01472nas a2200253   4500000000100000008004100001260007600042653001000118653001900128653001200147653002200159653002600181653003100207100001700238700001400255700001400269700001500283245006500298300001000363490000700373520081000380022001401190020001401204       2010                            d  c01/2010bSociedad Española para el Estudio de la Ansiedad y el Estrés10aSpain10aAggressiveness10aarticle10achild development10aemotional instability10aparent child relationships1 aM. V. Mestre1 aA. M. Tur1 aP. Samper1 aA. Latorre00aEmotional instability and aggressiveness: Predicting factors  a33-450 v163 aThis article pursues a double aim: to analyse parent-child relationships and how it affects child development, as well as the association between aggression and emotional instability. Sample consisted of 2,747 students, aged 10 to 15 years old, from 36 education centres of the Valencian Community (50.6% boys and 49.4% girls). Results show a strong connection between students  physical and verbal aggressiveness and their emotional instability. Prosocial individuals tend to be less aggressive in their relationships with others. In addition, certain types of rearing are associated with emotional instability and aggressive behaviour in the child. The main negative factors identified are mothers  permissiveness and hostility. In contrast, positive factors are love and autonomy offered by the mother.  a1134-7937  a2174-0437