Abstract:Objective: To study the effect of pain resilience on self-efficacy, coping strategies and pain outcomes in the laboratory context .Methods: A high pain resilience group and a low pain resilience group were selected from the original 80 pain-less college students who completed the Pain Resilience Scale (PRS).Then these tow groups completed the cold pressor test (CPT), and filled out the task-specific self-efficacy scale (SES), Coping Strategy Questionnaire(CSQ) and Pain Intensity Rating. Pain tolerance time were assessed too. Results: (1) Subjects with high pain resilience had a higher sense of self-efficacy on tasks than the low pain resilience group, and they utlized more attention diverting and ignoring coping strategies than the low pain resilience group when they suffering from cold pain . (2) The high pain resilience group endured longer-term in cold water than the low pain resilience group, but there was no difference in the assessment of pain intensity between the two groups.Conclusion :Pain resilience can promote pain adaptation by improve positive psychology resources and hinder over-attention to pain-related information.