ABSTRACT
The Short Recovery and Stress Scale (SRSS) measure the recovery-stress state of an athlete multidimensionally with eight items on emotional, mental, physical, and overall levels. The SRSS was derived from the eight scales of the Acute Recovery and Stress Scale (ARSS) which were then grouped into the Short Recovery Scale and the Short Stress Scale and consist of several items each. The SRSS is an abridged version of the ARSS, which implies that the same changes during the development process that were made to the English ARSS were also applied to the English SRSS. The SRSS can be used in sport-scientific practice as well as in scientific research. In the sport-scientific practice, the SRSS offers differentiated information about the individual recovery-stress state of a person. The SRSS confirmed good homogeneity for the Short Recovery Scale and the Short Stress Scale regarding internal consistency for samples ES1 and ES2.
