name a few. In the career tests section,, visitors will find the Aspiration Test, Time Management Test, Success Likelihood Test, Burnout Test, Sales Personality Test, Conflict Management, Leadership Test, Communication Skills…and many other valuable tools to give any career a boost. All of the tests are professionally developed by psychologists and include a detailed interpretation of the score.

Explore What Makes You Tick at Queendom.com

Personality and career are only one of the many topics explored on Queendom.com, the home of serious entertainment. Aside from being the leader in on-line psychological testing, queendom is the perfect place to learn about yourself and your relationships in a fun yet insightful way. In addition to the battery of 200 psychological tests, the site offers hundreds of free trivia quizzes and fun mind-games. But interactive entertainment is only the beginning of what you'll find at queendom. In La Chaise Longue and Sexpertise, therapists respond to posted questions. Queendom offers polls, surveys, informative articles, and more…all ways to learn and explore what it means to be human.

"When the Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going": Examples of Famous Survivors

• Lance Armstrong: Last year's winner of the Tour de France overcame cancer to triumph in a big way in the world of cycling.
• Victor Frankl: The world- renowned psychotherapist and author of "Man's Search for Meaning" survived imprisonment and the loss of his wife and family at Auschwitz.
• Oprah Winfrey: This TV mogul battled childhood abuse and poverty to become one the most adored (and richest) women in the US.
• Hellen Keller: Shut off from the world by a fever that left her deaf and blind at the age of 18 months, Keller went on to graduate from college, write 13 books and travel the world to speak about human rights issues.
• Nelson Mandela: After enduring twenty-seven years in prison for his fight against apartheid, Mandela won the Nobel Peace Prize and was elected President of South Africa.

Facts about queendom.com

• one of the top ranked Internet magazines, according to hot100.com poll
• ranked #1 Mental Health and Psychology site (PC Data Online)
• a leader and authority in online psychological testing
• one of the Top 50 Health sites
• one of the Top 10 Women sites
• one of the most linked-to websites in the world
• average of 1.2 million unique visits per month; breaking its own records since launch in 1996 - recently reached 50,000 visitors in one day
• 14,000 individual pages organized in four portals and four topic sections for ease of navigation
• Co-branded presence on AOL and AltaVista Canada, DiscoveryHealth.com, FX network and a number of other leading sites. Considerable media attention: magazines and journals (USA Today, New Woman, Wired, Men's Health, National Post, weekend edition of Wall Street Journal, and more); television and radio programs (.Com on CNBC and Bravo, Eros & Co., NetTalk of CBS, and many others).
• Used as a resource on numerous HR, government and educational sites
• Awards include LookSmart Editor's Choice, GoTo Editor's Choice, USA Today Hot Site, Sympatico's HealthyWay™ award, Health A to Z 5 Star Site, Starting Point Hot Site, NetGuide Gold Site, Mental Health Net Award.

For more information, contact Ilona Jerabek @ media@queendom.com