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Received: 16 November 2025

Accepted: 6 March 2026

First Online: 21 March 2026

Declarations

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: (i) Findings align with Masten’s (2001) “ordinary magic” perspective whereby resilience arises from normative adaptive systems, rather than exceptional strengths; (ii) Coping-related insights, such as recalibrating expectations, recognising limits, and refining strategies, occurred in the context of developmentally normative stressors which served as catalysts for functional changes in emotional regulation, resource use, and coping-related beliefs; (iii) Insight development and capacity adaptations were experienced as shaped by socio-economic, cultural, and relational environments.

: This research supports public understanding of how developmentally normative stressors faced by young adults may foster coping-related insights and growth in capacities for resilience necessary for later adulthood via ordinary processes of reflection and adaptation.

: All authors have support from their respective institutions for the submitted work. The authors have no relationships with any companies that might have an interest in the submitted research. The authors have no financial or non-financial interests that may be relevant to the submitted work. Moreover, the spouses, partners, or children have no financial relationships or otherwise that may be relevant to the submitted work.