Objective     To investigate the autonomic nervous system response pattern in military college students with different levels of resilience.     Methods     Resilience Scale for Adults (RSA) was applied to test 144 college students

and based on the RSA score 54 freshmen who accepted to join the test were selected and were divided into a high resilience group and a low resilience group. Each 27 freshmen of the two groups were tested for autonomic nervous system response pattern.     Results     ① At resting state

students of the high resilience group and low resilience group did not show significant differences in heart rate (HR)

skin conductance (SC)

skin temperature (ST) and blood volume pulse (BVP) (P0.05). ② Compared with those indices obtained at resting state

students of the high resilience group scored lower in HR

SC and ST under sad mood induction

but higher in BVP; students of the low resilience group scored higher in HR and SC under sad mood induction

but lower in ST and BVP. Sad mood induction showed that SC of the high resilience group was significantly lower than that of the low resilience group (t=-2.077，P=0.043). ③ After sad mood induction

no significant difference was found in recovery time of HR

SC

ST and BVP between the high and low resilience groups.     Conclusion     Students with different level of resilience may vary in activity of autonomic nervous system.