Application of the Pennsylvania resilience training program on medical students

Abstract This study explored the effects of the Penn Resilience Program (PRP) on the positive and negative emotions, emotion regulation style, and resilience among Chinese medical students. Resilience, positive and negative emotions, and emotional regulation styles scores were compared before and after training through a questionnaire survey. (1) The resilience, positive emotion, and cognitive appraisal scores of the low-resilience experimental group increased significantly after training ( P P P P P  > .05). PRP could improve the level of resilience and positive emotion for medical students and help them adopt a positive emotion regulation style when facing difficult situations. Our findings laid the groundwork for resilience interventions in the future.