Objective       To determine the effects of resilience training on military medical students’ positive and negative emotions

emotion regulation strategies and resilience.       Methods       A total of 312 medical students were surveyed by Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC)

Positive and Negative Affect Scale (PANAS) and Emotion Regulation Scale (ERQ). From them

30 students with high resilience and 30 with low resilience were obtained. These students were further randomly assigned into experimental group to receive r

esilience training (n=15)

and control group without training (n=15). The changes of resilience

positive and negative emotions and emotion regulation styles after training were compared between the 2 groups.       Results      Compared with our former test results

the total scores of resilience

positive emotion and cognitive reappraisal of low resilience experimental group were increased significantly (

P

0.05)

and the scores of negative emotion and expression inhibition were significantly reduced (

P

0.05). The positive emotions of high resilience experimental group were significantly increased (

P

0.05)

and negative emotion and expression inhibition scores were significantly reduced (

P

0.05). Compared with the former test

there was no significant difference in the scores of resilience

positive and negative emotions and emotion regulation strategies between the high and low resilience control groups (

P

0.05).       Conclusion       Resilience training effectively improves the military medical students’ resilience and positive emotions

reduces their negative emotions

and helps them use positive strategies of emotion regulation.