Is trait resilience characterized by specific patterns of attentional bias to emotional stimuli and attentional control?

•Examined relations between resilience, attention biases and attention control.•Analyzing data of a risk sample for experiencing stressful life events.•Resilience and attention bias to threat are related considering attention control.•Findings suggest that attentional processing may promote trait resilience.•Findings have important implications for theory and preventive interventions.