Does Past Military Experience Foster Resilience Against Negative Emotional Reactivity in Active-Duty Firefighters? a Psychophysiological Perspective

The current study examined whether past military experience buffers psychophysiological reactivity in response to threat in active-duty firefighters with versus without military backgrounds. Firefighters with military experience demonstrated greater skin conductance response (SCR) during a threat-inducing task but lower SCR at baseline. Military experience may be emotionally adaptive for firefighters.