The Recovery Experience Questionnaire: Development and Validation of a Measure for Assessing Recuperation and Unwinding From Work
The Recovery Experience Questionnaire: Development and Validation of a Measure for Assessing Recuperation and Unwinding From Work is a journal article by Sabine Sonnentag, Charlotte Fritz (2007), published in Journal of Occupational Health Psychology. IX Coach's practice library cites it in 8 practices across 7 concepts; each one is listed below, so you can see exactly where this journal article is put to use.
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Practices on IX Coach that cite The Recovery Experience Questionnaire
- Design transitions between tasks, not just the tasks themselves
Build a brief transition ritual between tasks — a 5-minute buffer — so residue dissipates before the next task begins.
Attention Residue: Why Switching Tasks Costs More Than You Think
- Stop work at a consistent time every day
A firm daily end time forces prioritization and protects the recovery that creativity requires.
Daily Rituals: How Creative People Structure Their Days
- Practice deliberate psychological disengagement from performance
Recovery is not just physical — the mind must also disengage from performance thinking for recovery to be complete.
Deliberate Recovery: Making Rest a Performance Practice
- Use the unschedule: schedule leisure before work
Block out guaranteed leisure and social time first, then fit work into what remains.
The Now Habit, Made Practical
- Check email once more before shutdown — then close it
Do a final pass through email to confirm nothing urgent arrived late, then close the app and leave it closed.
The Shutdown Ritual, Made Practical
- Follow shutdown with a clear transition activity
Immediately after the shutdown phrase, do something non-work-related to mark the transition.
- Schedule deliberate recovery intervals throughout the day
Treat recovery periods not as laziness but as physiological necessity — the nervous system rebuilds resilience during recovery, not during effort.
The Resilience Bank Account, Made Practical
- Oscillate deliberately between full engagement and full recovery
Treat disengagement between performances as a skill to develop, not an indulgence to manage.
The Ideal Performance State, Made Practical
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