Hi, Jeff:
If you do a search for "resilience" on PubMed, you'll find quite a few studies.
Also, there are a few things going on at Stanford and UCSD:
https://ucsdcfm.wordpress.com/...d-altruism-research/
http://ccare.stanford.edu/tag/ccare/
http://caan.stanford.edu/current_research.html
And then there's Bob Whitaker's research -- http://acestoohigh.com/2014/09...dhood-abuse-neglect/