Non-resilient boys had significantly higher peer problems than resilient boys (d = -3.37).
Resilient boys showed more adaptive reunion behaviors than non-resilient boys, but were less adaptive than competent boys, suggesting that resilient boys are more securely attached than non-resilient boys, but less securely attached than competent boys (Ainsworth & Bell, 1970).
Relative to non-resilient boys, resilient boys experienced significantly more frequent interactions with their mother's partner (d = .38).38
Vulnerable boys had significantly higher peer problems than resilient boys (d = −3.41).
Competent boys had higher levels of peer problems than resilient boys (d = −.15).
In addition, resilient boys experienced less frequent interaction with their mother's partner (d = −.66).
Relative to competent boys, resilient boys had mothers who reported higher levels of depression (d = .89), and life events (d = .89).89
In addition, the level of maternal depression reported by mothers of resilient boys was significantly lower than that of non-resilient boy's mothers (d = -.40), as was the number of maternal life events (d = −.38).
Resilient boys were rated as being significantly lower on emotionality (d = −.38), and shyness (d = −.39) than non-resilient boys, and they exhibited more adaptive behaviors upon reunion with their mothers (d = .38).38
Resilient boys were rated by their mothers as being more prone to distress (d = .15), less shy (d = −.14), and having more intense moods (d = .14).14
