The article introduces the Brief Resilience Scale (BRS), a new measure designed to assess the ability to bounce back or recover from stress. The authors, Bruce W. Smith, Jeanne Dalen, Kathryn Wiggins, Erin Tooley, Paulette Christopher, and Jennifer Bernard, highlight that previous resilience measures focus on resources that promote resilience rather than the ability to recover from stress. The BRS was tested in four samples: two student samples and samples of cardiac and chronic pain patients. The results show that the BRS is reliable and measures a unitary construct. It is related to personal characteristics, social relations, coping, and health, and is negatively related to anxiety, depression, negative affect, and physical symptoms when controlling for other resilience measures and factors like optimism, social support, and Type D personality. The BRS provides unique insights into resilience, particularly for individuals dealing with health-related stressors. The article concludes that the BRS is a valuable tool for assessing the ability to recover from stress and can offer important information about resilience in health contexts.The article introduces the Brief Resilience Scale (BRS), a new measure designed to assess the ability to bounce back or recover from stress. The authors, Bruce W. Smith, Jeanne Dalen, Kathryn Wiggins, Erin Tooley, Paulette Christopher, and Jennifer Bernard, highlight that previous resilience measures focus on resources that promote resilience rather than the ability to recover from stress. The BRS was tested in four samples: two student samples and samples of cardiac and chronic pain patients. The results show that the BRS is reliable and measures a unitary construct. It is related to personal characteristics, social relations, coping, and health, and is negatively related to anxiety, depression, negative affect, and physical symptoms when controlling for other resilience measures and factors like optimism, social support, and Type D personality. The BRS provides unique insights into resilience, particularly for individuals dealing with health-related stressors. The article concludes that the BRS is a valuable tool for assessing the ability to recover from stress and can offer important information about resilience in health contexts.