The purpose of this study was to develop a stress-related growth scale for athletes. The subjects were 627 Japanese athletes (male = 274, female = 353, mean age = 34.98, SD = 7.95). They were asked to answer a set of questionnaires including a face sheet and Stress-Related Growth Scale for Athletes (SRGSA) which was developed in this study. The result of exploratory factor analysis revealed a 3-factor solution with 15 items of the SRGSA. Each of the factors demonstrated acceptable internal consistency with Cronbach’s alpha reliability values ranging from 0.812 to 0.913. A confirmatory factor analysis indicated that the structural validity of the SRGSA showed acceptable fit indices (GFI = 0.950, AGIF = 0.927, CFI = 0.971, RMSEA = 0.057). These results suggested that the reliability and the validity of the SRGSA as a scale for assessing athletes’ stress-related growth was statistically satisfied. In future research, an investigation for athletic club members and junior athletes should be considered in order to confirm the structure of SRGSA.
