Generally, temperament and attachment constitute separate developmental domains, but aspects of both contribute to a range of interpersonal and intrapersonal developmental outcomes.

The diathesis-stress model has also served as useful in explaining other poor (but non-clinical) developmental outcomes.

Long term developmental outcomes in patients with deformational plagiocephaly.

Resilient individuals are those who are considered to have positive developmental outcomes in light of their negative experiences, such as bullying.

Resilience describes the people who adapt successfully even though they experience risk factors that stack the odds against them showing good developmental outcomes.