One thing that resilient people do share, however, is the fact that they have overcome extreme or chronic stress or adversity. You may notice these characteristics in other people, however, if they have not overcome extreme or chronic stress or adversity they are not resilient. The Early Years People who overcome extreme or chronic stress or adversity display certain characteristics. These characteristics appear in infancy and continue through adulthood. To begin with infancy, resilient infants are active, energetic, and easy going.
Resilient infants are socially responsive with a capacity to elicit and receive attention.
No doubt they are active and more determined. When they are toddlers, resilient children display an array of characteristics. They are also androgynous in that resilient toddler males have deeper affective expression, sociability, and demonstrativeness than non-resilient toddler males. During the middle childhood years, characteristics present in early childhood continue and others arise. In adolescence, resilient children continue to show superiority over their non-resilient counterparts.