Age And Resilience

true association between age and resilience, and recommended future research to assess age and resilience (Demakakos, Netuveli, Cable & Blane, 2014) Gender differences. Jordan (2005) explains that when researching resilience, gender roles must be taken into account in order to increase understanding. Throughout 24 the lifespan males are more likely than females to have negative health outcomes, including greater risk of dying in infancy and a shorter life span (Werner, 2005). In the United States, during childhood and adolescence, boys are more likely to have learning and behavioral problems than girls (Werner, 2005). Females, who had trouble in adolescence, tend to have a better outcome as adults than males who had a troubled past (Werner,