Foregone conclusion?

I have assumed that I knew the answer to a question I am now less certain of. 

Does a person who faces a challenge right from the outset in life automatically develop greater resilience in other areas by virtue of the hard work it obliged? 

The reflex might be to say yes but then there are a myriad of factors involved including family dynamics, personality type, surrounding culture, etc. 

In other words, it isn't a foregone conclusion that introspection in one major area develops a general strengthening of the psyche. 

Perhaps it is that I prefer to think that it does.

Watching the interview with young Stephanie Lynnette made me think that her early life challenge added a dimension to her obvious maturity. By age 13 she had a major riddle to solve and that should have by extension added something to her arsenal of abilities.

It certainly appears to me that it did.