Abstract ThearticlecallsbackclassicalErikson’stheoryofpsychosocialdevelopment to understand current findings of resilience research; we tested the claim that outcomes of developmental crises and resilience are closely related concepts. Participants (310 emerging adults, 64 % women) completed two measures of resilience and a measure of developmental outcomes. We tested two models of developmental psychosocial out- comes predicting both general and multidimensional measures of resilience. The anal- yses supported our assumption that developmental outcomes and resilience are highly related concepts. Theoretical and practical implications of these findings are discussed.